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Originally Posted by TGS
I can quite understand you not wanting to alienate members, but I think you are making a rod for your own back undertaking to blacklist individual ads. Easy solution is to stay signed-in - you don't have to post if you don't want to - then you never get to see the ads.
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Today, the annoying ad hasn't been seen. As I said above, I realize I can log in and not see ads, but I'm a creature of habit. The first time I tried to log in (several years ago now...) I kept getting timed out anyway, so I stopped logging in. It seems to be better now, but still, that habit.
Also, the mere fact that I have to log in to post, has kept me from making a few inappropriate replies - the extra few seconds and actions helps with the cool down phase.
In general, I don't object to seeing strange ads. It might even be instructive to occasionally see a political ad from another jurisdiction. What bugged me was the same ad on every page, just that one day - since it concerned a local politician, it kept drawing my eye and attention, which was disruptive.
I mean, it may be heretical, but once in a while I even get too much chocolate for the moment.