I can't think the user base are going to click on any ads.

coryl · on Aug 7, 2013

Why? HN users tend to have income, and probably spend money on work/productivity related products. Example ads: hosting, programming tools, job boards, vc/legal services, startup services, etc.

incision · on Aug 7, 2013

Anecdotally, I'm not sure I've ever clicked an online ad intentionally. If I have, it was during the 90s.

digipaper · on Aug 10, 2013

Anecdotally, I click on relevant ads or ads that interest me all the time.

rgovind · on Aug 7, 2013

I think what GP means is that the crowd on this website are savvy and will just ignore the ads.

coryl · on Aug 8, 2013

I'm not sure about that. I mean, this whole place is inadvertently an advertisement for the Ycombinator program. And people click the YC company job ads all the time too.