Really? I, for one, don't feel that way.

It's just plain obnoxious IMHO - also, what for have cookies been invented?

If i click the ad/begging/whatever away, you're not increasing your chances for me to donate when it pops up again whenever i come back to WP - you're achieving the exact opposite..

Hooray, proof that they're not tracking viewers using cookies?

This year's site notice is a lot harder to turn into funny memes than last year's, IMO