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It was just a stupid impulsive moment.
But years later, I still remember that ad.
Not because it was good. Not because it convinced me. But because I tried to destroy it.
That stuck with me.
Most advertising is passive. You see it, you ignore it, it disappears.
But when you do something to an ad β interfere with it, attack it β it becomes an event.
So I built a small experiment called VandalAds.
Itβs a banner format that people can vandalize directly in the browser (spray and destroy).
Anyone can try it or embed it on their own site (free, just a small JS snippet).
Here: https://absurd.website/vandalads/
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It was just a stupid impulsive moment.
But years later, I still remember that ad.
Not because it was good. Not because it convinced me. But because I tried to destroy it.
That stuck with me.
Most advertising is passive. You see it, you ignore it, it disappears.
But when you do something to an ad β interfere with it, attack it β it becomes an event.
So I built a small experiment called VandalAds.
Itβs a banner format that people can vandalize directly in the browser (spray and destroy).
Anyone can try it or embed it on their own site (free, just a small JS snippet).
Here: https://absurd.website/vandalads/