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Category: Atheism • Blogging • Religion
Posted on: November 25, 2008 8:29 PM, by Greg Laden
Have you seen the latest iPod ad, on this site, that tells you you've won an iPhone?
Got a problem with ads speak when not spoken to?
Click HERE to complain!
The Blog Herders are aware and presumably doing something about it, but a nice public outcry is always helpful.
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Comments
I realize it doesn't do any good for ScienceBlogs bottom line, but if I didn't have Firefox with Adblock Plus I wouldn't be cruising the net at all. I don't watch TV, I don't listen to any commercial radio stations, I'm on the do not call lists, all junk mail goes straight into the trash, and I don't want to see or hear ads on the Internet either.
Posted by: chezjake | November 25, 2008 9:14 PM
chezjake:
So it's YOU!! I was wondering who was ruining the economy for everybody!!!!
Posted by: Greg Laden | November 25, 2008 9:23 PM
The funny thing is (imho) that such ads do quite a lot of harm in the long term. Quite some people will install an ad-blocker as a reaction to ads like this, also blocking other less intrusive ads.
This fills my cold Marxist heart with joy. :D
Posted by: student_b | November 26, 2008 2:12 AM
While cruising evil atheist blogs at work earlier today,I read about the Iphone ads...But neither at work(on IE 6)nor now at home on FF3 have I actually seen that ad.
What I am doing wrong?? I want to win an Iphone too !!
Posted by: clinteas | November 26, 2008 3:54 AM