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Omg, what the hell kind of dark pattern is it that waits 10 minutes to start playing an audio ad? It's one of those "I bet someone got a nice bonus for that" i
by danielweber 12y ago
Omg, what the hell kind of dark pattern is it that waits 10 minutes to start playing an audio ad?
It's one of those "I bet someone got a nice bonus for that" ideas that destroys user trust: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2006/11/01/922449.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2006/11/01/92244...
- iSnow 12y agoIf you serve audio ads on site with text content at all, you are a complete moron. The only thing they'll do is advertise the use of AdBlock.
- Teckla 12y agoOmg, what the hell kind of dark pattern is it that waits 10 minutes to start playing an audio ad? Slashdot's audio ads don't wait 10 minutes to start. Slashdot's much hated auto-refresh "feature" is to blame. It periodically refreshes the page and brings you a new crop of ads, some of which might be audio ads. The auto-refresh "feature" merely exists to increase their ad revenue. Nobody I know likes the auto-refresh feature, as it just causes you to lose your place on the page.