Ad Clicking Debate

Discussions center on whether users intentionally click online ads, with skepticism from many who claim they never do, countered by assertions that clicks occur intentionally, accidentally, or even maliciously to waste advertisers' money.

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Sample Comments

the_arun Aug 4, 2019 View on HN

Wouldn't the same logic, apply for users clicking on ads?

shmatt Jun 2, 2023 View on HN

Are you really clicking on that many ads?

yeahbutbut Oct 9, 2017 View on HN

Do people really click on ads on purpose?

ForHackernews Feb 14, 2016 View on HN

Why would I ever click on an ad?

r0h1n Feb 27, 2014 View on HN

What if users don't block ads but never click on one either?

jacquesm Aug 24, 2010 View on HN

People do click those ads, if they did not google would have removed them long ago.

cpeterso Jul 29, 2016 View on HN

Sometimes I click ads just to make advertisers pay.

giarc May 28, 2021 View on HN

Do power users click on ads though?

dazc Oct 15, 2021 View on HN

By clicking random ads you may be actually encouraging publishers to keep deploying them?

mandelbrotwurst May 11, 2020 View on HN

Is that mistaken? Does no one click on ads on the page while doing this?