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I\u2019m grateful for the discussions that have been taking place in response to my post about advertisements and ad blocking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My priority is to have serious discussions and a good user experience. And so here\u2019s my suggestion for how you can maintain that while also expressing your appreciation for my blogging:<\/p>\n

SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n

What makes the biggest difference to the number of pageviews and thus how much I earn in a given month is not, I think, the number of people using ad block. What makes a big difference is when something goes viral on\u00a0Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Stumbleupon, or someplace else like that.<\/p>\n

And so here\u2019s my suggestion to those of you who use ad block, because the experience of accessing this blog without it has become a nightmare.<\/p>\n

SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n

You win. Patheos wins. I win. The internet wins. Everyone\u2019s happy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be interested to see whether, if regular readers who use ad block do this regularly, it makes a difference. I will let you know!<\/p>\n

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