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[Conestoga]

Why all the advertisements recently? Kind of feels like our Forum has been hijacked?

 

[Vic Harder]

What advertisements? What platform and os are you using?

 

[fish more]

Just recently, alot of pop-ups and ads, Annoying !

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

I’m not seeing any ads, could you post a screen print? As Vic mentioned, type of device, browser and operating system would be helpful.

 

[fish more]

dell laptop, Google, windows If signed in, no ads appear

 

[Conestoga]

Imac with Safari and Google. Don’t know why started so suddenly, bur some bug must have sneaked in. Have switched to another Browser and seems OK.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

I use Apple I Mac with Firefox no problems.
Frank

 

[RickD]

Are you signed in & seeing them? I noticed them a while ago, but wasn't signed in. I wondered if that made a difference, so I signed in & they went away.

 

[SLEDAWG]

Same thing happened to me. Had to log in to make them go away.

 

[Ted]

I was looking at WTW without being signed in and there were ads on almost every post. Signed in and they went away. These are new to me as well. Definitely a distraction to what I am used to, but I can't fault the site owners for trying to make a living.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

I never visit the site without being signed in.
I'll have to try that some time and see what happens.
Frank

 

[craig333]

Just signed out to see and it looks like my adblocker (ghostery) is blocking them.

 

[craig333]

Hmmm, paused Ghostery and still no ads.

 

[MarkBC]

I just got a message from a WTW member asking, "What's with all the ads now....not good!?!".
I didn't ask him if he was signed in when he saw them, but I will.

FWIW: I have seen no ads myself.

 

[MarkBC]

I just got a message from a WTW member asking, "What's with all the ads now....not good!?!".
I didn't ask him if he was signed in when he saw them, but I will.

FWIW: I have seen no ads myself.

UPDATE: I just-now signed out and suddenly saw banner ads, pop-ups, etc.
I signed in again and ads disappeared.
So, yeah, confirmed.

I'm using Chrome on Windows. I don't have any ad-blocker running.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Mark I pulled up the site without signing in and got the ads.
After all the site owners have to make money to keep WTW afloat.

The ads didn't show up when signed in as member.
Frank

 

[ski3pin]

Last evening with an android tablet and chrome browser I logged out of WTW to check out this complaint. There were pop up and banner ads. I logged back in and the ads were gone. This is another confirmation.

 

[MarkBC]

Since signed-in WTW members don't see ads -- and it's free to become a member -- doesn't seem like the ads should be a concern for "us".

On the other hand, folks who come to the WTW site for the first time -- so not yet members -- may be put off by the ads.
But I reckon that's a business decision by the owners of this site.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Since signed-in WTW members don't see ads -- and it's free to become a member -- doesn't seem like the ads should be a concern for "us".

On the other hand, folks who come to the WTW site for the first time -- so not yet members -- may be put off by the ads.
But I reckon that's a business decision by the owners of this site.

Maybe Janet could add a disclaimer that there are no ads free for members.
Frank

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Starting to see a lot of ads,upper right hand corner of site.
Looking at one right now for "Ukrainian woman to meet".
Really? Not what I would call an ad that fits the site.
Not "old fashion or prudish" but some of the ads seem out of place IMO.
Frank