Irritating trait of this forum...

Lil Foot

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Usually, when I have time to grab a quick look at the forum, I'm in a hurry.
When I attempt to click on a forum title, the screen jumps, because of an ad that is loading, so I end up clicking on something else. After incorrectly clicking on something I did not want, I attempt to click out of that, and get to want I wanted in the first place- but the screen jumps again, and you guessed it, I click on the wrong thing because of the screen jumping to load the ads.
This "screen jump" happens 3 times with every window I open, because there are 3 ads on every page; top, bottom, and right side.
When I bought my lifetime membership, I thought I was supposed to get less ads. Does that mean non-lifetime members get more than 3 ads per page? o_O How many do they get?

Yes, I know I could just wait for all the ads to load on every page before doing anything, but this is the only forum I'm on that does this.

Yeah, I know to some this sounds like sniveling, but one of my few "escapes" these days is checking the forum, so this supremely irritating.
 
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what browser are you using? I use Chrome with ad block plus installed as a plug in. No ads ever!
 
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Usually, when I have time to grab a quick look at the forum, I'm in a hurry.
When I attempt to click on a forum title, the screen jumps, because of an ad that is loading, so I end up clicking on something else. After incorrectly clicking on something I did not want, I attempt to click out of that, and get to want I wanted in the first place- but the screen jumps again, and you guessed it, I click on the wrong thing because of the screen jumping to load the ads.
This "screen jump" happens 3 times with every window I open, because there are 3 ads on every page; top, bottom, and right side.
When I bought my lifetime membership, I thought I was supposed to get less ads. Does that mean non-lifetime members get more than 3 ads per page? o_O How many do they get?

Yes, I know I could just wait for all the ads to load on every page before doing anything, but this is the only forum I'm on that does this.

Yeah, I know to some this sounds like sniveling, but one of my few "escapes" these days is checking the forum, so this supremely irritating.
I know exactly what you mean.. it’s like their watching 🥺 right when you’re ready to touch your screen or hit the enter key they pounce! I get ads here but not the too annoying ones you speak of. Good luck!
 
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Lil Foot

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I know exactly what you mean.. it’s like their watching 🥺 right when you’re ready to touch your screen or hit the enter key they pounce! I get ads here but not the too annoying ones you speak of. Good luck!
Glad I'm not the only one who sees this!
 
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Annoying as hell...it would be great to fix it.
 
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Annoying as hell...it would be great to fix it.
I am not computer literate like some, but it is a fact of life that adds make free sites like OTT possible. So it is a balance between convenience and supporting the site by enduring the adds I think.

I kind of like the adds showing attractive women...but can relate to the jumping around that I see on various sites. Not sure if on this one, but it is annoying. But it would not/does not bother me here, as this site is invaluable in my opinion.
 

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No such problem here with my Apple computer. In general the "connected" life I have found is much, much easier when using Apple products.
 

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Ditto from my iPad. For once being old and slow helps me out on this site.
 

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Windows try Disenter, it’s great!

iOS, Add Block Plus
Disenter also works on MacOS and Linux.

BTW, Gab is a great site. Watched his video on why he started it. I like his values too. Disenter minimizes tracking and he’s working on a smartphone. He’s consumer driven not business driven.
 
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Tarmy

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I am not computer literate like some, but it is a fact of life that adds make free sites like OTT possible. So it is a balance between convenience and supporting the site by enduring the adds I think.

I kind of like the adds showing attractive women...but can relate to the jumping around that I see on various sites. Not sure if on this one, but it is annoying. But it would not/does not bother me here, as this site is invaluable in my opinion.
I agree...but one of the benefits of being a contributor is less ads...that benefit seems to have been changed/eliminated as part of the site update...

great site and very helpful...but the formatting and ad delivery/quantity is something I was glad to contribute money to the site to avoid.
 

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Take a deep breath Bill! You don’t have to hurry like that anymore 🥵
I wish. Most of my time is spoken for for other duties.
About the only deep breath I get is to let out a sad sigh.😢;)