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by WHITE BEAR on March 29th, 2007

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All advertising on the net should be banned - agree or disagree and why?

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  • by nevets - badgicide on March 29th, 2007

    nevets - badgicide

    Disagree.

    However there are big improvements to be made. Currently advertising is the scourge of the internet.

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  • by audiogal on March 29th, 2007

    audiogal

    I disagree, because I like having free access to the net. If advertising was banned, someone would have to pay for it, and I'm sure it would end up being me!

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  • by Brian I on March 29th, 2007

    Brian I

    All advertising on the net is banned from now! Oh dear, it's tomorrow and Answerbag's gone because it's lost it's funding, Google's gone because it's lost its funding, etc, etc. Sorry, I don't agree. Pop-up advertising and the like should be banned though.

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  • by branciforte3241 on March 29th, 2007

    branciforte3241

    This is the way it used to be. Originally it was the ARPAnet, a military system. Then it was the NSFnet (National Science Foundation) network. Neither of those incarnations allowed anything commercial, not even traffic. That was a very differant time. Once the Internet was opened up to the public it became necessary for advertisers to subsidize all of the public services which everyone takes for granted. Just like TV requires a subsidy, either public or commercial, so do the various services on the Internet. There is some talk to starting another parallel Internet for academic use.

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  • by passerby on March 29th, 2007

    passerby

    I like my net as free as possible. Ads are a bit of a pain but I think those who don't use them wisely on their sites (please take note Ab)end up being less popular in the long run than those who place them carefully, either way you get the same revenue.

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  • by GeorgieGirl on March 29th, 2007

    GeorgieGirl

    Yeah, I agree it should be banned. It is useless sop. Takes up space and sometimes the ads are very distracting when they are flashing or moving. Most of them are not even what they appear to be if you do click on them and go there.

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  • by BrokeDog on March 29th, 2007

    BrokeDog

    I agree. It slows down everything and also clutters the pages. I mean, look at AB. We have the side column as usual, and ads stuck in right under the answer also. I think it's just too much. I know, I know, sites like these probably wouldn't be possible without the ads, but I don't have to like them.

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  • by donna4700 on August 25th, 2008

    donna4700

    Disagree, I have actually found some advertisements to be useful, Free Market, Helps someone get paid :)

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  • by Someguy on August 25th, 2008

    Someguy

    No. Let capitalism reign.

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  • by --Faith-- on August 25th, 2008

    --Faith--

    Disagree, free market.

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  • by I love my baby on March 29th, 2007

    I love my baby

    Yes ads should be an option to be banned on each pc. Have a ad site for those who want them.

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  • by Anonymous on March 29th, 2007

    Anonymous

      Disagree.  As annoying as it is, advertising is what pays the costs of keeping a site like Answerbag up and running.  Without advertising, sites like this would either have to make us pay to use them, or else they would go out of business.

      I do think that certain forms of online advertising are unethical and ought to be illegal.  The term “spam” has come to be used as a general term for such advertising; including unsolicited email advertising, posting of unauthorized ads on sites such as this, and so on.

      Also, there are certain forms of advertising that, while I can't say they should be illegal, are obnoxious and annoying.  I expect that the free market will hopefully take care of these, either in the form of people simply not using sites where advertising is too obnoxious or disruptive, or else blocking those forms of advertising which are too annoying; thus rendering these ads unprofitable.  For example, I assume that by now, most Answerbaggers have figured out how to block the intrusive IntelliTxt ads here on Answerbag.  If not, and if you're using FireFox, then you need the plugin at http://adblockplus.org/ and then to set up a filter for “*//*.intellitxt.com/*”

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  • by AntigoneRising on March 29th, 2007

    AntigoneRising

    Strongly disagree. I prefer to have my internet free, or nearly so, rather than extraordinarily expensive. It costs a LOT of money to develop sites - especially interactive ones such as Answerbag. The way they are reimbursed for this expense is through advertising. Otherwise, prepare to get out your credit card. (And I'm not talking for a $20 yearly subscription, either.)

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  • by jin jang on March 29th, 2007

    jin jang

    I wish it was banned for it should be a source of information,and not a shopping basket.I get enough advertising from every other source.

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  • by FadingxSmiles on March 29th, 2007

    FadingxSmiles

    I disagree.

    Advertising makes it possible for websites to stay up, and for free.

    Also, some ads can be useful. I've made some use of an ad a few times.

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  • by Tacet on August 25th, 2008

    Tacet

    Disagree, you'd have to pay high prices just to access a site. Answerbag is supported by ads, and it probably wouldn't be here if not for them, along with many other sites.

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  • by CoachMJ on March 30th, 2007

    CoachMJ

    If it is going to cost more to use internet if advertising is banned (and it will!), than I am not for it.

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  • by Karl Plesz on March 30th, 2007

    Karl Plesz

    I disagree. While having an ad-free internet would be an awesome goal to strive for, it's too late to go down that road. I say this because we already take the free content we get for granted - and we're all about getting what we can for free. If advertising had to stop, the participants would have to eat their costs and internet connection / usage fees would have to rise dramatically - highly unlikely.

    But while banning advertising isn't going to happen, I do wish that ads were regulated in terms of their interference with actual site content. Ads should not be allowed to dominate or confuse visitors to a web site. They should be easily identifiable as ads, so that the visitor can get to the real content. I have no suggestion for how we would do that, but I feel it needs to be done.

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  • by weezypops on March 29th, 2007

    weezypops

    It'd be nice, but so many great sites are funded by advertising, it'd be more of a shame to lose them. You can always ignore the adverts. I do.

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