Listen, I use an adblocker for most websites, but I've had it turned off for this site for the two+ years I've been here, because I respect this site and this community enough to want to support it.
In the last few weeks, however, I've gotten a handful of ads that start playing VERY loud music/sound that is incredibly jarring and off-putting, and frankly gives me a moment of panic and confusion as I search for the source of the disturbance. I completely support that you need ads to make revenue for the site, but ads with sound are a huge reason why I have an adblocker in the first place, and if I encounter this problem for much longer, I'm probably going to have to turn my adblocker back on, because I hate the random heart-attack inducing music that gets shoved at me.
I'm sure I'm not the only member who feels this way. Random ads with sounds are hugely discouraging to allowing ads to display on a website. I'm not sure what control the admins have over that, but if you can go back to silent advertising, I can continue to allow ads to display for you guys, and it'll will probably allow others to do the same.
(Also, allowing ads with sound is really just just a couple steps above ads with sneaky viruses, which is the route deviantart took a decade ago, which also makes me incredibly nervous about leaving my adblocker disabled.)
In the last few weeks, however, I've gotten a handful of ads that start playing VERY loud music/sound that is incredibly jarring and off-putting, and frankly gives me a moment of panic and confusion as I search for the source of the disturbance. I completely support that you need ads to make revenue for the site, but ads with sound are a huge reason why I have an adblocker in the first place, and if I encounter this problem for much longer, I'm probably going to have to turn my adblocker back on, because I hate the random heart-attack inducing music that gets shoved at me.
I'm sure I'm not the only member who feels this way. Random ads with sounds are hugely discouraging to allowing ads to display on a website. I'm not sure what control the admins have over that, but if you can go back to silent advertising, I can continue to allow ads to display for you guys, and it'll will probably allow others to do the same.
(Also, allowing ads with sound is really just just a couple steps above ads with sneaky viruses, which is the route deviantart took a decade ago, which also makes me incredibly nervous about leaving my adblocker disabled.)
