Topic: AdBlock problem
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SparklingCrystal 💖💎

Sat 08/17/19 03:08 AM


I have the same problem as SparklingCrystal, Annoying ads all over the pages and it interferes with your browsing and writing messages and nearly clicking on these stupid adverts. Pull your finger out Mingle2 and get rid of theses adverts pronto!!! Give us a choice of ad blockers or not!! rant

That's why I use AdBlock, so I do not have any ads, and I don't.
It's that the forum software detects you using AdBlock and then spits out an annoying popup. You can't do anything anymore when that comes up, making it real hard to get to your PM, account and so on.

Now this popup had GONE completely for at least half a year, and now its back.
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SparklingCrystal 💖💎

Sat 08/17/19 03:12 AM


3 simple solutions:

1. go to your browser setting, block javascript for this domain. Anti"Adblock" based on javascript which detect Adblock javascript.
If you have popup ads, go to browser setting and block all popups. Google it for your browser.

2. install different ad blocker {google it)

3. be respectful to site owners - they have to earn money somehow - for majority of users site is free, but hosting server, development, updates, maintenance, domain yearly registration etc. are not free - so just visually ignore ads and let them rotate and generate money that because most of us do not pay for free service.



To be honest I don't give a toss. I ran a forum for 6 years WITHOUT ads and without sponsors. Well, my 2nd forum did actually, one ad underneath the header. But if you used AdBlock it was gone and you didn't get a popup to hinder you.
I'm on other fora that do NOT have ads either.
It doesn't have to cost all that much, not even having a domain name.

And at the very least they could be more selective about the type of ads they allow. I do not fancy seeing ads for sex date sites with half naked women.
And like others say, ads that cover half a page, that is stupid!

In general I do not use sites that force me to switch off AdBlock. F*(k 'em. I'll just find another one that doesn't whinge.
Edited by SparklingCrystal 💖💎 on Sat 08/17/19 03:17 AM
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SparklingCrystal 💖💎

Sat 08/17/19 03:16 AM



i just got the you are using an ad blocker banner today but only on one of the puters


I got it a week or so ago. I turned it off like they wanted but today I got huge ads that covered half the forum posts so turned it off.

The banner came up again until I turned off ad blocker again. I don't mind the ads so long as they don't cover half the page or cover over the forums.

Do you have any suggestions Mingle mods? Please and thank you!

Right, some others say they recently got that too, so I take it they did change something.
Great...