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@noelle
I've said it before but it bears repeating: the use of ad-blockers generally DOESN'T reflect a desire to not see any ads at all. It reflects a desire to not see ABUSIVE ads.
Pop-up ads, ads that redirect our browser to other sites, ads that flash and dance and play audio and video, ads that cover the content: this is what we're trying to avoid.
You won't get us to turn off our blockers by complaining about revenue streams.
Promise us your ads are SAFE and we'll disable our blocker for you.
@noelle Generally true. However i dont want to see ads at all ever. Im philosophically against modern advertising.
@noelle AGREED 11100000%. Small, unobtrusive, static ads don't bother me. Movement/sound/integration-disguise as organic content just PISS ME OFF.
@noelle & paywalling removal of "sponsored" ads is so annoying.
@bob You will discover a "generally" in my first paragraph that covers your use case.
@noelle And don't even get me started on ads that mine Bitcoins in the background without asking.
@noelle Don't forget ads that straight up serve malware, which are sadly prevalent even on reputable ad networks.
@bhtooefr I'm not, but I only had 4 characters left.
@noelle Eh, I just like not seeing ads :/
@noelle so much this. even if i support a site in theory, if it has autoplayed ads or pop-ups then my adblocker is staying turned the heck on
@noelle not even to mention ads that try to track my personal browsing behavior...
@noelle
This is so true. I love and want to support the whole #Gawker/#io9/#kotaku family of news sources (which complain about my adblocker without fail), but when I've gone to their site without adblcok, I get the lovely experience of either a Forbes-style ad/waiting page that requires the adblock be disabled, or a half-page popup autoplay and generally intrusive video.
@noelle i respect this point of view, and if it were in some way limited to small volumes of _non-surveillanceware_ text ads or sponsorship notices, i'd probably be on board.
but the truth is that i've come to think of advertising itself as for the most intrinsically malicious and hostile to my cognition, and i intend to ruthlessly filter it out of my life anywhere i can, sans apology.
@noelle ads are super risky at christmas ¬_¬;;; 'cos the cookies betray your shopping habits, and might accidentally show a gift you've bought someone! oops!
but also :D I like when sites I use maybe not every day, but maybe once a week, have a donate option. like, it's too much for me to subscribe to the guardian, but I can chuck £1 their way np (and it's probably more than they'd make from showing me ads, considering how infrequently I visit)
@noelle that and to trim the loading times on certain sites that are loaded with ads.
@noelle I can vouch for this - there's ads on Ravelry.com that people actively seek out and add to their favorites because:
1. The site approves all the ads, and they have to be relevant to the site (yarn craft related).
2. No animations
3. No javascript
4. One ad per page and no pop ups.
People ask for help on the forums to help track down ads they saw and want to find again!
I’ve turned off my ad blocker for Ravelry and only Ravelry because I can trust the ads there.
@noelle This is why I prefer to use EFF's Privacy Badger over other ad blockers. Most ad blockers aggressively block ads, no matter how benign, while PB purports to only block the underlying abusive technologies, and doesn't care whether they're used to serve ads or not.
@noelle also ads that deliver malware or track the user in creepy ways
@noelle and ads that track my behaviour across sites, too :( i didn't run an ad blocker at all until i felt the behaviour tracking started to feel way too aggressive/creepy
@noelle Actually, I’d be very happy with no ads at all.
@noelle I'd add tracker ads to this list, but yeah.
@noelle this is so goddamn important!
@noelle but also: just let people pay for stuff instead of ads. ads are not free for the viewer. they are specially designed garbage to hijack your decision making. i do not want to see any ads, ever. i'd rather pay a fair price.
@noelle Ads have abused people's trust so often in the past, so publishers shouldn't be surprised (or annoyed) if that trust is hard to win back.
@noelle I'm sure there are many people who share your exact sentiment there.
But there is no way I will ever turn off my ad-blocker. I don't welcome or accept ads of any kind on my screen.
#advertising is just not something I want in my life.
@noelle I pay enough for my internet, people getting $5000 off of me every time I visit their site.. not really into that. I could use that money so fuck'em.
@noelle I have explored Ad-nauseum a bit as another form of protest (based on Ublock Origin). However, I still get concerned about supporting big companies. My intention was to protest and support small bloggers that wanted to get revenue from small advertisers (NOT aggro ones).
@noelle every time I see an intrusive had I have an anxiety attack ptsd style, so I'd rather block 'em all, thamnks