Tubadiva worded that exceptionally poorly. I do not believe the SD staff want ads that act like that. Rather, the ad sourcing community defines ads that react to the cursor passing over them as an acceptable interpretation of the limitation that the ad must be selected by user activity, so the ad providers do not exclude those ads even with the criteria that pop ups and video/audio ads need user action to activate.
It is frustrating, because IIRC the board has tried to complain about that before to the ad providers, with no relief.
Ads that have sound that are triggered by interaction – even as simple as mousing over them – that is playing by the rules and these ads are permitted from ad brokers.
Ads that sound off as soon as they render without being touched by the user in any way – those are the ads we try to remove from the site.
We realize most of you don’t like/want ads at all. At the same time the site is trying to stay in business; ad revenue helps keeps the place operational.
Seems like I did. You think ads that make noise just from a mouseover are ok.
Crappy ad brokers, maybe. I don’t find that sort of thing on most reputable sites I visit.
Ok, you go ahead and try to portray the situation as if we are just being unreasonable and hate all ads. Ignore the fact that some of us have been browsing with no ad blocker installed for a long time because we figured it’s no skin off our nose if you want to generate a little revenue. Never mind the fact that the obnoxiousness of the ads has finally pushed me to install an ad blocker even though I’d prefer not to. Pretend that there is no correlation between the quality of a site and the quality of the ads it displays. It’s a big coincidence that you have the same type of ads as various armpits of the internet. Now if you’ll excuse me I need to read up on HOW TO NEVER PAY FOR ENERGY AGAIN THE SECRETS THE UTILITY COMPANIES DON’T WANT YOU TO HEAR.
What I might think does not obtain, as I do not set ad policy. It’s an unfortunate misconception on your part if you believe staffers do, as there is nothing the staff can do for you here in that department.
We can facilitate your reporting of rogue ads, that’s what we do.
No. She thinks that ad brokers think that ads that make noise just from mouseover are okay, and won’t do anything about removing them or blocking them.
Ad brokers like Google? That’s one of the ad brokers they use.
Seems like you’re an appropriate channel for such complaints, then. The fact that you personally don’t set ad policy seems pretty irrelevant. The only reason I can see for you to mention that is that you’d like people to think you’re not the appropriate person to complain to.
Skittles. “Taste the rainbow.” I don’t get these anywhere else except here, what is the deal anyway? It’s annoying to have to remember to turn off the sound whenever I log onto here.
Does this ad play as soon as the page renders or do you have to touch it in some fashion? (Even mousing over an ad or going past it is enough to trigger in some cases.)
It’s an important distinction, which is why I’m asking you for more info, please.