There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

Honest question, how many of you watch the autoplaying videos on websites ?

They are one of the most infuriating things for me. But I curious to know why is this a popular pattern in websites. Do people actually stop whatever they were planning to do and watch the video ?

I’ve blocked them on all my devices. But once in a while I see them when I use someone else’s devices and I wonder.

Zier ,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

Nothing ever auto plays on my devices. uBlock Origin & Firefox allow me to decide how my experience plays (ba-dum-tiss) out.

communism ,
@communism@lemmy.ml avatar

I never watch them and block them if I ever see any

HotsauceHurricane ,

Autoplayed videos are the devil. If an add autoplays i report it.

cmbabul ,

This is actually what o truly do not understand about marketing, how are they so disconnected as to think that folks are actually watching and paying attention to that shit. Are they just delusional?

son_named_bort ,

Never, they’re the Internet equivalent of those people who listen to their music in public without headphones.

nokturne213 ,

If the video cannot be closed or easily adblocked I leave the website.

NONE_dc ,
@NONE_dc@lemmy.world avatar

When you try to read some Warhammer 40k lore and those things get in the way, it’s hard not to want to send an Exterminatus to those who created them.

DrBob ,
@DrBob@lemmy.ca avatar

I have all that shit autoblocked.

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Never. You can block that in Firefox by default.

LastoftheDinosaurs , (edited )
@LastoftheDinosaurs@reddthat.com avatar

Never.

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