Ad inside the news post?!

[WhiteEagle888]

Why are you disguising an ad as part of a news post? That's really low. You ain't gonna make me disable my adblocks by doing worse things.
It's clear you've done this, because it's not actually blocked by either of my 2 blockers. Why? Because you've added this as a link, as part of your news post, thus it doesn't register as an advertisement.

Reeeeaally scummy.

And if that's not the case and my 2 excellent blockers aren't blocking this particular ad...well, that's even worse.

The ads, they are getting smarter... :P

[chazus]

I don't think I'd be quite so annoyed if it wasn't an ad for someone's weekend game jam. It's not even a game, it's just some "I bought the unity pack and did this overnight"

[Sentynel]

You can select the ad, right click, block element. Problem solved.

[Firatha]

But I have a problem with it, a problem of privacy and security.
Nah the link doesnt affect me, but the deception of it turns my stomach. Is it deliberate that they've omitted giving information to MAKE people click it? That'd be terrible. And it's exactly that kind of deception that makes me not trust websites with advertisements.

How is there any privacy and security concern with it at all its not some random ad link to some unknown domain its from one curse owned site to another.

[chaud]

It's a promo for a Curse game. I've added an additional explanation to the post.