# Improper Advertisement **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 28, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-advertisement/659566 "2013-05-28T18:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-advertisement/659566/10 "2013-05-29T18:13:37Z")
> [@spinky](#): > > Here, by you, less than a year ago: > > And you can give us the snippy, bullshit excuse about new owners and imply that it’s silly of us to expect you to do what you said you’d do, but that’s seriously weak sauce: there was likely no intentional policy change, and you know it. These things just slip through occasionally, and the recent change in ownership has given you a convenient excuse to ignore the reports. > > I do hope the new owners are happy with the brilliant strategy of cranking up the obnoxiousness of the ads until everyone is convinced to use ad-blockers. I’ve literally never even come close to installing one for any other site, but here I am, blocking ads on your site. Smooth move! Neither snippy nor bullshit. It is reality. This is a business, one that is not owned by the staff nor the users. The owners of this site can place whatever content they want on these pages. It’s worrisome and annoying when an ad sounds off at an unwelcome time and in an unwelcome place – especially in your office. But there is nothing that we can do about it. It’s why I keep headphones hooked up to my computer all the time – I have people on different sleep schedules in my house that object to noise. I don’t always hear everything but I’m not unpleasantly surprised neither. I’m sorry if it sounds off in your office or if it wakes the baby. I’d do something about if I could. I don’t know what else to tell you. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-advertisement/659566)._