I don't know why I care so much when I can just block the ads (but don't exactly want to; I want a happy medium, hence this entire post.) The ads offered are extremely intrusive, load-intensive and clutter-filled. I enable only static ads (like banners) and there're none to be found because all ads shown are videos and/or scripted, flashy embeds. This's a major problem, given ads are how the site and the artists are supported by the people without the financial capability to donate in the first place. This is a problem because there is no middle-ground for the people who want to support the site, but care about their own convenience/security as well... and I'm one of those people. I feel bad for being unable to help out, but I don't want pages to take an eternity to load and have the possibility of clicking things I really don't want to and/or getting some malware from a stray advertiser. Nexus, I really, really advise that you go about ads in a different way. Why not uncap the download speed but make people watch a short, loadtime-less 2-5s, curated ad first? Why not have multiple, static banner ads running on the site background, top and bottom? Why not do sponsorships and contests for the (very popular) modding scene? There're plenty of ways to get the money without driving people to use AdBlock+ or more, more. There's a rule of thumb about advertising: people won't mind the ads if the ads don't negatively affect them, and I'd argue these ones in their current state do... be it security-wise, performance-wise or convenience-wise.
