Journal Thinboy00's Journal: Crazy fool calls Adblock+ users "Thieves" 4
[edit] I really should have made this a story, not a journal entry[/edit]
Danny Carlton writes on Adsense chat:
Here's my solution which you can see if you visit http://articlewagon.com/ with FireFox with Adblock Plus. Create a 1x1 transparent gif named "fake.adbrite.gif" and place it on your site in the topmost directory. Install the following code on every page of your site... Code:
<img src="/fake.adbrite.gif" id="fakeAd"
/><!-- 1x1 pixel image -->
<script language="javascript">
function checkAdBlock() {
var img = document.getElementById('fakeAd');
if (img && (img.style.display == 'none' || img.style.visibility == 'hidden')) {
window.location = 'http://myDomain.com/thief.htm';
}
}
setTimeout('checkAdBlock()', 2000);
</script>(Change "myDomain.com" to your URL) Create the following html page, name it thief.htm and also place it in the top most directory... Code:
<html>
<head>
<title>Stop Thief!!</title>
</head>
<body>
<p align="center"><font face="Century Gothic" size="4"><b>This site is monetized
by advertising.</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Century Gothic" size="4"><b>You are using Adblock
Plus, which takes resources and blocks ads.</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Century Gothic" size="4"><b>The ads are how this
site is paid for.</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Century Gothic" size="4"><b>Taking things without
paying for them is called stealing.</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">Thieves are not
welcome at this site.</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Century Gothic" size="4"><b>Don't like being
called a thief, stop using Adblock Plus.</b></font></p>
</body>
</html>If enough people do this Adblock Plus will die a well deserved death.
Grand Crusade (Score:1)
And, oddly enough, his rant actually won Firefox/AdBlock+ some converts.
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tee hee add me to the list of converts I just got done installing NoScript and AdBlock +
NoScript seems to be way cool and I expect AdBlock + will be too. and when I get it check out here a little: guess what: I'm going to pitch in and get MORE CONVERTS for AdBlock! ***GO FIREFOX***
I was reading a clip on AdvertisingWorld one day ( ain't got a clue as to why ) but the fool was trying to clim the First Amendment guaranteed his right to send text me
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as the browser parses the HTML text as it comes to *anything* executable -- ActiveX, Flash, Java,
NO SIGNATURE? NO EXECUTE.
the idea that anyone and everyone has permission to run anything and everything on everyone's computer needs to come to an ABRUPT END. if that doesn't happen the whole concept of MS/Windows and online commerce will need to
LOL (Score:1)