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Post by vmail on Apr 5, 2017 12:37:54 GMT
Horrible advert Attachments:
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bigfoot12
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Post by bigfoot12 on Apr 5, 2017 13:27:13 GMT
I normally see this advert at the bottom of the page in a 4x3 shape. My guess is that it has been displayed as a banner by mistake.
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Post by wengyeeRelendex on Apr 5, 2017 14:52:57 GMT
Sorry about that! Seems like the banner sizing got mixed up. All fixed now  . Regards, WengYee |
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Post by vmail on Apr 6, 2017 10:48:58 GMT
Here is an outdated one
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Post by longjohn on Apr 6, 2017 14:01:33 GMT
Hmm, almost half the screen taken by an advert. That's one (of several) reasons why I run an adblock on my phone.
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Post by vmail on Apr 6, 2017 18:31:50 GMT
Wow, the adverts gets better. Attachments:
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dzo
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Post by dzo on Apr 6, 2017 18:37:11 GMT
They must think we're fat cats.
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ribs
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Post by ribs on Apr 10, 2017 8:01:33 GMT
Wow, the adverts gets better. And that ladies and gentlemen, is why I turned on my ad-blocker for this site after previously disabling it. I wanted to support proboards, but they clearly don't do any vetting whatsoever of their advertisers. Highest bidder gets your eyeball space, and that's all that matters to them. I think the worst example I saw was an advert for "The Brit Method" (a binary options trading scam, goes by many other 'method' names) on MSN money. Whilst I appreciate that MSN money isn't exactly the final word in finance, I kinda like to browse it from time to time. And to see that advert there... wow, just wow. Do yourselves a favour and invest a morning learning about how seedy this stuff is. Turn on privacy options in your browser, use duckduckgo instead of Google/whatever, invest in a VPN, visit the EFFs website, find out about the snoopers charter, find out why that item you viewed on eBay a few days ago is now 'following you around' on unrelated websites you visit. You don't have to be a terrorist or criminal to want privacy online. Resist.
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Post by vmail on Apr 19, 2017 16:03:58 GMT
If you use an ad blocker you see this message
This is false information, some adverts are videos which contain audio and it is an annoyance. These adverts should be banned.
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Post by SteveT on Apr 19, 2017 16:24:51 GMT
You should report problem ads to ProBoards, who host their forums for free in return for the advertising revenue. There is a Report Ad link at the bottom of the page.
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Post by vmail on Apr 19, 2017 17:25:12 GMT
Report ad does not work.
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ribs
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Post by ribs on Apr 19, 2017 20:16:20 GMT
You should report problem ads to ProBoards, who host their forums for free in return for the advertising revenue. There is a Report Ad link at the bottom of the page. You're assuming that ProBoards are not fully aware of the situation already. Yet we've had issues with low quality adverts before. And here we are again, no doubt not for the last time. They know damn well there are video/clickbait/scammy adverts on their forums, despite any message to the contrary. I'm sure if any kind of real attention is brought to the issue they will feign surprise, but they know; it's their business to know. They simply do not care because they are making money. And that's all there is to it. I'm sure once a drive-by malware attack happens on this forum, people might actually begin to care. Until then I'll quietly keep using my privacy tools; I'm not for sale.
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Post by vmail on Apr 19, 2017 21:04:50 GMT
Happened again on this page. The Report Ad is not working again.
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ribs
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Post by ribs on Apr 20, 2017 19:20:56 GMT
Happened again on this page. The Report Ad is not working again. It never will. Even when it 'works' nothing will be done. Just block them and be done with it.
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Post by vmail on Apr 20, 2017 19:28:21 GMT
I've tried ad blockers, they are turned on by default on all websites, you can opt to exclude individual websites, but there are some tracking websites that need to be left uniterfered so that I can get cashback from some websites.
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