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1. Imnimo · 1789569049 · focus · HN ↗

   >Ads in ChatGPT help people find what they’re looking for or discover something they hadn’t considered.

   Here I foolishly thought that that was the job of ChatGPT itself.

   1. hightrix · 1789571657 · focus · HN ↗

      This is the lie advertisers tell themselves to be able to sleep at night.

      Ads are cancer on content. No one wants them. They only serve to make the presentation of useful content worse.

      1. subarctic · 1789573817 · focus · HN ↗

         Ads are useful, they help you reach customers

         1. probably_wrong · 1789575262 · focus · HN ↗

            The fact that ads are one of two types of content for which people regularly install blockers (with porn coming second) speaks volumes about how useful they really are.

            1. tene80i · 1789580220 · focus · HN ↗

               You're both right. Some people hate ads. Some people find ads (usually well-targeted ads) helpful for discovering new things that could help them. Different people find different things helpful / intolerable.

               1. subarctic · 1789749875 · focus · HN ↗

                  I wasn't saying people who receive ads find them useful, although that can sometimes be true. I was saying they are useful for the people that are paying to run them

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