The article itself lists several examples of ads that provided value and didn't garner hatred. Tech journalism aside it's perfectly possible to make ads that r

The article itself lists several examples of ads that provided value and didn't garner hatred. Tech journalism aside it's perfectly possible to make ads that rise above the perpetual noise of CONSUME! advertising we all live with. Look at things like Honda's "Cog" or Old Spice's "I'm on a horse". If there's a better example of why many people block ads than [1] I don't know what it is. I don't even bother to block ads anymore. I see a double-underlined word, a popup or a 90%-noise blogspam page and I just hit back. There's so much content out there that doesn't abuse your attention why bother with the noise? [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/akj4z/get_your_mcdigg_on_reddit_if_you_ever/ http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/akj4z/get_your_mcdigg_...