ADS is not an acronym thus putting it in all caps is sort of like "Let's eat Grandma" vs. "Let's eat, Grandma" - it causes confusion and misinterpretation because it is grammatically incorrect. My first thought when I saw the thread was, "Oh no - is there some TLA I'm not aware of? Wonder what ADS stands for? Is that some new Amazon 'thing'?"

For me reading the sentence felt like someone was shouting all the "ADS" at me. Just as obnoxious as many ads themselves.

I agree with blocking ads because so many of them have just got so damn intrusive lately, to the point where if your mouse pointer ends up over the wrong part of the screen it takes over the whole screen, and the other ones that really annoy me are the ones that have sound and automatically play. To that end i believe blocking ads can be the solution until sites stop using such intrusive ads. The intrusive ads are also more likely to make me despise the product being advertised instead of wanting to buy it so there is no advantage a lot of the time having the ads enabled

Ya you are Right, some website create problem due to there money making intrusive i am also agree with this point also.

I don't block advertisements on all sites I visit. I only block ads on sites that feel the need to have 6 ads on one page, instead of one tasteful ad. I don't have a problem with all ads, just the super intrusive and sometimes distasteful sexual ads like you'd find on The Pirate Bay and some other sites.

Ya Pirate bay ads vary annoying it just pop new window of ads if you click wrong place or wrong links.

I agree with a users right to block Ads, I also agree with a web site owners right to block that user.

in your opinion, are there any ADS on HN?

No HN don't use ads.

you could say that every (external) link on hacker news is an ad