OKAY!! They DID IT.

[tikatu]

 I  knew this was coming. First, they mess about with ads. Then, they cut back the ad blocker from three days to one.

Now? FanFiction.net has put interstitial ad on their page, like the one you get once a day when you come to lj. The difference? THERE IS NO WAY TO X IT OUT. You have to 1. Listen to the video and 2. Do one of the quizzes listed. The page states that ff.net will get $1.40 for every quiz. If you don't do this, you can't get to the ff.net pages. They are LOCKED.

I guess this is one of the neat new things that they were crowing about on the home page. /sarcasm

To say I am hopping mad is an understatement. This is beyond annoying. I am contemplating just leaving my stuff there and using Tikatu's Corner and Fan Nation exclusively (I'd update my stuff at Lunaescence, too.)

There has got to be a better way to generate income. How about reinstating the paid subscriber option? If it meant going without ads of any kind - and it was reasonable - I'd be willing to plunk for it. I did before. At this point, I'm more willing to donate to the other two sites and keep them running. They, at least, are pretty much ad-free.

Locking up the intellectual property of thousands of people? NOT COOL to the nth degree. What can we do to convince them of this?

Comments

[tikatu.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Ali. I don't use Firefox much; it just doesn't have all my bookmarks, and importing them is a pain (it gives me one more level of folders to search through). I'll keep it in mind, though, if the ad shows up again. I have an ad blocker on my Firefox; just have to learn how to use it.

[alicornmoon.livejournal.com]

I mostly only use Firefox for FF.NET and youtube (I have this add on that hides all the comments on videos so I don't have to see all the mean and stupidness :P)
and my main browser from everything else :D