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Facebook Will Force Advertising On Ad-Blocking Users (wsj.com)

Posted by msmash on from the no-escape dept.

Long-time reader geek writes: Facebook is going to start forcing ads to appear for all users of its desktop website, even if they use ad-blocking software (Could be paywalled; alternate source). The social network said on Tuesday that it will change the way advertising is loaded into its desktop website to make its ad units considerably more difficult for ad blockers to detect. "Facebook is ad-supported. Ads are a part of the Facebook experience; they're not a tack on," said Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, Facebook's vice president of engineering for advertising and pages.

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  1. My civil disobedience by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whenever FB puts an adv. in my feed I flag it as being Offensive and Sexually explicit. It may not screw FB over by much to do so, but it makes me feel good.

    (Kinda like yesterday when I strung the Indian "computer support" guy along for 15 minutes by pretending to poking around my windows machine. In the end he asked my what browser I was using, and when I said Safari he swore in his native language and then hung up on me)

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  2. Re: Good by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Invasive malware and 0day attack vectors are a part of the Facebook experience.."

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  3. Re:Why use FB? It's a social network by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also people who don't bother to use caps. Bunch of wankers.

  4. Re:Challenge Accepted! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A true manager in the making!