Anyone else notice ...

[ionel]

... Bob popped in after NCAA for one post then he was gone.  Quickly after we started getting new pop-up ad features.  I noticed new left right border ads where you can't do anything till they disappear.  The bottom ad expanded to about a third of the screen with a down arrow to click on to reduce to previous but no option for x until after hitting the down arrow and waiting.

Now I'm sure there's no reason to contact Bob and he just popped in to re-negotiate a new income stream to pay rent on the Greek Isle house.  We all know that @Husker_Du says no but as his main contact maybe all can convince @MPhillips to work on shillie to change his mind.  

Really who can blame @BobDole it can't be cheap living in his new house.

[nhs67]

2 minutes ago, Coastal said:

Pop up blockers are a helluva thing.

Brave quit working...

[fishbane]

2 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Brave quit working...

Still blocking them for me.

[ionel]

4 minutes ago, Coastal said:

Pop up blockers are a helluva thing.

... only if they work, Bob is sneaky that scoundrel  

[Caveira]

1 hour ago, Coastal said:

Pop up blockers are a helluva thing.

They impact other sites.  It’s a pain in the arse sometimes needing two browsers.   The experience sucks.   And they can’t be making a ton of $$$ on this.  Traffic to this site is minimal and can’t even be costing all that much.  

[nhs67]

2 hours ago, fishbane said:

Still blocking them for me.

My desktop is, my mobile is not.

[fishbane]

2 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

My desktop is, my mobile is not.

Interesting.  Just tried it on my phone in brave and no ads. 

[ionel]

35 minutes ago, Coastal said:

I've never seen a pop up on this site.   Ghostery is great as you can pause it on any site you'd like.

So what's the catch?  Nothing is free and others I've tried are not a complete & easy solution. 

[fishbane]

1 minute ago, Coastal said:

I just tried it with everything turned off.   Wholly cancer.  I wouldn't even think of coming here.

Really bad like that on a mobile browser.  If you are unfortunate enough to get that question asking if you want to continue in the browser or the tapatalk app and are not quick to respond it gets covered with an ad and then you can't do anything but reload the page and try again.

[nhs67]

6 minutes ago, fishbane said:

Interesting.  Just tried it on my phone in brave and no ads. 

So, funny story:  I was still using Brave Beta.

Now it's fine.

[ionel]

6 minutes ago, Coastal said:

I still haven't found a catch.   It's a great anti-spyware tool.

But works on smart phone or across all your platforms if using say Google Chrome login across all? 

[Kov88]

Yeah the adds have been popping up bottom third of the page on the mobile

[ionel]

1 minute ago, Kov88 said:

Yeah the adds have been popping up bottom third of the page on the mobile

Pretty soon we'll have 75% of screen as ads and get a pop-up to read & post in if you are quick enough ... but Bob&Du don't care.    

[1032004]

Hopefully the ad company saw the thread confirming that this is the GOAT of message boards and Bob/Willie are getting paid more for these awful ads (although I’m also using an ad blocker)

[Ohio Elite]

I just turned on my VPN which has a moblie app and all those crazy ads just disappeared. Should of thought of that a while ago, dang it  

[MPhillips]

I've been told, "It's not a problem."

[ionel]

51 minutes ago, Ohio Elite said:

I just turned on my VPN which has a moblie app and all those crazy ads just disappeared. Should of thought of that a while ago, dang it  

Computer or smart phone, an app or a setting?

If we can all find the best solution we can put Bob in the poor house ... no not Slum Lord Bob ... the one buried in Russel.  

[Ohio Elite]

32 minutes ago, ionel said:

Computer or smart phone, an app or a setting?

If we can all find the best solution we can put Bob in the poor house ... no not Slum Lord Bob ... the one buried in Russel.  

App on smart phone called Proton Vpn. I can also use it on my Computer..

[Rassling2]

The ads are at its worst - getting tired of trying to rewrite something after a pop-up sneaks in from the bottom. Surely one of you “legends” can convince the owners to knock it down a few notches. 

[Caveira]

1 hour ago, Rassling2 said:

The ads are at its worst - getting tired of trying to rewrite something after a pop-up sneaks in from the bottom. Surely one of you “legends” can convince the owners to knock it down a few notches. 

They have repeatedly stated they don’t care when they do answer.  

[Rassling2]

19 minutes ago, Caveira said:

They have repeatedly stated they don’t care when they do answer.  

I wonder if one of these data divers could figure out how many items we’ve collectively clicked on and ultimately purchased for personal use. Wanna bet it’s ZERO. 

[Caveira]

19 minutes ago, Rassling2 said:

I wonder if one of these data divers could figure out how many items we’ve collectively clicked on and ultimately purchased for personal use. Wanna bet it’s ZERO. 

I’ve theorized they can’t be getting a lot of $ in this.  Most everyone including myself has an ad blocker which I believe negates the ad revenue.   What is there like 30/40 ish active posters?

[ionel]

5 minutes ago, Caveira said:

I’ve theorized they can’t be getting a lot of $ in this.  Most everyone including myself has an ad blocker which I believe negates the ad revenue.   What is there like 30/40 ish active posters?

... and most of the rest of us vow to never buy a product that pops up in our face interfering with the reason we are here.  But @MPhillips says that's just the way Du says it's gonna be.  

[MPhillips]

Blue pill. Bob Dole. Crystal Balls. Pop ups...

 

Feel like that could have been a hi coo...

 

Edited March 28, 2025 by MPhillips

[Rassling2]

1 hour ago, Caveira said:

I’ve theorized they can’t be getting a lot of $ in this.  Most everyone including myself has an ad blocker which I believe negates the ad revenue.   What is there like 30/40 ish active posters?

I’d say you’re right on the money Caviera. I wish I had a blocker for my phone.