08-29-2014, 11:50 AM
The main reason is because it gives people a legitimate means of removing ads, while also not making the site suffer. The use of adblock makes certain parts of the site not function correctly, but more than that, it reduces the revenue earned from ads.
Consider a contribution to the continued running of the site, rather than "I want to buy something" - we will also be looking to introduce measures to make adblock not entirely effective. We don't want to prevent the site from being used by people with adblock, but we cannot allow the site to be abused in this manner. We try to never allow intrusive advertising to run on the site, so if you do use adblock, I'm implore you to white-list the site regardless, as ads are always off to a side filling empty space as is.
Consider a contribution to the continued running of the site, rather than "I want to buy something" - we will also be looking to introduce measures to make adblock not entirely effective. We don't want to prevent the site from being used by people with adblock, but we cannot allow the site to be abused in this manner. We try to never allow intrusive advertising to run on the site, so if you do use adblock, I'm implore you to white-list the site regardless, as ads are always off to a side filling empty space as is.