I'VE HAD IT! Website programmers are morons. Website owners are greedy morons. [View all]

[Armstead]

Marketing 101. Don't punch your customer in the nose when he enters your store, if you want to make a sale.

I've just about given up ever clicking on any links to articles or videos here, on Facebook, and in general.

I've just about given up using the godddamn Internet for anything, except for a few sites like DU that are reasonably well behaved.

Why? EVERY TIME i click on a link to aan article or ovideo appearing, I get hijacked by pop-ups, automatic videos, mandatory "surveys" that must be filled out to see the content...and god knows what else. I feel lucky if I even get to see the content.

And it's gotten so bad that I'd say its about a 50-50 chance my browser is going to either freeze for an ungodly amount of time, or crash altogether whenever I visit a web page.

I'm not against websites wanting to make a few bucks. In fact I work for a different form of advertising supported free media (newspaper) and I am very sympathetic for the neeed to generate revenue. I don't mind looking at ads.

But fercryingoutloud, can't they be smart enough to embed simple ads that do not use Flash, scripts and all that other crap to get your attention, and scream at you and prevent you from seeing the thing you came for?

I wish these geniuses webmasters and marketing experts would use a little simple basic common sense, and not make the exprience of visiting a website so miserable that people stay away.