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Has anyone else experienced this problem? I'll be trying to read a page here and an ad will open up between comments and move the page to where you have to watch the ad until it plays out. If you try to scroll away, the page will jump back over and over. Is this just a virus on my computer or a new thing for the forum? It's really annoying... X(
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I have the same problem as of recent. The page cannot be scrolled sometimes, it sticks at the top of the page for a while.SmallFarm wrote:Has anyone else experienced this problem? I'll be trying to read a page here and an ad will open up between comments and move the page to where you have to watch the ad until it plays out. If you try to scroll away, the page will jump back over and over. Is this just a virus on my computer or a new thing for the forum? It's really annoying... X(
Perhaps not related, but I have a problem with flashplayer plugin crashing all the time. Like on youtube I have to reload the page to watch videos because the video area has a box telling me the plugin has crashed. Very annoying.
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I've never seen what is being described. If anyone can provide a screenshot it would be helpful.
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It happens to me when there's a video in the ad space area... it won't let you scroll away until the video is done playing. I noticed that if I reload the page, the ad showing usually won't be a video so it won't be "sticky" to the ad space. To tell you the truth I haven't had much problems since I first complained about it.
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I downloaded Adblock Plus made mentioned by Joel. No more ads causing the page to stick. or jump. Cool!
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This is happening in Google Chrome with the embedded Google video ads. It makes the site some times unusable. There isn't a screen shot I can get of it because there's nothing to see. As you scroll down to read more of a thread the page just jumps back to the ad.
I don't and I won't install an ad blocker because I think they are dishonest. But there has to be a fix for it. I've so far only seen this on Chrome and I'll try another browser to see if that helps. But it certainly frustrates me and detracts from the site experience.
I don't and I won't install an ad blocker because I think they are dishonest. But there has to be a fix for it. I've so far only seen this on Chrome and I'll try another browser to see if that helps. But it certainly frustrates me and detracts from the site experience.
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A screenshot of the page with the ad would still help.. I've still never seen this type of ad on LDSFF.
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It keeps happening to me. So annoying! I'll get to reading the comments in any thread and it repeatedly takes me to whatever the "sponsored links" advertisement is in that thread. (The ones in every thread. Just the video ones though.) I used to be able to scroll right past them but not any more.
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Same exact thing ^^^ has been happening to me, as well; for a week or two now.
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See the screen grab below, Brian. It shows up in the 250x250 block ads under the advertisement section beneath the first post of every thread. I'm guessing that if you block video ad types in your Google account settings for this ad zone it would do away with the problem.BrianM wrote:A screenshot of the page with the ad would still help.. I've still never seen this type of ad on LDSFF.
There are not a lot of video ads served but when there are you cannot scroll down the page -- and the controls for the video don't seem to work either. I try to pause or stop it every time and it just ignores me. And if I scroll past it the browser just bounces right up to the ad again and I cannot read the rest of the thread.
The ads are completely random. You never know when a thread will have one. I might be on for an hour clicking all over the board and never see one and then boom, it literally paralyzes me as I'm reading. Hope this helps.
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Yes, happens to me too. It just started a week or 2 ago. It always jumps to the ad right under the very first post on the page. I'm using Google Chrome.
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I've changed some settings to try to get those ones not to show up anymore... (it might take a few days to take effect).. also if you tell me where the ad is linking to I can add it to the block list.
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It is really random and for whatever reason it seems to pop up a lot for me in the mornings.
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.....That's what she said. ;))ebenezerarise wrote:It is really random and for whatever reason it seems to pop up a lot for me in the mornings.
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I noticed something new, today -- when you get TWO of those ads as videos as seen in the screenshot below -- it prevents ANY scrolling on the page AT ALL.
And, as I'm trying to post this, I have to scroll down from the video currently playing on this page. Can't believe Google has this happening in their own browser.
And, as I'm trying to post this, I have to scroll down from the video currently playing on this page. Can't believe Google has this happening in their own browser.
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Carry on.
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It is on every page I go to this morning, and it is officially pissing me off.
And no, I will not use adblockplus. I have moral issues with such behaviors. Site operators have a right to run ads and make money from their efforts and investments.
And no, I will not use adblockplus. I have moral issues with such behaviors. Site operators have a right to run ads and make money from their efforts and investments.
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I've still never seen video ads like that on LDSFF. You could try deleting your browser 'cookies' and see if the same ads still appear. A lot of ads are based on your own personal internet browsing and your browser 'cookies' are directly tied to that.
Also, if you have a Gmail / Google account you can change your ad settings here: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Also, if you have a Gmail / Google account you can change your ad settings here: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;