# Pop-up ads **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 17, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/76680 "2001-08-17T02:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/76680/1 "2001-08-17T02:59:49Z")
I hate banner and pop-up ads!!! I just hate them soooooooooooooooo much!!! So, what I want to know is, DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY SEE INTERNET ADVERTISEMENTS AND CLICK ON THEM or does everyone just ignore them like me? Thanks, just wondering… ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/76680/2 "2001-08-17T03:42:32Z")
I don’t suppose you’ll find many who **like** them, really. 🙂 Isn’t this more of an opinion thing than a General Qestion, though? ---
**Author:** ![Oystaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@Oystaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oystaman)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/76680/3 "2001-08-17T04:15:45Z")
I hate 'em ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/76680/4 "2001-08-17T04:21:33Z")
They help make being on the net more homey. Have you ever been watching something on the VCR or HBO and thought “Damn I wish there was a commerical, so I could go take a leak!”? Well if it wasn’t for banners and pop-ups the wide world of webness would be like that. When I see a pop-up it makes me want to…