The Fucking ad covers the content I literally could not get back into his comic strip because of the Fucking unremoveable ad covering the content. Guess time for that ad blocker.

  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Idk. Sure, use an ad blocker, but the medium is also content - if the comic author wants their site to be so full of ads that their content is unreadable then tbh I’m probably going to give up reading. Ads like that don’t just happen by accident - ad placement is just as much an artistic decision as the colour palette they use

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Not all webcomic authors are also well versed in web design. There’s a good chance this is a WordPress theme for comics and a plug-in for ads, maybe with more third party add-ons.

      • BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        11 months ago

        If that is the Something Positive I read a decade ago he should know how to make a website by now, and it was not that bad back then.

      • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Then you load up your site, go “oh, those ads make my site look like garbage”, and turn the plugin off. Ads don’t magically appear, someone has to actively decide that they want them and that they are happy with the trade off for user experience

        • Akagigahara@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          While that’s true, there’s also the “Works on my machine” effect.

          It might’ve been less obstructive on their pc than on op’s

          • Dept@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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            11 months ago

            yeah OP has an ultra wide. the ad probably calculates size with a percentage.