Audiogon has gone too far, too fast with the ads!!!

+1 @soix !  Yes, adds pay for sites, but slow loading and adds that block views are not good and leave a bad impression.  I like Audiogon but....

@gkelly , 'bad actor'???  @soix is one of the most knowledgable contributors I read.  I am sure he generates traffic and purchases here.  He is right, not bad.

Sometimes (ahem not initially meant to be political) people need to speak up.

@viridian , I agree with SO WHAT ?.  The discussion part of this site is just that.  If people list or buy elsewhere that is not a condition of conversing here.

I know they need adds. but too many, or to large , or covering content is blatantly poor.

And, like may mention, it has driven me to purchase and use add blocking and security software not needed elsewhere..

Again, the problem is they went too far with the ads.  I WANT them to monetize this site so it’s a win-win for all, but when the ads significantly degrade the user experience and functionality of the site IMHO it’s gone too far as evidenced by many of us now who will resort to ad-blocking sites — and isn’t that counterproductive and ironic because they’re now causing us as users to block the source of a big part their revenue here?!? 🤔  Better to just back it off a bit and find a better compromise between successfully monitizing the site and usability as pretty much all other sites I visit have managed to do.  But what do I know, I’m just a lowly customer. 

@soix imo the issue isn't so much the number of ads as the clumsy, intrusive way in which they're being served.

I see those ads if I read Audiogon in Firefox. It's pretty bad.

I guess you all haven't seen the ferocity of ads on some other audio forums....avs, quadrophonicquad, etc. Personally, I find some ads useful, temu sexdoll ads aside. It doesn't bother me.