Siavosh Zarrasvand
@siavoshzarrasvand
What would you respond if I said that the reason I've counted out MS is that I find it unnecessary complicated to get started with?
Sorry, not following the description here, but my research seems to agree with you regarding writing it myself.
Do you have any code examples you could share, it might help me understand what you explained above.
Sorry, it's been forever since I last did it and can't find my code example.
The gist of it is that the ad blocker will block the ads.js file. So the code in that file will not run.
Another approach is to check the .offsetHeight property of your ad element onload. If it's 0, then that means the ad blocker set its css display to "none".
I don't know the person - he seems nice though and we only had friendly exchanges on twitter etc.
I guess at this point, to avoid speculation, I'll tell here. It is @levelsio - and the startup is NomadList.
The idea I got isn't focusing on nomads at all, so in a way it isn't even close enough to be a competitor...but then you never know how you might pivot, etc.
@jasonleow - FYI.
I'll reach out to Pieter I guess.
Wow...didn't even think that far...
Hmm, I guess I'd like to block them. So remove the ad-blocker, and all good. Because these are all free, no taking your email, no force you to sign up.
@jasonleow lol, sorry, I seem to accidentally have deleted that sub-thread.
I'll post about the project in this thread as soon as I start building. But all my products are free/ad-based, so you'll be able to access it. That is the point.
@cat Makes sense - I guess I was thinking like this but sometimes it is nice to see if other people reason the same way. Better safe than sorry :)
Hahaha, my thought exactly.
Btw. I bought screenscripts.com for 1.5k USD a few weeks ago. Turns out the old site had backlinks from Variety.com from 20 years ago. Overall it had 50+ backlinks on day one. I guess that proves the value of buying pre-used domains.