Most sites don't annoy me with giant or moving or flashing ads so I'd love to have a way to automatically filter those out but leave other sites and ads alone until I express annoyance explicitly.
When a site/page annoys me with their ads I'd like an easy, quick way to enable Adblock for that site, in response.
When I enable Adblock for a misbehaving site (in my view), I'd like to specify why I was annoyed, either in text or by choosing from a list of prior specified reasons. The method of choosing which why to specify could be improved over time.
When I block ads from a site I'd like an easy way to send a message to that site about what was annoying and how that could be fixed. If these were also kept in a public list, then the site owners would have reason to reform their practices, if appropriate, and have their responses also added to the public list. This could get horribly complex, but nothing else I see here offers non-users of Adblock (most people in the world) any hope of improvement in the ads that sites deploy.
OK, I apparently want to start a conversation with site owners about ads that annoy, so as to reduce the quantity and prominence of bad ads on the web, at least for me, but better for everyone.
Applying Adblock only when annoyed by a site.
Re: Applying Adblock only when annoyed by a site.
Not all sites actually have contact information.
There's a buzzin' in my brain I really can't explain; I think about it before they make me go to bed.
Re: Applying Adblock only when annoyed by a site.
That's fine, the public posting has the effect of crowd sourcing that information. Perhaps someone will know or alternatively, news reports and blogs can mention the fact and thus make a wider public aware that this site refuses any response to their content.lewisje wrote:Not all sites actually have contact information.
I have long contended that not only every site, but every page on the web should include an obvious and convenient way to give feedback to the authors of that page. To leave no path of feedback is a sort of ultimate arrogance, in effect claiming that the content is perfect in every way and will remain perfect in perpetuity.