That was not a bad thing. It was curated. Most of the crap never made it in the ...

		dsparkman on June 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search ... That was not a bad thing. It was curated. Most of the crap never made it in the directory precisely because humans made decisions about what got in. If you wanted in the directory faster, you could pay a fee to get to the front of the queue. The result is that Yahoo could hire people to process the queue and make money without ads.

Isn't paying money to jump to the front of the queue just another form of advertising?