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[all night moe]

Mod edit: Moved to forum tips:

To the new hearth.com site owners, from an older member: your advertising is ruining this forum! So many damn banners and pop-ups on this site anymore, you can't even get to the basic navigation button without clicking to hide the advertisements. Absolutely the worst forum I've seen in a long time, in this regard. It's the primary reason I don't spend much time here, anymore.

@Ashful I installed an ad blocker a few years ago. I see none of what you describe. Some sites ask me to remove the blocker. That's when I leave them behind and never look back. Your right. Ads, especially pop ups, are annoying as a winy 2 year old.

 

[mellow]

Or you could support the site and remove the ads??

 

[bigealta]

@Ashful I installed an ad blocker a few years ago. I see none of what you describe. Some sites ask me to remove the blocker. That's when I leave them behind and never look back. Your right. Ads, especially pop ups, are annoying as a winy 2 year old.

I don't see any adds? But i've had adblocker on my computer for years.

 

[Ashful]

Or you could support the site and remove the ads??

You want me to pay for the privilege of coming here to answer questions and offer advice? The forum makes money off every user, especially those regulars here who have collected enough information to be able to offer it back to new members, the very popularity of the site depends on these users.

The prior ownership of the forum did a good job of managing add content, and how intrusive it was to the operation of the forum. There were ads, it's how they pay for the site, but they didn't go to the level of actually interfering with operation of the site. If you're running a blocker, or have paid to make them go away, you likely have no idea as to just how bad they've become in the last year on this site.

No worries, there are plenty of other forums in my interest group that manage to keep ads in the sidebars, and not having me play wack-a-mole on them, just to surf the forum. So, I didn't mean to turn this thread into a whine session, I was just saying I might not see the OP's question if I don't get an email notification from a PM.

PS -- Anyone spending $35 to remove ads on this site, and not spending at least that much to help with the Spruce Pine rebuild BKVP posted above, have your priorities in the wrong place!

 

[Ashful]

I don't see any adds? But i've had adblocker on my computer for years.

Which one are you running? May need to look into this.

 

[blades]

Ashfull, i run ublock Origin it was free when I installed it . I have no issue with popups or ad here on this site

 

[bigealta]

Which one are you running? May need to look into this.

ABP - Ad Blocker Plus, it's free.

 

[begreen]

What is happening is the result of Google changing it's algorithm. This is killing some sites. There is a group working to counter this. It can't come too soon. In the meantime, ABP works.

Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same

Over the last two years, a series of updates to Google Search amount to a dramatic upheaval to the Internet's most powerful tool, complete with an unprecedented AI feature.

www.bbc.com

 

[stoveliker]

Are you saying google determines that there are pop ups (rather than "in-line" ads), where they pop up, and how many there are (rather than only what ads appear in the spots the website owner is okay with ads)....?

 

[stoveliker]

I also have a question regarding finances.
Does this website result in revenue (profit) beyond the cost of maintaining it?

The owner is not a nonprofit organization.

 

[bigealta]

I don't really know how anyone can be on the internet without an add blocker. It's insane to not have one. Every once and a while i'll look to see how many adds were blocked and the number is unbelievable. I just checked and it's at 691,000 total.

 

[all night moe]

I don't see any adds? But i've had adblocker on my computer for years.

Before my ad blocker I used to see a good number of adds.

 

[all night moe]

Mod edit: Moved to forum tips

Mods: Thank you.
Wasn't expecting this but, great idea.

 

[mellow]

You want me to pay for the privilege of coming here to answer questions and offer advice? The forum makes money off every user, especially those regulars here who have collected enough information to be able to offer it back to new members, the very popularity of the site depends on these users.

The prior ownership of the forum did a good job of managing add content, and how intrusive it was to the operation of the forum. There were ads, it's how they pay for the site, but they didn't go to the level of actually interfering with operation of the site. If you're running a blocker, or have paid to make them go away, you likely have no idea as to just how bad they've become in the last year on this site.

No worries, there are plenty of other forums in my interest group that manage to keep ads in the sidebars, and not having me play wack-a-mole on them, just to surf the forum. So, I didn't mean to turn this thread into a whine session, I was just saying I might not see the OP's question if I don't get an email notification from a PM.

PS -- Anyone spending $35 to remove ads on this site, and not spending at least that much to help with the Spruce Pine rebuild BKVP posted above, have your priorities in the wrong place!

I agree, if you post relevant content that helps many forum members you should be upgraded for free.

 

[bigealta]

Just in case you may think I was FOS. This is for all websites over at least a few years.

 

[kborndale]

I use opera browser on my phone and laptop, the browser is free and comes with an ad blocker within it that I use and it blocks all the ads.

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

Ive been using duck duck go for my browser on my phone. Using chrome for this site on my phone was nearly impossible with all the ads. Desktop is tolerable.

 

[burning VC]

some of the ads are stupid crazy aggravating.

I got one that popped up a Tmobile Re-Direct window for some offer, but backing and closing it required 4 Back Clicks, and included the website lucky . biz as the first or second website you landed after leaving Hearth.com

This was an ad that activated during scrolling through a forum Thread while reading...

pop ups are annoying but sending me to another site away from this one totally? in my viewing window

 

[crstrode]

Ditto on the AdBlock Plus. AdBlock Plus is a bargain at twice the price . . . (that would still be $0.00).
My reported total of blocked ads is 735,557.

It will hit a million in short order.