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		philwelch on Dec 17, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An urgent appeal from git-scm.com maintainer Scott... Just out of curiosity, do people get this upset when NPR and PBS do their fund drives? Yeah, actually. Most NPR listeners I keep in touch with hate fund drive season and find it highly annoying. Frankly, I hate ads that play sound and obscure the page I'm trying to read, too. The reason I'm particularly annoyed at Wikipedia is because I hold Wikipedia to a higher standard. If Wikipedia had ads that played music or obstructed the article (even pledge drive ads featuring Jimmy Wales' goatee) I would be even more annoyed.

eli on Dec 18, 2010 [–]

Oh yes. The worst is having to suffer through the NPR pledge drive after I've already donated.

I kinda wish the politics and technology allowed them to offer a premium version with no corporate messages or pledge drives.

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