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This morning, I got countless breast milk bags ads that take over half the page. Close them out, they quickly reappeared.

I can only wonder what sort of algorithm caused this. Not exactly what I shop for… :rflmao:
 
M70AB2 said:
This morning, I got countless breast milk bags ads that take over half the page. Close them out, they quickly reappeared.
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Thanks for this one. You found a real bug. On AudioKarma, closing the bar at the top or bottom of the page only lasted until the next page you opened, so it came straight back. We fixed that today at 17:12 UTC: once you close it, it now stays closed for two hours.

We haven't tracked down the milk-bag ad itself yet. If it shows up again, can you tell us whether you were on a phone or a computer, and post a screenshot here? With that we can find the advertiser and block it.
 
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The buck stops with Advalley which is increasingly looking like malware hosting.
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Thank you for stating this. The most charitable view that they have neither the tools or staff to keep up with problems seems increasingly unlikely. After roughly six months of complete silence and inactivity they now appear either unwilling or powerless to control or gate keep their own ad partners. I take no joy in writing this.

This is NOT a new normal for other forums despite the occasional protests of their shrinking defenders.
 
2ndserve said:
This is NOT a new normal for other forums despite the occasional protests of their shrinking defenders.
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I don't recall defending the ads. But I get where you are going.

I have defended the site , managers , and mods etc here.

That being said. This is unacceptable these ads.

But I am not going to play the arm chair someone has to pay angle.

In a way we all deserve this "Internet" and I say that as someone who has been deeply involved with the net even before it was the world wide web.

Its a cesspool and we all dug it.

Frannie
 
buglegirl said:
I don't recall defending the ads. But I get where you are going.

I have defended the site , managers , and mods etc here.

That being said. This is unacceptable these ads.

But I am not going to play the arm chair someone has to pay angle.

In a way we all deserve this "Internet" and I say that as someone who has been deeply involved with the net even before it was the world wide web.

Its a cesspool and we all dug it.

Frannie
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Amen.
 
buglegirl said:
I don't recall defending the ads. But I get where you are going.

I have defended the site , managers , and mods etc here.

That being said. This is unacceptable these ads.

But I am not going to play the arm chair someone has to pay angle.

In a way we all deserve this "Internet" and I say that as someone who has been deeply involved with the net even before it was the world wide web.

Its a cesspool and we all dug it.

Frannie
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Yeah but Advalley gets payments for the cesspit his advertizers are inflicting. He profits we deal with the cesspit. Why are we dealing with this guy? Can't we give him the heave ho and run with someone more competent?

Advalley is all excuses and I'll look into it but it is dangerous and the buck stops with Advalley, so please ease up on the 'we're all to blame' gaslighting.
 
Advally is a business, just like AK is a business..
They're in 'business' to make money..

AK can't make money on $25.00 subcriptions, advertising money is necessary..
Advally can't make money without trying to 'control' that advertising for websites(a fine line)..

If advertisements are that irritating, stay offline.. cancel tv subscriptions.. don't listen to radio.. don't look at billboards..(or Burma Shave signs)..

Drive from one colorless building to the next, until you find what you're looking for..(in your white, gray, or black vehicle)
 
Ads that are impersonating operating system warnings are malware. Is that too hard a concept to entertain?

Advally responds with tripe like " You found a bug". He's hosting it via his Advalley advertising platform and accepting payments for it. Can't we gave an ad host who isn't pushing scams on us?

Replace Advalley. As long as his business model is to take anybody's money, no matter what, all we are gonna receive is trite excuses.
 
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Just like the ads that say you owe back taxes, or your 35 year old car's warranty is about to expire..

So many people receive phone calls, emails, text messages, etc. from 'companies' about printer/copier ink/service, computer virus protection, etc..

You're going to get these from everywhere, from every website(if you say you only get them here, you aren't being honest), from every cellphone carrier, from every tv provider..

That's a concept everyone has to entertain.. or live in a faraday cage, in a forest or on top of a mountain..

EDIT: it's an awesome plus that subscibers can edit a post(in a certain amount of time) without showing it was edited..

I'm out of this thread, I'm not experiencing the issues with ads that are being described..

If they become 'bothersome' to me(not likely because have a whole other life), I'll quietly leave the site...(there is a whole thread about those who have, for various reasons)
 
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Swokie63 said:
Just like the ads that say you owe back taxes, or your 35 year old car's warranty is about to expire..

So many people receive phone calls, emails, text messages, etc. from 'companies' about printer/copier ink/service, computer virus protection, etc..

You're going to get these from everywhere, from every website(if you say you only get them here, you aren't being honest), from every cellphone carrier, from every tv provider..

That's a concept everyone has to entertain.. or live in a faraday cage, in a forest or on top of a mountain..
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Some of your examples fit this as well; malware is illegal in the United States and most other developed countries. It's also illegal in the US to knowingly distribute or sell malware. Again, Advally is either incompetent or complicit.

It is Advally's responsibility (and to a lesser extent, AK's), legally, to ensure they are not distributing malware.

A thing being prevalent does not make it acceptable.
 
2ndserve said:
Some of your examples fit this as well; malware is illegal in the United States and most other developed countries. It's also illegal in the US to knowingly distribute or sell malware. Again, Advally is either incompetent or complicit.

It is Advally's responsibility (and to a lesser extent, AK's), legally, to ensure they are not distributing malware.

A thing being prevalent does not make it acceptable.
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It's also illegal do drive 75mph in a 35mph zone.. calling it out here won't help that..

Take the fight to the source..
 
Swokie63 said:
It's also illegal do drive 75mph in a 35mph zone.. calling it out here won't help that..

Take the fight to the source..
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This is as close to the source as we can get unless someone is ready to alert actual legal authorities. Obviously, it would be better if it got resolved before it went that far.

This is the thread started by Advally and the only one they ever look at.

And your 75 in a 35 is a nice analogy. 43 in a 35, ehhh, whatever, but 75 in a 35 regularly - that is worth responding to.

I reject any underlying premise that we, as a community (AK or otherwise) are powerless to call out or affect poor behavior by a business or individual.
 
Swokie63 said:
Just like the ads that say you owe back taxes, or your 35 year old car's warranty is about to expire..

So many people receive phone calls, emails, text messages, etc. from 'companies' about printer/copier ink/service, computer virus protection, etc..

You're going to get these from everywhere, from every website(if you say you only get them here, you aren't being honest), from every cellphone carrier, from every tv provider..

That's a concept everyone has to entertain.. or live in a faraday cage, in a forest or on top of a mountain..

EDIT: it's an awesome plus that subscibers can edit a post(in a certain amount of time) without showing it was edited..

I'm out of this thread, I'm not experiencing the issues with ads that are being described..

If they become 'bothersome' to me(not likely because have a whole other life), I'll quietly leave the site...(there is a whole thread about those who have, for various reasons)
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Excuse me. God strike me dead if I am lying (and I do NOT say that lightly as I have had way too many close calls) but I am NOT being “dishonest.”

The malware ads I described and showed here, I have ONLY seen them here.
 
That didn’t take long. Wow.
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People should not have to use different browsers tweak settings etc ... To enjoy their stay at whatever forum they belong too .Subscribe get rid of the ads or do this or that is not the answer.Ive been a longtime member here at ak and never had this experience that they're going through.I belong to many other forums and don't experience what I'm experiencing here on ak using whatever browser I choose.
I'm no tech but something needs to be done as I'm sure it's contributing to lower posts and driving members away .
 
My sub expired a while ago and I'm almost done with this forum. I'm not going to go through gyrations for this site and I'm not going to subscribe to get rid of the garbage (ads, malware, etc.) Been a member since 2006 but I think Ive reached my limit.
 
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