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Re: DDoS Attack on DigitalOcean.com

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Post by bencollier49 » Tue, Aug 27, 2013, 5:59 PM UTC

diziet wrote: post #25

bencollier49 wrote: post #11

These people plague me with condescending adverts on YouTube about how I've been "coding like a beast" and need some "cloud server action". Perhaps someone finally snapped and DDOS'd them.

You can potentially install adblock and never see said ad (or any other ad) unless you need to disable adblock. It's a case of simple and effective retargetting.

I hate a lot of ads, but don't really think adblock is fair. If the ads in totality bug me enough, I might stop going to a site, upload elsewhere etc..

Re: DDoS Attack on DigitalOcean.com

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Post by groundCode » Tue, Aug 27, 2013, 6:35 PM UTC

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #39

pfraze wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair-- and sorry to DigitalOcean guys that are reading this, but this is honest feedback-- that ad really bugs me. It's got the "rockstar-itus." It's hard to pin down why that feels condescending, but it does. I hear really good things about the service, though, so kudos to DigitalOcean for that.

I think the issue is that the ads "read" so unauthentically compared to the very positive experience I've had with DO and their wonderful setup tools, documentation, etc.

while the ads are over the top, the core message of "configure how many of those, and how much of that etc" did kind of draw me in.

Re: DDoS Attack on DigitalOcean.com

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Post by d23 » Tue, Aug 27, 2013, 11:53 PM UTC

ntumlin wrote: post #38

kidcoach wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We can't critique bad youtube ads because youtube is good ? That seems logical.

I think d23 interpreted it to be a complaint against all ads on youtube as opposed to that particular ad being annoying.

Actually, you can take it either way. Saying they're "plaguing" him is ridiculous.