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Digg’s users have been complaining for months about the horrendous adverts plaguing the site. Most notably the type of advert that shakes, flashes, and tries to convince you that “YOU ARE VISITOR NUMBER 1,000,000!!”.

This type of stuff doesn’t tend to bother me so much - I can install adblocker or just plain ignore them.

What does annoy me, however, is when their adverts break the primary means of navigating the site. Have a look at this:

Yep, it is now impossible to click on any of the drop down menus ‘behind’ the advert. That means that most of the subcategories in Science, Gaming, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Sports, and Offbeat are now off-limits to me. This has been going on for about a week, I think.

I appreciate that advertising is a necessary evil for big sites, but if you sacrifice usability for short term profit, I’ll be happy to take my disposable income, advert-clicks, and interest elsewhere.

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