Outside of this thread, has anyone reported the bad ads to a mod or admin? They tend to not like those ads displaying and I think they have some control over malicious ads.
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Reset is nearly unusable on mobile lately due to invasive ads
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If a site becomes unusable from ads it doesn't become a moral thing anymore. Just use adblock
It's been like this on and off forever... even on the old site. I even got a php error for running Firefox on my Pixel.
They always tell you just to report ads, but my first instinct is always to force close and do something else.
bonus sub money coming in.
They always tell you just to report ads, but my first instinct is always to force close and do something else.
Eh, this has been said before but Era probably doesn't run up a huge bill. Not only do they get money in from ads, but now there's the
Just wanted to say I've been getting these this afternoon on Firefox mobile on Android.
First time it's ever happened for me. Had it twice now on the way home.
First time it's ever happened for me. Had it twice now on the way home.
On Chrome on Android and surprisingly no problems recently but there have definitely been stretches of several days where I get redirects immediately. I only browse Era on my phone and I never use adblockers so I essentially have to stop visiting the site.
Just got it two minutes ago chrome on iOS. Granted this is the first time but it's funny I saw this thread after it happened.
Any site that runs malicious ads should never get a cent from you, either through ad views or "subscriptions" to get rid of the ads. They're exploiting you and you're rewarding their bad behavior.
You should be able to install ad block in the settings on that browser btw
Chrome user here and my ads are fine
In fact I almost get none. The worse thing about mobile right now is the bbs systems are broken, I'm out here typing
In fact I almost get none. The worse thing about mobile right now is the bbs systems are broken, I'm out here typing
Finding people willing to deal with Weekend Era on their days off can't be easy. Whatever disagreements I might have with some past decisions, the mods here are heroes. Whatever profit Era produces, if any, should go back to those peeps
I havent had full screen ads in a while, but I have recently gotten some that seemingly close my keyboard on mobile, which leads to miss-licks.
I'm using iOS safari and I almost never get pop up ads while browsing RE.
I've been getting this ad on Android for a few months now. I also get another one that redirects me to some car selling site.
Yeah I'm on Safari iOS and have literally never seen anything like that once. Just use a browser with some basic adblocking baked in.
Just block the ads until it is fixed. If you still can't do that on Chrome move to something that can (eg Firefox). I honestly don't get how people can put up with this shit.
I got an invasive ad from this thread xD
It made my phone beep too! "Extravagentrewards" was the site or some shit.
It made my phone beep too! "Extravagentrewards" was the site or some shit.
I had that exact same ad take over a few different tabs of Resetera yesterday on my phone (using Firefox, newest iOS, iphone 11 pro max). I then changed my tracking protection from Standard to Strict and I haven't seen one since. Dunno if it really made a difference, but that's my anecdotal evidence.
We aren't talking about normal ads. The ads that are popping up on mobile make the site literally unusable.
Not when the ads are intrusively redirecting me to a scam page.
If you're on Android I suggest downloading Blockada, it not only blocks ads but disables tracking system wide
The overhead of RestEra LLC can't be that much. The mods/staff are volunteers
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Unfortunately, unscrupulous ad makers are especially active towards the end of the year -- almost any ad supported site will experience some problems during this time. Neither the site nor our ad agency actually reap any additional benefit from malicious ads, these aren't supposed to be running, and we have every reason to hate them as much as you do.
We are in contact with our agency about this and we're doing what we can to track down these bad ads as they emerge (it's like whack-a-mole). Your reports and details are helping in this process and we ask that they be concentrated in the Ad Reporting thread. Thank you for your patience.
We are in contact with our agency about this and we're doing what we can to track down these bad ads as they emerge (it's like whack-a-mole). Your reports and details are helping in this process and we ask that they be concentrated in the Ad Reporting thread. Thank you for your patience.
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