I'm curious why the subject of Ad Blocking wasn't opened up for discussion, especially if readers + website owners + advertisers need to get in sync. For example, there are types of ads people wouldn't mind SO MUCH, and people need to be educated how to add exceptions for the sites they want to support, or blockers that make this easier could be popularized.
I run adblock and flashblock. I tried to add *.hardforum.com and *.hardocp.com to this, but it has really no effect, presumably since the ads are served by a number of different domains.
I have a problem with ads when they:
The solution is to:
I run adblock and flashblock. I tried to add *.hardforum.com and *.hardocp.com to this, but it has really no effect, presumably since the ads are served by a number of different domains.
I have a problem with ads when they:
- distract severely from the content because of flashy animation
- chew my cpu and drain my battery to do it
The solution is to:
- have ads served from subdomains of *.hardocp.com so we can actually use the "exception" feature
- have an alternative to flash ads if we chose to block that kind of media (eg, flat jpegs)
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