@gcluley good choice ;)

@gcluley I like the [Sod Off] button

@gcluley Great idea.

@gcluley Yes, do it! Love that idea.

@gcluley My problem with ad blockers is they are all or nothing. None of them consider whether ads are third-party or in-house, or indicate that to users. As a result, very, very few users who rely on ad blockers ever allow ads on any sites, even those that strictly observe same-origin policies about ads.

@gcluley the incentive would be clear if you add a lot of (blockable) ads to your site.

@gcluley Much as I like it, it's technically an ad. Luckily as I run an ad blocker I wouldn't see it.

@gcluley would you detect if they have dns and firewall filters in place to identify and block badness rather than an add on that can see and modify everything? #pihole

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@gcluley - personally I don’t mind a few ads. If only I could be served an Ad without the tracking. 🤷‍♂️

@gcluley definitely do it

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Love this idea :)

@gcluley funny and helpful too 😃​ And also, minor typo, you're missing a couple words in there I think ("heck of a lot safer") 😉​

@gcluley Cheeky. I like it.

@gcluley I just use the reminder plugin on Wordpress. I can't speak to the effectiveness as I have no traffic, but I think it's a good idea.

@gcluley Great idea for the cyber security awareness month.

@gcluley As adblockers get better and better at avoiding detection, your site will encounter more and more false positives, turning away many who want to draw inspiration from your thoughts.

Oh! the readers you will lose. Oh! the loss of such a muse!

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@gcluley only thought is some people will be using company machines which restricts the installation of such tools.

@gcluley I block 3rd party cookies and anything known to be tracking, but I don’t want to blanket-block all ads. Things have to be paid for and I want sites to see that locally-served and privacy-respecting ads are an option.

@gcluley The snag is, the only robust way to detect an adblocker is by trying to load an actual ad
(I did have a sloth on the home page of my site that congratulated adblocker users, but it became increasingly difficult to detect)

@gcluley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQRW0RM4V0k

@gcluley not every device -can- run an ad blocker, mind you

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I don't use ad blockers, but I use Firefox with its default security settings. This apparently causes many sites to *think* I'm running an ad blocker, based on the alerts I've been getting from them.