Ads don't really bug me when its the occasional ad. Its just facebook over the last 2 days has been too many adds, 1/4 of my timeline and 1/8 of photos in albums are ads now.

It was too much, hence adblock. But I dunno, some of my favourite sites seem incomplete without the banners everywhere.

Its an ugly facebook vs nice everything else. Or a nice facebook vs ugly everything else.

Not sure which is better.

The ads not bugging me is why, after knowing about adblock for 3 years, I didn't download it, however now, I have finally chosen too.

Other adblocking downloads are available including............and............... I prefer the latter but .............is OK.

I got it because of youtube videos, watching videos saves so much time now.

Keep it, I thought it odd at first too, but you get used to it. And it's better in the long run I think.

What are ads?

ads are what keeps the internet working.

Its the way most websites make a profit and can continue to function.

Banner ads and 5 second clips before a youtube video start are a reminder of capitalism at work.

However too many adds cause people to use adblock, which threaten to end the advertisement revenues of multiple sites and is responsible for facebook, and others losing big streams of revenue.

I got AdBlock last month and the quality of my life has markedly improved.

@Gunfighter06, and if everyone started using AdBlock and it was kept up to date with internet advertising methods, would your quality of life be markedly improved when ad-dependant websites such as youtube go away?

Thankfully, those of us that use AdBlock are a small enough minority for now that we can have our cake and eat it too! :)

I would jump up and down with joy if Facebook went away.

Me too Draugnar. I hate the website.
Also, you can tell adblock to let ads through websites. For example, Iet Reddit ads come through.

Ah, nice, sounds like that'll give Fasces349 the internet he is looking for.

What gets me is the sites who want you to subscribe and then *still* through ads up at you. Gannet media (owners of The Cincinnati Enquirer) were supposed to be heading down the subscription road (don't know if they backed off or are still going that way) and were saying they'd still have the banner ads at one point. It's as bad as paying good money for a magazine subscription and having 50% of it be ads and many of those not wholey appropriate to the subject of the magazine.

With adblock at least as I've used it. You give it a list of things to block. As such you could easily set it to only block ads on facebook.

I think ads are hilarious...and they help me remember what I was researching...

You know, like I visit Disney to plan a vacation, and suddenly my web pages are full of Disney ads...

But seriously...uh...ads bug you? Why? Do none of you have the will power to not click through ads? They don't bother me at all, I pretty much ignore them...except for, yes, when an ad comes up that occasionally is actually something I want to check out, in which case they actually become useful. But generally speaking...what's the harm of an ad in the sidebar?

I do keep a popup blocker though...whoever creates popup ads should be strung up naked in the public square, and then people should be allowed to take a swing at his nuts with a whiffle ball bat that has been pierced through with rusty nails.

@ Alderian

I don't feel bad about blocking ads because I have never and will never buy any product because an Internet ad told me to do so.

I'm merely saving time.

"I got AdBlock last month and the quality of my life has markedly improved."

there a *chance* you're being slightly overdramatic here, no?

Yeah. I don't use the Internet nearly enough for (my life to have) "markedly improved", but it is nice to click around without being molested by an ad every five seconds.

I only despise the pop in front ads that scroll right in front of what your viewing and appear there just as you were about to click a link *every time*.

I despised those 30 second YouTube ads that played before a video that was like 15 seconds. Ridiculous.

Those are annoying but after a brief period of time you can skip them. The "pop up in front of the video at the 5 second mark" are really annoying though.

AdBlock....fuck that...I'd PAY for a Bo-block or a Draug-block! :P

Its called mute, krellin. Aren't you against that?

Now krellin, I thought we were friends. What the fuck! You on the sauce again?

Draugy....I'd never block you. :)

And FD....if i believed in mute...wait? FD? Who are you? Are you new here? Been pretty quiet lately

Wait...Draug...if by sauce you mean your man juice...

"I would jump up and down with joy if Facebook went away."
If you don;t like facebook then don't use it. but don't stop me from using it.

It's more that I can't seem to unsignup from it back when I used it and I keep getting these stupid invites. If it would let me go away from it, I'd have nothing against it.

@Krellin. Been on a bit of a haitus for the last couple months. Just got started up not that long again.

I think there is a delete account button, Draug. I am fairly certian

https://www.facebook.com/help/214376678584711

That might be what your looking for.

FD --- ok....let's re-establsh. So...wanna b allies against the douche bags, or do you want to fight it out on every topic?

Thanks Fasces. I might do the deactivate cause someday I may wish to come back to it.

@ Draugnar

I'm talking about the 30 second ads that they don't let you skip. Greedy bastards.

I sometimes enjoy the adds. If it wasn't for youtube commercials I would have never found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI

What service am I thinking of that has 30 second ads with a <skip> button after a few seconds in?

Some YouTube 30 second ads *do* have a skip button, but many times they make you sit there and watch it.

OK, I don't hang out on youtube as much, so maybe that's why I didn't notice that aspect. But I do notice those damnable popups that come 5 or 10 seconds in, just whent he video may well be getting good.