# Audio Ads - two in a row! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 5, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-ads-two-in-a-row/605142 "2011-12-05T17:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-ads-two-in-a-row/605142/1 "2011-12-05T17:45:22Z")
Got one in the general forum page that linked back to this youtube page: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1IsVCcfdinU/hqdefault.jpg "Cómo trabaja la prensa especializada en la pasarela") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IsVCcfdinU) And then when I opened ATMB to mention it, I got one from Dell/Intel!! Really really really annoying. Details - not clicking on them, they are at the bottom of the pages, and start automatically upon loading the page. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-ads-two-in-a-row/605142/2 "2011-12-05T23:56:10Z")
Fortunately I don’t get ads here, but I certainly get them at other sites and the first thing I do is shut down that site. I can’t STAND audio ads. Whoever thought they were a good idea should be severely whipped. They get people in trouble, they disrupt other activities, they startle you, they wake up your spouse, they overpower the music/youtube/TV you’re listening to… so many negatives and what positive? They get attention. Usually very negative attention. So who thought this was a good thing? They should be required to be opted in for ad-serving services. Having them randomly show up on a site where you don’t expect it–and worse, neither do TPTB at that site…that’s just bad.