Adverts blocking parts of threads

[Gasmk1]

Anybody else struggling with adverts blocking parts of forum threads

 

[Chuck]

Yes.

And I need to add another 21 characters...

 

[snowhead]

Can't read what you've posted, there's an advert blocking your post...

 

[rpm]

On a PC, laptop or phone?

 

[Gasmk1]

Ipad not looked on either phone or computer

 

[Gasmk1]

This is what it looks like

 

[Nelder]

Same here.

There's more advert per page than forum content.

 

[SimonG]

Even more unusable than normal.

 

[snowhead]

There sure is more on my P.C

 

[Plumb Line]

I've got the same. Making it almost impossible for me to use the forum unfortunately 🙁 Hopefully it will be sorted out soon.

I use a PC.

Cheers

 

[JC22024]

I've got the same. Making it almost impossible for me to use the forum unfortunately 🙁 Hopefully it will be sorted out soon.

I use a PC.

Cheers

I downloaded an add blocker really easily in my browser and no adds now at all it's great. Site was unusable before

 

[JC22024]

Wow this site is serious for adverts!!!!! My add blocker blocked 84 of them just in one thread there. I think admins need to throttle these adverts back as that is pretty substantial spamming. Just sayin

 

[Murdoch]

It’s now so bad it’s almost pointless trying to read threads

 

[ShaunCorbs]

It’s now so bad it’s almost pointless trying to read threads

How’s it on the spark side ?

 

[Murdoch]

How’s it on the spark side ?

not a member on there !

 

[kris]

Used to use this site all the time , ive never seen ads like this , give dark net a run for its money, Someone needs to fix there broken site , this place used to be choka block with banter n great characters, it's a real shame to see this ,

 

[Chuck]

It seems to depend on the browser. With Safari on my old Mac (13.1.2) three posts on this page have adverts and they don't obscure the text. On my new Mac (Safari 15.2) and iPad (iOS 15.2) every post has an advert, normally the same one, that covers the text and renders the site unusable.

 

[rpm]

Used to use this site all the time , ive never seen ads like this , give dark net a run for its money, Someone needs to fix there broken site , this place used to be choka block with banter n great characters, it's a real shame to see this ,

Banter is now frowned upon as being unprofessional kris and the only real characters left are the 25 needed to make a post. 🙂

 

[Murdoch]

I'm now viewing on my laptop - either its been resolved or not using my iphone is better!

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

On my iPhone using Chrome it's unusable. On my Mac it's much better but i'm running an AdBlocker.

 

[Plumb Line]

Since I last posted it's better for me. Well, i say better.... There's still a tsunami of ads, but they're not in the way now. Before, they literally covered people's posts in threads making it impossible to read them. So at least that's resolved.

As for those if you using adblockers, that's interesting to hear. When I enable mine on the site I get the message to unblock. If I continue to use it the text in threads goes extremely faint. No adverts, but can barely read the text.

Hope it doesn't turn people away from the forum because it has been a great resource and help for me.

Cheers

 

[cx23882]

This forum is almost unusable on a phone, marginal on a tablet.

If you enable an ad-blocker, you get a message telling you to disable it.

If you disable it, you're bombarded with (repetitive) inline adverts; which at least you can scroll past, and overlay adverts which take up half the screen, with a tiny close/hide button which is almost impossible to click without clicking on the advert link itself.

I'm all for sites needing to support themselves, but this OTT approach seems counterproductive and more likely to drive traffic away.

 

[Chuck]

I'm all for sites needing to support themselves, but this OTT approach seems counterproductive and more likely to drive traffic away.

As a specific example, at the moment, I'm seeing 15 copies of the same advert for 'PSW Trade Suppliers Ltd' (in Warrington and I'm in Devon!) distributed over this page. I'm fairly sure this must be a bug in the forum software.