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4xJVchamp State Qualifier

4xJVchamp

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I don’t know if anyone else is having the same issue but these ads are so damn intrusive. They often cause the page that I’m on to refresh and they take up a good portion of the screen. I’m all for monetizing your site and getting that money. However this is probably the worst user experience for a site that I visit on a near daily basis. 

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4xJVchamp State Qualifier

4xJVchamp

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2 hours ago, lisa morales said:

 Figure out how to cope.

You’re so cool I’m gonna call you cool-o

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billyhoyle NCAA All-American

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2 hours ago, 4xJVchamp said:

You’re so cool I’m gonna call you cool-o

1. Of course the ads make the site impossible to use. There's a popup video on every page. Nobody can deal with that.

2. Some people still are using the site. 

How can 1 and 2 both be possible?

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Tripnsweep NCAA Qualifier

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Wee Willie needs money to cover his gambling losses (probably). So in order to keep his thumbs from being cut off (what a shame that would be) we get this. 

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Caveira NCAA Champion

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Turn on an ad blocker…..   also it can’t cost a lot to run a message board…. 

 

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  • Shared hosting: Costs between $3 to $15 per month. Good for small, low-traffic forums.
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  • Typically costs around $10 to $20 per year for domain registration.

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The total cost will depend on the forum size, traffic, and how much control or customization you need.

alex1fly College Redshirt

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On 10/13/2024 at 1:28 PM, 4xJVchamp said:

I don’t know if anyone else is having the same issue but these ads are so damn intrusive. They often cause the page that I’m on to refresh and they take up a good portion of the screen. I’m all for monetizing your site and getting that money. However this is probably the worst user experience for a site that I visit on a near daily basis. 

OP - Brave browser or ad blocker. Mostly a problem on mobile but the workarounds are the same for mobile and desktop.

ionel Big Brain

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First if pop ups are pinned to our screen, why are the Ads threads no longer pinned.  Second doesn't wrestling season start in a couple weeks yet no change to this issues.  Third (think I've said before) you build a web site/forums with nice features but the allow pop ups to block features making them unusable.  Doesn't make sense but maybe makes cents? 

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ionel Big Brain

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6 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

Shillie say's it's not going back...:classic_dry:

Ad blocker it is!  🤨

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Caveira NCAA Champion

Caveira

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48 minutes ago, ionel said:

Ad blocker it is!  🤨

They’ve repeatedly said they won’t change what it is now.  So ad block.   Which also sucks as a solution…… as a lot of other sites won’t let you really see their content with ad blocker enabled.   

ionel Big Brain

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6 minutes ago, Caveira said:

They’ve repeatedly said they won’t change what it is now.  So ad block.   Which also sucks as a solution…… as a lot of other sites won’t let you really see their content with ad blocker enabled.   

Shillie gonna get no shillings.

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KCMO2 College Redshirt

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18 hours ago, Caveira said:

They’ve repeatedly said they won’t change what it is now.  So ad block.   Which also sucks as a solution…… as a lot of other sites won’t let you really see their content with ad blocker enabled.   

Ad Block on all your sites, then cancel or pause on the sites that won't allow it.  Takes like 5 seconds.

I get 0 ads on this site.

Tripnsweep NCAA Qualifier

Tripnsweep

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1 hour ago, Saylors_Tiny_Willie said:

Millions of people and companies have figured out how to have a balance between ads and site usability.

Not the genius though...

I feel like if it was any other website we wouldn't get so many ads for male enhancement. 

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