Forum advertisements getting more aggressive

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  • Flyingkea - Dreamweaver
    Flyingkea - Dreamweaver Posts: 158 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Phew I'm glad its not just me having issues with the forums. Thought it may have been either my computer or the fact I'm pretty much in the middle of nowhere. It often takes 3-6 goes to load a forum page although if I'm reading a thread there's not too much of an issue. Also did anyone else get headaches from one of the adds on here? It was a flashing red/black white add, and incredibly owies. (I've blocked it now btw) b:spit
  • Noc - Harshlands
    Noc - Harshlands Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Deleting your cookies will also fix this problem. Worked for me!
  • Brus - Lost City
    Brus - Lost City Posts: 140 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    NoScript or Adblock do the magic.
    I use NoScript because I am aware of some secrets going around with Adblock that I didn't like. Then again NoScript also is not a pure water but helps me a lot.
  • chaoticshelly
    chaoticshelly Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    It seems the majority of the people using Firefox experience this issue. It would be extremely helpful if you include version you're using as well as post a screenshot, and specify how often it happens and when. Such information will help the website developers and team to determine what's wrong and fix it.

    Thanks.
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  • krittycat
    krittycat Posts: 4,187 Community Moderator
    edited April 2011
    I actually use Opera Mini on my phone, aand was experiencing this issue worst on Wed night-Thurs morning. After that period of time, I've had it happen once.
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  • chaoticshelly
    chaoticshelly Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I'm using Opera on my PC, and haven't had that issue once so far. I don't even have adblock for Opera add on, so I can't really see the issue everyone is talking about.
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  • Lillemy - Sanctuary
    Lillemy - Sanctuary Posts: 73 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Had big problems with this yesterday. Using the newest firefox.
    Was just redirected to a blank side
    Havent happend so far today
  • Abstractive - Archosaur
    Abstractive - Archosaur Posts: 1,232 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I only post from work, and here I am forced to use Internet Explorer 8. I have never seen a single ad since I first visited the forums.
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  • JugalateJudy - Dreamweaver
    JugalateJudy - Dreamweaver Posts: 143 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Kieve - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    So, while in the process of browsing 'round here, I tried opening a new thread, and the strangest thing kept happening:
    -Thread would open, display correctly
    -Page would white out (redirect) almost immediately, and the status bar at the bottom claimed it was "transferring data from www.googleadservices.com"
    -This happened about four times on various threads, until I updated a filter on AdBlock to deny "googleadservices.com" any access. Pages are now opening fine, by the way.

    But what prompts me to post this thread is, even with FireFox's adblocker running, I have never had a problem with ads before. Now they're not only slipping past the blocker, but calling page redirects and denying proper access to a page? Anyone else having experiences like this?

    And to Frankie - I've never understood why PWE felt the need to introduce third-party advertising to its pages in the first place, but when those ads start interrupting functionality even with script-blockers and the like active and running... maybe it's time to re-evaluate that decision?

    EDIT: I should clarify, my system is clean of malware. I scan it thoroughly and frequently, and can safely say I haven't picked up any digital diseases.

    had the same problem yday, now its fine
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  • RainbowVidel - Sanctuary
    RainbowVidel - Sanctuary Posts: 1,316 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    What are these "forum advertisements" you speak of?

    Oh wait.... I use Firefox + Adblock too. =)

    EDIT: Yay! 1000th post!

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