That's not relevant for HIVE; but for apps/frontends.
Not really, this could be build into Hive as well. For a start: hive api could return which post should be displayed in a "promoted post" spot on trending. The algo for that is up for discussion but we already have "promoted post" functionality that no one uses.
The ultimate goal would be to have a decentralize ads system that takes payments from ad makers and sends the funds to users who display those ads in their posts.
Overall the ads system should be build into Hive so frontends just display the data provided by nodes. A build in ecosystem, where hive users pay other hive users for displaying their ads.
Not sure.
(About printing HBD). This is basically how DeFi started. Locking funds (so you don't have to sell them) to acquire stablecoins that can be used for further investments.
Ads should/could be part of the core protocol. On multiple levels.
First, the chain returns the feeds. Ads in the feed, as a sort of native ads, would then run on every frontend which doesn't run its feed through its own db (think for example for tags, if you want to show more than 7 days to make tags actually useful as meta data — but that could be enforced on license level: as long as the governance supports ads (the decentralized code) ads in feeds can not be removed unless there where the chain delivered feed doesn’t deliver the required feeds in said implementation).
Better even, the cost of ads is rather known. Most niches have a rather stable eCPM. Ads should be charged against HIVE (HBD), of course. Which ads valuable token utility. Albeit not volatility, which is what most drool over, but it is then an actual use case of our token.
Rev sharing would be the nec plus ultra, especially if combined with also a share going to both the DAO and the witnesses. But this would ad complexity and also load. Plus it would require heavy tracking, read: heavily cleansed view and click tracking. This obviously shouts abuse and would need the cleansing before rev sharing could be rolled out.
If we're talking about a protocol, then it makes sense to look into how this could be implemented on the blockchain level.
I initially thought you meant "Google Ads" or smth.
Aye, makes sense. Probably it would be best to make a centralized service like this as a proof of concept before work on protocol level. I need holidays :D
I know what you mean 😅