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Originally Posted by Jacobm  I am slightly torn on this one. While I would like to support Steve (I feel he has his readers' best interests at heart) and earn a bit of free money at the same time, I do have question what value this AGLOCO thing actually brings. As Caveman Joe said: Quote: |
Originally Posted by Caveman Joe what value does it add to the Internet? How does it encourage useful discussion, free exchange of information or the forming of new ideas? | If anyone has an answer to these questions that I find acceptable I would probably join... |
I'll take a quick stab.
Think of it like investing. If you have a fair bit of money, you have the opportunity to invest that money into some potentially worthwhile and meaningful causes to further enrich them so that they may benefit, and possibly in turn benefit others.
The only difference is that here you are investing your your "attention/focus" (instead of money) into some potentially worthwhile and meaningful causes that would like you to somehow support their products/services. And in return for that support, they are benefiting others by giving them cash.
So if anything, if Agloco is successful, it could entice advertisers to move away from traditional, real-world advertising and invest their advertising dollars into the Internet, which could have a number of positive results. Really, I think the value comes from the diversity and expansion of options.
As for encouraging useful discussion, free exchange of information or the forming of new ideas, I think that will happen regardless of whether or not Agloco ads value. Even seemingly negative things can provide value -- it really depends at how you look at things.