We see the same stupid, greed-head, get my boat this quarter thinking, repeated in variations.

EARLY .COM

It’s the clicks, that’s where the money is. Count the clicks. We have more clicks. Charge more for ads. Run ads about clicks.

LATER…

It’s the links, that’s where the money is. More links to your links. We have more links. Charge more for ads. Run ads about links.

STILL LATER…

It’s the likes and the boosts, that’s where the money is. Count the likes and the boosts. We have more. Charge more for ads. Run ads about who likes who and who boosts who.

LATELY…

Maybe ai could click things, and link things, and like things, and boost things for us. Then people can vote on how good of a job the ai are doing, clicking and linking and liking and boosting. That’s where the money is. Charge more for ads. Ads about which are the best ais!