Azck!

[asterroc]

I was thinking about adding someone as a friend, b/c I keep bumping into them on other friends' blogs, but then I realized they had a sponsored+ account. I refuse to have any ad-ers in my friendslist.

ETA: Which means I just removed two people from my friends' list. If it's you, you know why.

Comments

[the-xtina.livejournal.com]

1) Aren't they only visible on the journal's page?  Not that I'm arguing for them, mind...

2) Dunno!  Added him ages ago?  Met him in person at Arisia, I know that much... v. friendly.

3) New thing!  I change that thing often, excepting when I don't.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

1) Here, you can play with these people's journals: og_wilbury, pablowapsi. The ads appear to be on their front page, individual post pages, and their friends page, but not YOUR friends page if you add them. I guess things could be worse.

2) He and rosefox are two people I know that everyone else knows.

3) My students have typoed "excepting" to "expecting" so often that I read yours the wrong way.

[the-xtina.livejournal.com]

Ha!  I read Wapsi Square all the time!  *amused*

Anyways.  I don't see any ads... and I checked both in FF and IE.  What'm I missing?

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Ah. Because you have a paid account.

Paid and Permanent Accounts: You will never see ads on LiveJournal, even when viewing a Sponsored+ user's journal, as long as you're logged into the site.

If you're really curious about it, try logging out. I guess the ads only bother those of us who don't pay... It's irritating. Makes me *less* likely to get a paid account.

[the-xtina.livejournal.com]

Ah-ha.  So I see.

I only ever see Google ads, since I don't mind them.  All else get Ad-blocked.