This site is getting totally overrun with ads and it’s driving me nuts to try and read the forums with popups all the time and now they are intruding on the page itself. Perhaps it’s just me, but it makes me not want to come around here. It’s too distracting. I get it that they need revenue, but let’s not get carried away. Good grief. Just my opinion, you may feel different.
BK
I can ignore them pretty well.
It’s the banner ones that jolt the topic list just as I click, so I wind up clicking the wrong spot, that make me say bad words.
I can’t say I have much of a problem with them, either on my tablet or my PC. I use an ad blocker and a script blocker on my PC. I’ll have to check other settings such as not allowing off site cookies. Guess I’m just used to going through my settings and turning stuff off!
Hope you get things squared away!
They have popped up on all of my sites,not just here.Annoying,Someone told me it was Google.
Ublock origin or Adblock plus will remove them.
I don’t trust online advertisements, even if I trust the site they’re being posted on. They all use 3rd part ad providers and that leaves a huge vulnerability for viruses. I remember a few years back a major ad provider was hosting ads that used a flash exploit to install a virus on your computer.
Happening on my phone too, it is an LG with an Android operating platform…I think annoying YES cumbersome YES do I know how to fix it??? no[:(] like everything else in this world I just try to live with it.
I’m totally disgusted with computers, and the internet in general. And it has ruined this formerly enjoyable site.
Yeah, it may be a bit of an annoyance but, it by no means takes away at all from me still enjoying the FSM forums. Still the best group of folks and quality modeling going. Certainly not going to allow something as simple as the pop ads distract from the actual enjoyment I have got here for years.
OMG!!!
That is a HUGE change, Thank you so much!! It was just out of hand. Now it’s clean.
Thanks again!!
BK
Glad to hear you got it sorted out, Brandon.
I was just going to say I use Firefox and currently use U-Block Origin as my adblocker. I’ve never seen an ad on this site since I joined up in 2013.
That’s good, Brandon. I currently use No-Script on my Firefox browser, which is out of date. [:D]
Maybe we need a thread on how to setup devices and browsers to block all those annoying ads? Of course, I don’t think FSM will be too pleased…
Gary
Recently I’ve been getting ads at the bottom of my screen as well as a one for a ad blocker that I don’t truct at all.
I get no ads.
Adblock plus! Work great!
If you right click on the words “Not secure” and chose the cookies option, you can block the cookies for everything but the Fine Scale things. It should remove the ads.
Nope. Going to install adblocker.
Where do you do that in?
I just installed “Adblock” as an add-on to Chrome. I opted out of the donation window.
It really does seem to be working. I will miss the girl in the “sexiest bikini”, but probably not “Fran”.
Bill
Adblock has a Chrome extention that is one click and done setup. The “not secure” label is located to the left of the page URL and right clicking that opens up some options. I was surprised to see several cookies not related to FSM that I also disabled. I have learned quite a bit in this short thread. Thanks everyone.
BK
I never see ads. Guess my ad blocker works properly.