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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

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?

I don't see any ads. Well, I see a tiny one between individual posts.

Originally Posted by widebody911

Firefox + UBlock Origin + NoScript = no adds, and you can block other idiotic spam-elements like "trackbacks"

What he said. Thom knows all.

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Is there a downside to disabling JavaScript?

Yes, lots of things on lots of websites require java for the site to work correctly.

Originally Posted by McLovin

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.

Originally Posted by KC911

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 ?

Yep, Google.

In the screen shot below, you can see 2 things, the red underline shows the only ads that I see using firefox, ublock and noscript.

The dialog box in the top right shows the 3 sites that have java script on this page. I have 2 enabled and 1 disabled and the site has full functionality without all of the annoying ads.