A month and a half of class

[smarriveurr]

So, you remember when I mentioned how LJ installed some third-party code to rummage through all the links you include in your posts, and stick affiliate links on them to earn cash? But the coders were horribly amateur and didn't know how to filter URLs, so they broke a bunch of links, overwrote people's own affiliate IDs, and generally made a dog's

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[smarriveurr]

Honestly, this shadiness doesn't bother me quite as much as some of their ad choices. Admittedly, I have firefox and adblock for that, even if I weren't a paid account... but it's really just yet-another-thing-about-LJ.

So, go ye forth and test the followers*, see if they are ready for the Promised Land!

* - that is, people following your blog...

[smarriveurr]

Yeah, never been impressed with the ads. Decreasingly impressed all around the internet, which is why, after years of holding out, I finally installed an adblocker and a flashblocker. I don't really begrudge people ad revenue, but the ads have become increasingly annoying and obtrusive, and increasingly they're vectors to infect your damn computer.

I remember when the Best Buy ad autoplayed sound. It was great, because I'd leave an LJ tab open when I closed firefox, not be logged in when I restarted, and so my PC would start playing carols as soon as I loaded firefox. Lovely.

Yay for polls!

[smarriveurr]

My favorites were the ones that expanded when you mouseover on them... and you had to close them by clicking a button inside the original area of the ad, so if you accidentally let your mouse wander, well, the only way to shrink it would leave your mouse in a position to immediately expand it again.

I know the general wisdom is that anything that gets attention is good, but I so hate popunder adverts and those interstitials/screengrabbers etc. that I'd actively avoid purchasing from a company that uses them.