Palant's proposal could be more acceptable if it actually went further. I really object to the high-motion 'video' adverts, but find static images are often ok. Why not tag the ads as 'motion', 'static', and perhaps some content classification to indicate visual 'safety' (such as kid-safe). Sites that violate would be rapidly blacklisted, and so is an incentive to comply with correct tags and not cheat. What about a tag or list of OSS sites that need our support, and block the commercial sites.
Aim to establish a 3-way contract between the visitor, the web site an the advertiser and feed. If I (the viewer) can establish my own viewing policy, I would be more likely to participate.
What happened to the obscure feature in the earlier Adblock (not plus) that allowed me to upload the add, but not to see it? From the advertiser's view, this looked like a hit. Is this ethical? Do I care? Is the advertiser being equally ethical in his sneaky ads?
After noticing the ABC report (3 hrs after published at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/19/2520591.htm), wikileaks is currently not accessible. AFAIK, my ISP is not part of the recent filtering trials, so dont know why I am being blocked. Will need to do a little digging. In the meantime, it would be interesting to know if others can reach the site, and especially the AU blacklist page.
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Palant's proposal could be more acceptable if it actually went further. I really object to the high-motion 'video' adverts, but find static images are often ok. Why not tag the ads as 'motion', 'static', and perhaps some content classification to indicate visual 'safety' (such as kid-safe). Sites that violate would be rapidly blacklisted, and so is an incentive to comply with correct tags and not cheat. What about a tag or list of OSS sites that need our support, and block the commercial sites. Aim to establish a 3-way contract between the visitor, the web site an the advertiser and feed. If I (the viewer) can establish my own viewing policy, I would be more likely to participate. What happened to the obscure feature in the earlier Adblock (not plus) that allowed me to upload the add, but not to see it? From the advertiser's view, this looked like a hit. Is this ethical? Do I care? Is the advertiser being equally ethical in his sneaky ads?
After noticing the ABC report (3 hrs after published at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/19/2520591.htm), wikileaks is currently not accessible. AFAIK, my ISP is not part of the recent filtering trials, so dont know why I am being blocked. Will need to do a little digging. In the meantime, it would be interesting to know if others can reach the site, and especially the AU blacklist page.