We Asked Doc Searls: Do Ad Blockers Cause Cancer? (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on Thursday October 1, 2015 @07:14AM from the ads-that-follow-you-even-into-the-darkest-online-corners dept.

A whimsical headline, but not much more of a shark-jumper than some of the talk we've heard lately from ad agencies, online publishers, and others who earn their living from online advertising. Doc Searls recently wrote a piece on his personal blog titled Beyond ad blocking — the biggest boycott in human history. Naturally, we wanted to ask Doc to expand a bit on what he's been writing about ad blocking and advertising in general. So we had a fine conversation about online advertising -- ending with a challenge to the advertising industry, which Doc says should be looking for ways to produce better, more effective, and less annoying ways to sell to us online.

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Cancer by Anonymous Coward · 2015-10-01 07:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Do Ad Blockers Cause Cancer?
No. But videos on Slashdot do.
Yup! by khr · 2015-10-01 07:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Yup, I'm sure Ad Blockers can cause cancer. Just the other day I saw an ad "beat cancer with one weird trick" and followed it and paid and now I won't get cancer, but all those people who blocked the ad will!