2 posts tagged “annoying”

MAUKIE  lived in my sidebar for a long, long time. She was cuddly (in her cyber-way) and playful, and inquisitive, and brave. Many of you met her and let her play with your cursors. You heard her purr. But a couple of weeks ago, a curtain of WidgetBox ads covered her. It didn't disappear on its own; it had to be clicked on to go away. Each time I came to my page I found her nearly covered up. I could see her tail swishing wildly in anger, but I couldn't get rid of the ad that frequently separated us. I sent a note to WidgetBox to let them know we weren't happy. They said they'd look into it. But I just couldn't watch her being obscured anymore, so yesterday I removed her. I told Widget Box why. In a week or so, I'll try embedding her here again, and maybe she'll return without that veil.  *waves sadly to Maukie, who's so far away*

It keeps blasting through my Vox Upload window, etc., and annoying the heck out of me, so I finally clicked on it. That took me to a Cupid-y looking page so I tried to get away and it kept after me, telling me someone has a crush on me. TWICE, with  window-lettes, warning me not to navigate away from the page, and giving me the option to cancel the move.

?????????????  This must be the new era of advertising: cyber-hostage-taking. I'm suspicious and skeptical and I'm NOT going to click on it again, so if there's REALLY someone out there who has a crush on me (heh),  I'll never know. Sorry.  :) AND :(