I find them to be intrusive, and end up ignoring them in the same way I end up not noticing things that look like ads. And sites that overdo it lose my attention altogether - I just move on to greener pastures.
Mind you, I used to mute the television when ads came on. The constant repetition drove me nuts. Radio is even worse, which is why I haven't used one since I was a kid.
Its not that I try to avoid any and all advertising. I think Twitter actually does a good job of it - at least in my feed, as the ads I get are directly related to my interests, and have actually resulted in purchases from me.
It's the constant unwanted disruption. Remember when people hated the <blink> tag in the 90's, or those ads that jiggled? They are all different variations on how to annoy people into thinking about one (generally unwanted) thing all day.
You know who does chat very poorly? LinkedIn. Once those notifications show up on the screen, it's so hard to get rid of them! You have to save messaging to the last on that site if you don't want to see the name list covering the right-edge of the screen, or a chunk out of the bottom when you minimize it.
Mind you, I used to mute the television when ads came on. The constant repetition drove me nuts. Radio is even worse, which is why I haven't used one since I was a kid.
Its not that I try to avoid any and all advertising. I think Twitter actually does a good job of it - at least in my feed, as the ads I get are directly related to my interests, and have actually resulted in purchases from me.
It's the constant unwanted disruption. Remember when people hated the <blink> tag in the 90's, or those ads that jiggled? They are all different variations on how to annoy people into thinking about one (generally unwanted) thing all day.
You know who does chat very poorly? LinkedIn. Once those notifications show up on the screen, it's so hard to get rid of them! You have to save messaging to the last on that site if you don't want to see the name list covering the right-edge of the screen, or a chunk out of the bottom when you minimize it.