> The only way to stop this would probably be to "close your eyes?" or perhaps this isn't really a big enough problem in the first place.
The idea of banning advertisements never struck you? That seems like the obvious way forward.
The idea of banning advertisements never struck you? That seems like the obvious way forward.
> HN (website whose sole purpose is to let people advertise)
I don't think anyone comes here to read the advertisements (which is what paid job postings with no comments? I'll pass.). The closest you get are the "who's hiring" threads. Calling that an advertisement when both parties clearly want to engage seems wildly disingenuous. Advertisements are necessarily forced on people. There isn't a single person in human history whose life was improved by an advertisement (except the people hosting the ads, of course).