Power companies are worried homeowners will do this - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 04:57:04 am
content: Garbage like this is the reason I block ads. Unfortunately I can't root my phone and I need one app that has no paid version and entirely ad supported. All the ads it shows are of similar quality, but this one is at least funny.

author: hayatepilot
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 05:24:26 am
content: No wonder they worry: If homeowners do this, they probably kill themselves and the power companies will loose their customers.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:07:44 am
content: Those stupid "Power companies are worried ..." ads can be quite fun. They usually feature some slightly obscure bit of junk, which can be a game to figure out what it actually is, and how absurdly the illustration is misusing it.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:10:57 am
content: Am I being an idiot or is that nothing more than a home made electromagnet?

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:41:19 am
content: Are these really ads or some sort of funny internet memes or something?

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:42:59 am
content: Quote from: continuo on March 31, 2016, 07:41:19 amNo, they are a way to scam people and exploit natural curiosity. If you don't want to block ads, you need to be constantly alert. Relax for a second and you are being infected with all sorts of crapware.

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:42:18 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on March 31, 2016, 07:10:57 amThat's what it looks like to me.

author: CatalinaWOW
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:55:48 pm
content: Yep, they are clickbait. No telling what you will find if you take the bait.

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 01:17:55 am
content: I've noticed more and more click-bait even on what used to be once newsworthy sites. For example, CNN.COM is just full of click-bait in the headlines. Examples just from today:"Mom responds to son's odd gift""Who does THIS on a plane?""Is this the world's most athletic leader?""Sport's highest paid retiree is...""The real birthplace of coffee is...""Why 5.6M people follow her on Instagram""Utah's troubling new law""A muslim country that loves America"... and many more ...Basically, the headlines are designed to make you click without telling you anything substantial so you may out of curiosity want to see what it is about. I usually ignore these. After clicking on all of those headlines I came up with new ones which get to the punchline... All of which you would probably have never clicked on if you knew what it was really about:"Mom responds to son's odd gift" ==> "Son sends mom life-size cutout of himself, mom takes it with her to events""Who does THIS on a plane?" ==> "Ponytail from passenger sitting in front of you obstructs infotainment system""Is this the world's most athletic leader?" ==> "Justin Trudeau shows off his yoga abilities""Sport's highest paid retiree is..." ==> "Michael Jordan still sport's highest-paid retired star""The real birthplace of coffee is..." ==> "Bonga in Ethiopia is said to be the birthplace of Arabica coffee.""Why 5.6M people follow her on Instagram" ==> ""It" blogger Chiara Ferragni, aka The Blonde Salad""Utah's troubling new law" ==> "Utah anti-abortion law requires doctors to provide anesthesia past 20 weeks""A muslim country that loves America" ==> "Albania is a muslim country that loves America"Oh... don't you just love clickbait....CNN.COM... now full of click-bait and "partner" links. Basically a shadow of it's former self and rapidly degraded from what I remember was a worthy site 5-10 years ago.

author: CatalinaWOW
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 01:40:15 am
content: It is the negative thing about metrics. When you measure something people change their behavior to improve (in their minds) the metric. Most web sites derive revenue based on the number of clicks. So they arrange their content to attract clicks, and to require multiple clicks to get the whole story. This will continue as long as advertisers like the results.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 11:43:45 pm
content: Quote from: edy on April 01, 2016, 01:17:55 amSame deal in Australia. Just makes me think they are appealing to a certain calibre of person.The ones that frustrate me the most are "What you didn't know about..." or "You've been doing this all wrong" type of crap. It makes menotwant to click on it simply because their headlines insult my intelligence.Almost as bad is "Stories youneedto know about today..." which is a daily feature on news.com.au -- I beg to differ, I don'tneedto know jack shit about the crap those morons write.Also, anything with the word "viral" which doesn't relate to biology or a story claiming to have "broken the internet" gets ignored by me.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 01:27:36 am
content: Quote from: CatalinaWOW on April 01, 2016, 01:40:15 amNot just advertising. I've seen that occur in the workplace when the KRA's and KPI's come to town.

author: CatalinaWOW
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 02:36:23 pm
content: Quote from: Brumby on April 03, 2016, 01:27:36 amAbsolutely. It doesn't mean don't measure things. Just means be damn careful what you measure. And even more careful how you interpret the results.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 05:36:40 pm
content: To be fair, if I saw someone doing that to poor innocent batteries I would be worried as well.