The DU Lounge

It was funded by that jerk Marc Andreessen who is a bigtime Trumper these days and DUer UpinArms called it a vomitous read overall, which it was. I wanted to show it to you, but I can’t find it.
But I did find this (that woman is an associate of Andreessen’s):

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/building-drones-for-the-children



I know the internet runs on ads and I support a few small businesses like DU itself so, at normal levels, I have no issue with it. But as you pointed out this is a bullshit job and you would probably know better..but my impression is that most types of advertising (even where targeted) are mostly a miss making the loss of privacy a poor bargain for the customer and business.

I am typical enough this way -I go online and look for stuff i want or need and it is very rare that something random or targeted ends up being something I buy. Human behavior imo is usually self-directed..but you can be reduced to a state of learned helplessness by increasing levels of unsolicited intrusions on seclusion which I associate with guys like these.