What's an ad?



(Posted both because I love ABP and because Xuzi doesn't know how to Google things for himself)

Personally, I don't really like ads, so I don't really care.

(posted for the lulz)

It was, my boyfriend and I were laughing over it.

Internet advertising... What a waste of cyberspace...

I'm fat, I'm in debt, I'm broke, I need auto insurance, I can "get laid tonight", I'm "tired at losing at the roulette wheel", I can get pills from pharmacies in Canadia, I've won a free iPad...

Yeah. Because I have all of those problems.

Proboards' Patrick says using ABP is stealing.
How many webmasters are currently concerned about the some 0.02% (or whatever) of the surfing population using AdBlocking software?

I understand how they think it is stealing but as long as they don't go out of business for not having enough page views i think i am fine...

Well, they did it to themselves... Kind of ironic.

Ads blink Flash, Pulsate, Make noises, Scream...

I suffer from Aphasia, which could render me permanently unable to comprehend basic English if I have a severe enough attack. Triggered by all the things above. I block them for the sake of safety. Fuck 'em.

How about you go fuck yourself?

Zell: they only care when that 0.02% comprises close to 25% of their page views... which probably happens in the case of internet forums.

Not my problem, Chris. It's their own fault. I really endorse the use of legitimate advertising. Google Text ads are great. Nicely themed from a site's CSS, low bandwidth, fantastic.

The "Zwinky" ads are a piece of shit. Who needs a useless avatar that will come with free adware? Complete waste of adspace. You're probably in agreement?

But yeah, it's a real shame the legitimate ads get blocked also. But, meh. Their loss...

We need a Super Adblock Plus Titanium Edition that blocks the shitty ads and gives us the non-shitty ones. The work required to maintain the filter would be insane, but totally worth it for the sites.

Or, you know, they could just stop putting security threatening, loud and obnoxious, flash banner ads every three inches.

Zell: I think certain ABP filters actually let you choose, but I agree completely.

Can't risk one getting through. I'm just about coming out of my problems after a year's worth of hell. The slightest thing could throw me back months.

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Until new legislation is in place, I have my lovely ABP (plus my ISP blocks ads too - something that ALL UK ISPs will offer in the near future <3)

Interesting... I'm wondering how UK ISPs blocking ads will effect American companies. On that note, I do know that ABP doesn't block everything adwise unfortunately. That's an issue as well.