dear webmaster
i click a bunch of links from my favorite news aggregator, fark. i might open 10 new tabs at a time. then i read them one at a time. so it might take a while to get to the last one. so here's a tip: if your web page immediately starts playing a video, i won't see it. if i get to your page and the video is done. or has gone on to the next video of anthrax squirrels doing rocket surgery, i'm not going to watch it. cause it's not what why i clicked the link. i am disappointed. i'm not going to even look at the ads on your page much less click on one. here's another tip: if your web page starts playing a video with sound, i stop opening links. i find the offending page. and i close it. again, i don't look at the ads. i don't click on the ads. which i assume is your revenue stream. same as before. except this time i'm not disappointed. i'm pissed. there's a seriously annoying trend lately. web pages auto play an ad. with sound. and there's no mute button. and there's no pause button. rude. seriously rude. will not return. if it continues i'm going to start adding domains to my blacklist. in which case your page won't even load. get a frikken clue.