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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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Ads on Pelican
What is going on with increased ads and even full page pop up takeovers?
Yes I am logged in. Seems to be Limited to desktop view on mobile for now. Anyone else seeing this?
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11-02-2019, 08:42 PM
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Ayo Irpin, Ukraine!
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Yes. Pretty GD annnoying
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11-02-2019, 08:55 PM
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I guess parts aren’t paying the bills anymore.
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11-02-2019, 09:10 PM
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The little pop down ad on my iPhone is annoying.
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11-02-2019, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: outta here
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Yeah, I started a thread about this the other day. Any way to prevent the goddamn things from popping up? I assume that pelican parts has initiated this and there’s nothing we can do about it but I thought I’d ask.
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11-03-2019, 01:26 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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I'm on mobile, but keep JavaScript turned off...don't see 'em.
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11-03-2019, 02:39 AM
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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I can learn to deal with the pop down but I never understood how anyone thinks full page takeovers do anything but piss people off and that it's OK to do that to viewers regardless of the revenue need which I get. It's just obnoxious.
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11-03-2019, 04:14 AM
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Navin Johnson
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Wantagh, NY
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I don't browse pelican on my phone... However at home I haven't seen an add in months...
Put together a Pi-hole adds are gone... Im going to try and set it up with my cloudflare mobile vpn and see how it affects the phone experience when i'm not on my home network..
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11-03-2019, 04:55 AM
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Firefox + UBlock Origin + NoScript = no adds, and you can block other idiotic spam-elements like "trackbacks"
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11-03-2019, 05:31 AM
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11-03-2019, 05:34 AM
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Just to reiterate....ya don't need a specific browser or "blocker".... just disable JavaScript on whatever you use. Poof...like magic!
And that is SO easy...just try it 
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11-03-2019, 06:04 AM
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Snark and Soda
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: SF east bay
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Is there a downside to disabling JavaScript?
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11-03-2019, 06:08 AM
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No downside for Pelican forums....jmho. |
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11-03-2019, 06:11 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: On a beach
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How do those ads get there? Are all of those companies contacting Pelican directly and getting the ads out up? That seems unlikely, given the wide range of the ad subjects.
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11-03-2019, 07:26 AM
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You do not have permissi
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: midwest
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I'm guessing Pelican contracts with an ad distributor.
(without any sense of controls apparently) There are normal ads. And then there are not-normal ads, which disrupt positive browsing to intentionally create disfunction. Spam forcing is usually counter-productive to consumer-comfort and potential business. Last edited by john70t; 11-03-2019 at 10:06 AM.. |
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11-03-2019, 07:34 AM
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Goggle now monitors threads with bots looking for key words and pictures they deem unsavory. |
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11-03-2019, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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I haven't peeked "behind the curtain" in years...but...
When you connect to Pelican, you are also connecting to Google servers...need I say more  ?
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11-03-2019, 07:46 AM
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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About the simplest thing a site owner can do. The more reputable networks won’t even talk to you until you’ve got 1m eyeballs a month.
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11-03-2019, 07:50 AM
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