Post by feuerrabe on Apr 21, 2017 15:39:00 GMT
I am having a bit of a problem with this site: It has the most aggressive advertisement I've seen on a website that I actually use in like 15 years. Particularly, I keep running into redirects every few seconds to the point that it becomes hard to actually read a post. Upon clicking the "back" button I end up on advertisement sites, porn, gambling, stuff like this.
While I usually avoid add blockers because I realize that this is how most pages on the web are financed and it wouldn't work without adds, I find this particular site to virtually not only difficult to use, but abusive, because the forum itself appears to be a front for shady websites that direct me wherever they want without question or my say in that matter. Thus, I installed an addblocker for now.
It does not necessarily have to be something in the website itself, it may be something a user has in their signature, but for now I only visit this site with addblock plus active only and look for a better site to discuss Mass Effect.
Note that the problem occurred on different systems (one Ubuntu Linux 17.04, one Windows 10) so it's not likely a compromised system on my end and addblock plus solved the problem for now. Instead of adds I see "Please consider supporting this website by disabling your ad-blocker. This website does not use audio ads, popups, or other annoyances. Thank you!" which is, of course, deceptive.
While I usually avoid add blockers because I realize that this is how most pages on the web are financed and it wouldn't work without adds, I find this particular site to virtually not only difficult to use, but abusive, because the forum itself appears to be a front for shady websites that direct me wherever they want without question or my say in that matter. Thus, I installed an addblocker for now.
It does not necessarily have to be something in the website itself, it may be something a user has in their signature, but for now I only visit this site with addblock plus active only and look for a better site to discuss Mass Effect.
Note that the problem occurred on different systems (one Ubuntu Linux 17.04, one Windows 10) so it's not likely a compromised system on my end and addblock plus solved the problem for now. Instead of adds I see "Please consider supporting this website by disabling your ad-blocker. This website does not use audio ads, popups, or other annoyances. Thank you!" which is, of course, deceptive.
