Vent about ADD advertisements....

I have a vent and also a question...

I was on the main PC site reading about ADD adn on theright of the page is an advertisement for Concerta. I know sites make their money with ads, I have absolutely no problem with that. What I have a problem with is the fact that it is a "moving" advertisement. Shows different scenes and different words every few seconds. I can not read what I wanted to read becasue this keeps getting my attention instead.
I was on another site and there was an ad for Vyvanase. It would have a picture or whatever then scroll all the side effects and warnings. Again, I could not focus on what I wanted to read because of this distraction.

My question, and please correct me if I am wrong, but do these companies actually understand ADD? Do they not know that their distractions are irritating and frustrating to some ADDers? Anyone know what I mean? One of my symptoms and peeves at myself is that I can not read unless I can totally focus. Well how can I focus if there is blinking ads right beside???

Any input on this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Krystal

Ah, but that is probably their goal - they know that since you are ADD, you will be distracted by their flashing advertisement and stop what you are doing to think about buying their product...

Kate

Have you tried holding a piece of paper over the ad? Use something like dark construction paper or card stock. Tape it over the ad if you don't want to hold it. I do that sometimes when a really aggravating ad keeps distracting me.

Kate81 I love your avatar. Some days I feel just like that polar bear.

I totally feel ya on these distracting ad things.

That's why I switched from Yahoo mail to Gmail as soon as it was available. Less crap to look at on the page when I'm trying to read my stinkin' mail.

That's why I switched from Myspace to Facebook a few years ago, when it mattered. No glittery/music/video pages when I want to check on my friends, no stupid flashing banner ads about winning free laptops and designer bags for answering stupid questions about celebrity gossip.

Then Facebook got infested with apps - now everybody wants to throw sheep, pass drinks, join mafias, hug people, sell people, kiss people, send fake virtual gifts, and take quizzes. Every time I log in to Facebook now I'm blocking some new game, quiz, or gift app.

Now I've got Leechblock (to protect me from myself) and AdBlock (to protect me from ads) and NoScript (to protect me from shiny flashy sh-crap) added on to my Firefox.

I swear, a girl like me's gotta put on 3 condoms before entering cyberspace, ya know?

Kate said it! They do understand, and they are trying to distract you to read their flashy ads. billieJ ~ Hey, Kate, I like your Avatar, too!

There were a couple of forums I used to go on before here *GASP! NO WAY!*
The one before was only arguments about "do you put your kids on meds or not" war...
Then there was the one geared towards ADD/ADHD, that was not very ADHD friendly (visually) and the people tended to be more judgmental.

Then, here we are. The thing about medication is I think it can be a great thing, but it isn't for everybody! If we just got information out there without the debate, I think more people would get more clear and true information that way... dang it... how do I get off this thing?

I do not have an attention disorder and those ads bother me. They bother me on CNN.com and many other sights, too. So, I wonder how much the companies try to put attractors into them that will grab ADD and ADHD customers and how much is simply attention-getting ploys that are not for a targeted audience? How many popup blockers are there out there? Certainly everyone who owns one is not ADD/ADHD.Advertiser are simply more bold and generally more annoying nowdays.

Well, and remember folks, it is the best way for these sites to make their revenue so they don't have to charge us...