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Overthinking it. (Score:5, Insightful)
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What are these ads you speak of? Chrome with AdBlock makes for a beautiful (not to mention useable) internet.
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Hmm...Every so often a check box shows up to disable ads on Slashdot. I've never seen an ad on Slashdot so, of course, I didn't bother to check it. Seriously, there are ads on Slashdot?
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Hmm...Every so often a check box shows up to disable ads on Slashdot. I've never seen an ad on Slashdot so, of course, I didn't bother to check it. Seriously, there are ads on Slashdot?
Unfortunately a week or two ago that feature was broken and there is now sometimes advertisements despite that checkbox being ticked.
Any comment from a Slashdot administrator of why this is happening?
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Re:Overthinking it. (Score:4, Informative)
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Yeah, yeah, so you pay the $5 annual subscription to remove ads.
I paid for the Slashdot subscription once 15 years ago, but then I didn't bother to disable ads. So now I still get all the others subscription perks from 15 years ago.
I actually like the ads on Slashdot, compared to all of the other drivel I see on the rest of the net.
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Some are ok, but most are a pain. I can't stand the stay at the bottom of the page ones that cause me to always see them on the page. If you are going to use a floating section of content, could you at least make it a usefull one? LIke float the navigation on the left and the header, just let the stories themselves scroll. Doing it only for ads, is tackier than hell. It screams: "WE ONLY CARE ABOUT THESE!!! CLICK NOW, YOU DUMB BASTARD!Q!!!!"
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Yeah, yeah, so you pay the $5 annual subscription to remove ads.
Why would anyone do that? You would be left with no articles to read.
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Hmm...Every so often a check box shows up to disable ads on Slashdot. I've never seen an ad on Slashdot so, of course, I didn't bother to check it. Seriously, there are ads on Slashdot?
I don't see any ads on Slashdot myself - thanks to this wonder product, Acme Ad-Blocker. Amaze your family and astound your friends. But wait, there's more...
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I used to disable adblock on slashdot, and not use that disable ads option either; I've even clicked the odd ad on rare occasions. I have no problem with reasonably sized static ads. But they started having those stupid ads expanding at the bottom of the screen when your mouse went near them; those were the final straw, adblock enabled again. As far as I'm concerned, ads that pop up or expand or move or anything like that are too annoying.
Re:Overthinking it. (Score:5, Insightful)
I had not seen the internet unfiltered for so long I was aghast at the number of ads on pages I go to all the time.
I forgot how much the internet sucks....!
The creator of adblock should be Canonized, for he is truly a saint.
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Don't you just miss the non-commercial internet?
Re:aghast at the number of ads (Score:2)
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Why on earth would anyone that hates ads ever watch one. Seriously, if you haven't installed an ad-blocker you are either a moron, or you like ads. In either case stop complaining. Either get an ad-blocker, or just watch the ads with a smile.
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I hate marketing, I've gotten rid of cable and broadcast TV in favor of Netflix and other ad-free content. Much the same for music.
Yet despite having the option I've never turned off ads here on Slashdot; it's always in the same place, not massive or obtrusive, and generally somewhat relent to the content. I respect that they use the ads to support the site and I think this is one of the few commercial sites that respects me the same which is one reason I still come here after all these years. No massive pa
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Interstitials - on mobile! (Score:4, Insightful)
In some cases I can deal with interstitials, but not on mobile browsers. I suppose the content hoster got their ad-view, but half the time they malfunction to the point of completely breaking the page content, or not being dismissible!
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For instance here on Slashdot. On Safari (for iPhone) it tries (and fails miserably) to occupy the whole bottom of the page, all over over the comments. If you zoom in it grows and occupies an even bigger slice of the screen, and on landscape mode it overflows outside the screen, to the right, preventing you from clicking the close button.
The close button is very very small and the hitbox is ridiculous, if you hit anything outside it doesn't count. If you hit anything below it it opens the
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Every once in a while an auto playing video comes up. I didn't even knew it was possible, first time it ever came to me in an ad, many years, several iterations of IOS and slashdot was the first site to show me an auto playing video ad on mobile. On a limited plan 3G connection!
I think you should seriously consider using an ad-blocker. In instances like this where a site is both being abusive (showing ads after you've paid to block them) & knowingly wasting a limitied resource (mobile battery & bandwidth), there is no moral quandry. Block them.
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Which mobile browser can block ads? Or better: block scripts? NoScript (the only way to keep you sanity while browsing nowadays) doesn't work on FF mobile.
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The Ads disabled checkbox has vanished for me a couple of months ago, it makes me a sad panda.
Re:Interstitials - on mobile! (Score:4, Funny)
It is still there for me. Maybe you are not worthy, or something.
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Yes, the auto playing video is the killer for me. When I was listening to my favorite song and try to browse a few stories on /., and then suddenly Safari auto-stops my song and tried to load the video.
Yup, no more reading /. on my mobile. DICE must be proud of driving away yet another member of their "audience".
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http://i.imgur.com/uFTDKUH.png [imgur.com]
Painfully annoying
As a side note... Dang you Randall, you made me check my battery before submitting the picture!
http://xkcd.com/1373/ [xkcd.com]
Missing option... (Score:2, Funny)
My ex-wife.
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Insecure ads (Score:5, Insightful)
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Unfortunately, I work in the ad industry, though my firm's clients are premium brands that specifically avoid the undesirable ad types (banners only, no pop unders or bullshit. Those types of ads actually hurt brand value more than anything else). That being said, by far the worst ads are the ones that have been compromised to deliver malware. That really blows the other options out of the water.
Of course, if anyone's ads are annoying -- or worse, deliver malware -- the user would be foolish to let any through that he could possibly block. Does anyone really have enough time to vet and whitelist harmless but interesting ads amongst the deluge of drivel and danger? And how would one even do that vetting and verification even given the time necessary?
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conspiracy theory: (Score:5, Informative)
this question was sponsored by an online ad agency to see which type of ad has the best mindshare ROI...
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My first thought too. I don't even answer this type of question. It's all marketing research from Slashdot's corporate masters.
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yes. exactly, that's part of the conspiracy, obv.
my conspiracy theory kind of breaks down when you note that regular /. logged-in users get the option to disable ads so...
i really love that /. lets you disable ads...i used to keep them up just as a personal 'thank you' until they just got too annoying w/ the animation
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according to my conspiracy theory "they" would pump the $ into the winner
i'd like to think there are branding/marketing types who would want to use the loser
Obvious omition (Score:5, Insightful)
Ads that play sound
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Ads that play sound
Yes, and they can recognize your enemy, address him by name and try to sell him extra small condoms, herpes treatment, ballgags, leather gimp masks or some other embarrassing product every time he walks past an advertising display.
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This is why I stopped surfing with sound on, years ago.
I only turn on my sound if I have something specific I want to listen to - then turn it right back off. Moving & pop-up ads cause me to close that tab on my browser, and not visit that site again.
Treat kids, dogs, and web sites the same way - do not reward bad behavior.
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I tend to plink-hole the site with the ad to 0.0.0.0 in resolv.conf. Sometimes I'll give a site I've visited in the past a second chance, on the assumption that some ad was slipped into their ad-delivery network without them knowing about it, but in general if the site thinks it can play a sound without me specifically asking for that sound it's not a site I ever want to visit again.
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There are ads that play sounds? I have the speaker set to mute on my (work) computer, so rarely notice.
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The only thing worse is an ad that plays sound mixed with a pop under. Oh dear god. Not only do you get unexpected sound it can take a minute to work out where the fuck it's coming from.
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The Internet would be a different place if the FBI actually enforced the law in the early days.
Noteworthy Omission (Score:4, Insightful)
Ads that interpret a "close" action as "user clicked on the ad".
This seems to happen with ads that hover over the content and require that one click a "close" box (either with the word "close" or with an "X" -- this isn't a pop-up with the standard browser close-window icon).
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I always terminate the process when that happens. It strikes me as leading to no possible good if I actually interact with something that behaves like that.
Re:Noteworthy Omission (Score:5, Insightful)
How about "Adds that look like a download link on file hosting websites". Trying to download files without adblock is like a puzzle game... only one button does what you want and there's little if anything to distinguish between it and the numerous (and probably malware filled) fakes.
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I posted this below, but yes a thousand times.
I'm even starting to see this on supposedly reputable sites like Sourceforge.
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primary site hosted (Score:2)
ad block and filters can't work if the ads really are hosted on the same IP as the content. I'm suprised no large advertiser has made this the new model. Example: advertiser hosts slashdot.org, and the advertiser's proxies pull in slashdot's content via authenticated channel we the users can't reach.
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ads with time delayed sound (Score:5, Funny)
so it sits there hiding in a browser tab you've long since forgotten then starts making porno like sounds
Is /. trying to figure out (Score:2)
Which form of advertising will offend its user base the least when they finally remove that little check box?
Why are ads so badly targeted? (Score:2)
Google (along with the NSA, CIA, FBI, Chinese Government and a hoard of others) all know everything I do. Why are the ads I see so badly targeted? I spend lots of money online and in the real world, and I can't remember the last time saw an ad for something I actually wanted. When ads are targeted they are always late - ads for hotels in cities I've just left, ads for new computers or cars just after I've bought one.
One common variety not mentioned (Score:5, Informative)
The popover ad that cannot be closed on a mobile device because the Close button is stuck off screen.
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Don't give them any ideas, dice is just doing this to figure out what kind of ads to serve next >_
Why choose? (Score:2)
(nearly) all of the above? (Score:2)
Any ad that isn't clear about what it's advertising nor confined to a well-defined space on a static page.
Nothing... (Score:2)
...beats a blipvert.
Product placements (Score:5, Interesting)
No, product placements. At first you think, "how could that be as annoying as a moving ad?", which was the option I picked. Then you start thinking of how product placement blurs the boundaries. A well-crafted placement lures you into thinking you're just watching a show. You have to be consciously looking for them. You question your values. Wait... Wrigley Stadium. It's an institution. Why can't the new named stadiums be like that? The would-be questioner of consumerism gets lost in a morass, loses his moral compass, and ends up blathering on about it in a post like this one, which is brought to you by Wrigeley's Spearmint.
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You start talking about mints and all I'll be thinking of is trying to find the hole in the middle of your argument.
No, the hole is in the middle of the Lifesaver.
Slashdot beta (Score:2, Funny)
I would force on my enemies the Slashdot Beta over interstitial ads.
(as a side note, just checked out the Beta.... wtf? no improvements after 4 months now?)
Ads that pretend to be download buttons (Score:2)
So I go to a web site to download a nifty-looking piece of software, and right there in the middle of the download page there's a big "Download" button. Except it's really an ad for a totally different piece of software. Whose bright idea was it to hide the product they've already sold me on?
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The company paying for the download service.
I don't hate anyone THAT much! (Score:2)
But if I did, the ads that play sound would be the ones I'd throw at my enemies.
IHateForcedSubjects (Score:2)
Enemies? (Score:2)
Do people really have enemies? I mean real people, not people in TV shows, politicians or religious nutheads. There's a few people I dislike, I guess... my solution to that is to avoid their company. Problem solved.
Who really dislikes someone so much that they'd actually spend time making them miserable?
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An enemy of science is an enemy of mine.
I like to make them miserable with facts and calling their BS.
Misspellings and Grammar Mistakes (Score:2)
Knead I say moore?
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"Click here to not include deimplementation of the Special toolbar"
"Select the Antivirus not to be uninstalled with this download"
and so on... it hurts me just to write it. I mean, it doesn't not make me unhappy. Or is that what I mean...
slashdot ads (Score:2)
For awhile I had that "in thanks for your contributions, you can disable ads" checkbox available. I didn't really care since the ads were inobtrusive and I figured supporting the site was a good thing. Then Beta happened, and while that was annoying, I still didn't care about the ads.
But maybe a month ago, /. started having those overlay ads on the bottom of the browser frame. It was time to tick the checkbox. Everything was fine for maybe a week... then bam, ads again.
Short story is, I installed NoScript.
It depends... (Score:2)
I'm a bit torn, because it's the details that can make things really annoying. For example, an interstitial ad with a clear link that says something like "Click here to skip" isn't so bad. An interstitial ad that makes you watch a >=30 second video before continuing is really annoying. And if we're wishing this on our enemies, are we talking one every so often (not so bad) or one on every web page they visit (in which case it would be the worst)?
For ads that pretend to be security alerts, how technica
Other ads... (Score:2)
...ads that somehow manage to evade both ScriptSafe and AdBlock Plus.
Not ads (Score:2)
PERL code to debug (Score:2)
Slashdot Beta (Score:3)
Am I just evil, sadistic, or creative? (Score:2)
Personally, if I was going to inflict ads on my enemies (as opposed to, for example, repeatedly stabbing their genitalia with a fork until they fall off), I would probably go for pop-over (always on-top, of course) ads that claim to be either security alerts or flashing advice that they have won something, and all they have to do to claim their $1 million is click on the ad, which then move when you try to click on them.
Ads at the bottom of the screen (Score:2)
Give them the Frylock Treatment (Score:2)
broadcast into people's dreams (Score:2)
Not that they would affect me.
now if you will excuse me, I need to go get some lightspeed briefs.
PCI Compliance (Score:2)
DOWNLOAD (Score:3)
Ads that look like a download button. They have been getting better on that, locating it near the content and not having any other text around it except maybe a tiny (outside offer) or something similar nearby, if you are lucky.
It used to be that it was only pretty shady websites you'd see this on, but more and more I'm seeing this on supposedly reputable sites. Even Sorceforge. It's a massive loss of reputability in my mind.
Flash ads/Movie ads (Score:2)
Ads with sound, of course (Score:2)
Almost anything else can be made acceptable through some combination of good design, but if I ever hear even the tiniest peep from an ad your site gets adblocked until the end of time.
Kittens (Score:2)
Lots of kittens.
Re:Javascript-requiring content (Score:4, Insightful)
Hell, I disable javascript on most sites to avoid the comments. Reading internet comments on anything but a specialty site is more punishment than the ads.
Re:Javascript-requiring content (Score:4, Insightful)
Hell, I disable javascript on most sites to avoid the comments. Reading internet comments on anything but a specialty site is more punishment than the ads.
I've found (coincidentally, really) that Ghostery disables comments/user reviews/etc. on a lot of sites that use generic discussion services like disqus (sp?), etc., and redirecting facebook and its assorted aliases to 0.0.0.0 pretty much frees me from almost all "user-generated" content. The amount of ill-conceived, illiterate, incomprehensible and ignorant interaction this has spared me is incalculable.
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While virii is horribly wrong, virus is an uncountable noun, like money and shrimp and slime.
The plural is virus unless you talk about different types - then it's viruses. A good rule of thumb is that if you wouldn't say "monies", you shouldn't say "viruses" either.
That said, that's the recommendation. Dictionaries don't recommend, but record common use, where "viruses" is now fairly common even where "virus" would be more "correct".