The Hillary add at the bottom of this page is ill advised

[Egnever]

It has been annoying the hell out of me for a week or so now pulling my browser's focus to the add on each loading of a page.

It is to the point now I am pissed at Hillary for such an annoying add.

Obviously there are ways to avoid it, but it is adds like that that make people use add blockers.

[MineralMan]

2. I don't see any ads.

Donate and get a star. You won't see any either.

You can become a star member at DU by donating any amount you wish.

[nolabels]

10. If i could pay my internet provider a couple hundred a year not see unwanted ads on .......

all my internet content I probably would. That is what gets to very thought of the star. It is an outstanding deal no matter how you look at it. Effing companies like google make boatloads of of internet advertising and the companies that use the advertising that do also. Like why would they be doing it if they didn't

[TheBlackAdder]

4. Use NoScript and kiss those ads goodbye. You can select what to block on each website.

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But really, you should support this site and stop mooching.


You're coming up on almost 19,000 freeloading posts.


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[Egnever]

8. I quit donating here likely years before you arrived

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During the great purge of 2004 when many long time posters were banned because of their support of candidates not favoured by the admin.

My concession is to allow adds on this site.

You can donate if you like but I would have to see a much more involved admin to justify giving them cash. I have wavered at times but then they make another call on banning people based on agendas and my resolve to not donate is reaffirmed.

I would not discourage people from donating but I will not do so myself.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. Adding page views and add impressions contribue very little to a website. Now. . .

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If you click on an ad, you will send money to the site.

But, ads are resolved at the end of the day to prevent advertisers from getting billed multiple times from the same user.

So, only one ad click per day, but you must go down below their landing page, as some first directs to not result in payment.


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Just having ads appear barely covers the sites processing overhead of your existence.

But, whatever machinations you have set up to justify your non-payment is your call.

I've seen a lot of people use a form of splitting to justify their decisions, so nothing surprises me.


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[Egnever]

14. Don't really care much

And this is not the only site that uses that add.

It pops up on many sites. So donating here would not make much of a difference.

Again the point is not adds in general, it is using an add like that annoys people. In my opinion annoying people is not a great strategy when trying to get them to vote for you.

[TheBlackAdder]

17. I'm not running for office, so that doesn't apply.

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I am not related to this site for any campaign.

No one logically equates a random poster directly to a candidate. And, if you make that assertion, you wouldn't be voting for the party I am aligning with anyway. The key is "I am aligning with" which is an independent action from any campaign. Just be honest and admit that you will not vote for HRC.


I gave you a solution to skirt site funding.


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[Egnever]

18. It isn't directed at you

Again you miss the point.

It is ill advised to drive people to add blockers if you want to advertise to them no matter what site it is on. That add appears on many sites right now. Donating here would not eliminate that add for me.

[CBGLuthier]

27. Mooching? Mooching would be blocking ads, like you suggest, without paying DU.

I paid when i could and when I thought it was worth it.

[emulatorloo]

6. i'm always happy to see an HRC ad. Ymmv. Donate, you won't see any ads.

As mm said, you can donate any amt you wish. Small large whatever.

[emulatorloo]

7. I just logged out, only ads I see are for "Jetpac Penguin" and a teabagger running for Congress

What exactly is this Hillary ad you are seeing. And why does it annoy you?

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Click on the teabagger ad, it will send money to DU. Let the baggers fund this site.

[emulatorloo]

11. Yep always do. Love seeing them waste their money advertising here.

[Egnever]

12. It's an add that forces the focus of your browser to the add

People keep telling me ways to avoid it as if I am unaware of add blockers or donation here but that is not the point.

The point is it is ill advised in my opinion to have an add that goes out of its way to disrupt people's browsing.

It begs people to use add blockers that insure none of your adds are seen. Obviously the replies in this thread point to the fact that people will just use methods to block them.

That is not helpful if you want your adds to be seen.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

24. So, you're saying the

ads do not add up?

[Egnever]

29. Basically yes

[moriah]

15. There IS a very easy way to avoid seeing ads on DU.

Become a Star member!

Skinner has to manage the bills to keep this place running somehow -- if not by Star membership, then ad revenue.

[Egnever]

16. The add is not only on DU

It's even easier though use an add blocker.

The point is if you are driving people to add blockers then you are doing yourself a disservice since none of your adds will be seen going forward.

[moriah]

19. I just logged out and back in. I'm seeing ads for Medicare Advantage plans...

.... because cookies determine the ads shown.

Skinner really doesn't choose which ads get placed. All he can do is either have donors, or have ads. I'm pretty sick of seeing repetitive ads for Medicare Advantage plans showing up all over the web, but web server hosting isn't free.

[Egnever]

22. Again this is not about this site

That add appears on many sites.

And I don't mind adds in general. It is the ones that steal your browsers focus and drag your view to the add that I find annoying and counter productive.

This add is all over the place not just here. I don't blame the site admins for it I blame the DNC who is funding it. It is a bad decision in my opinion to run adds that draw a browsers focus and it is adds like that that drive people to add blockers. If you want to ensure your message is not seen I can't think of any better way to do it than to create adds like that that disrupt the user experience.

[moriah]

25. I get a ton of emails begging for money every day.

I may get annoyed, especially when I am broke and have been donating my time rather than my money to help Hillary win, but I put up with them all, because of the purpose behind them.

I advise you to consider such annoyances as the sacrifice people have to make if we want the White House to stay blue, instead of our country being run by an orange racist, sexist, fascist buffoon.

[Egnever]

26. Or I could just use an add blocker

and see none of their adds....

My point is again if you are driving people to add blockers with your adds you are doing it wrong.

[moriah]

21. Additionally... I think you can make even a buck donation to get a star.

It doesn't demand a specific amount on the page for a one-time donation.

[Egnever]

23. Again this add is all over the net.

Not just this site. My post is not about blocking adds, blocking adds today is trivial.

It is ill advised in my opinion to run an add that does what this add does. When you disrupt a users experience with your add you are driving them to add blockers as is evidenced by post after post on this thread that advises just that. That ensures that with one annoying add you cut off all your future advertising efforts.

Not a great strategy in my opinion.

[moriah]

28. If nothing else, just think about the fact the ad will go away in three more days.

I haven't been listening to the radio at all because of all the extremely annoying and blood-pressure raising ads from Republicans in my state. I look forward to waking up on Wednesday morning to a country saved from a Trump presidency and the ability to listen to some rock in the car in the morning.

[Egnever]

30. Exactly!

They have driven you from their programing with adds. If that is what you are doing then you are ensuring no one sees or hears your adds at all.

It is counter productive.

[moriah]

31. Btw, no offense intended....

... but if you're using voice to text or a touchscreen with autocorrect, it might help to remove "adds" from your dictionary temporarily when you speak about advertisements.

I use a touchscreen because I can't type without severe pain. I deliberately deleted "Bernice" from my dictionary because every time I tried to type Bernie it suggested it first, and I lived in mortal fear of not catching it and ending up with my first hide during the primaries.

[Egnever]

33. None taken

[Rex]

20. lulz

[CentralMass]

32. Clear you browser history and cookies then sign back inm