Looks pretty normal to me. Normal as in so many sites do this. Ya, tracking the **** out of us, and of course, we are the product. We are the revenue.
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Still fun for me most of the time, even after the (unfortunate) BT changes.
I usually use FF, but this afternoon I switched to IE and, before logging in as a subscriber, the ads were pretty bad. On my laptop, I could still see avatars and posts, but it was very busy and annoying. I especially disliked the mid-page ads that were placed between posts. It gave me a better understanding of the gripes. Once I logged in, the ads mostly vanished aside from the top of the page and Sellwild zone. I found the pre-login experience better on FF and Chrome than IE. As always, YMMV.
Bill Ferris
Lunatic Member
Monetary explotation Greed, like the rest of the internet !
Change my browser, TO PLACATE, I DON`T THINK SO, WHEN IT WORKS, ELSEWHERE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES !!
GO AHEAD AND DELETE, since I don`t follow the "Sheeple corralling" rules !!
IMHO/E THIS FORUM HAS BECOME UNSTABALY WORSE THAN MY CRUMMY AT&T ISP !!
I`ll stand by for permanent banning !
And that`s ok by me, your call !
Change my browser, TO PLACATE, I DON`T THINK SO, WHEN IT WORKS, ELSEWHERE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES !!
GO AHEAD AND DELETE, since I don`t follow the "Sheeple corralling" rules !!
IMHO/E THIS FORUM HAS BECOME UNSTABALY WORSE THAN MY CRUMMY AT&T ISP !!
I`ll stand by for permanent banning !
And that`s ok by me, your call !
petes'picks
Super Member
I got rid of my issue with ads a couple of days ago by changing my Firefox Privacy & Security to STRICT. No more pop up ads at top and in margins since changing that setting, whether logged in or not. Helped with other sites also.
Bill, server company hardware and bandwidth have to be paid for. Previous ad revenue plummeted. The internet is not free. Nobody is charging you to come here, unlike many, many other sites. Many sites used to be free to read. No longer. NYT, WSJ, The Atlantic, ad infinitum. Now they have a paywall. AK doesn't. The site owners went with Advally to try to generate some replacement funds. They definitely are having some growing pains,with the extra ads, and other duties. We do, now, have an Advally staff person dedicated to the account, and she is trying to get up to speed.
People suggested particular browsers that work for them, without issue. They are just trying to help you. Your stability problem is not solely because of the site. I'm not reading any other problems of the kind you describe. Maybe it's the interaction between the site's bandwidth and your ISP/hardware. I don't know. I'm not a builder.
I don't understand your screaming for me to delete your post.
I surely don't understand your statement, "I`ll stand by for permanent banning ! And that`s ok by me, your call !" What is that? At the risk of being non-PC, are you attempting "Suicide by cop"? I don't see where anybody is twisting your arm to come here. If you don't want to be here, all you have to do is not be here. I'm sure some would miss you. I never like to see that happen, but I know that there isn't any thing that can satisfy everybody all the time.
If you want to engage in a civil conversation, maybe we can suss out the nature of your problem. This stuff, though, isn't working, for anybody, least of all, you.
I know this thread is about ads, but since the new format for ads were used, the site has become increasingly impossible to use. I'm using an older IPAD. It has taken me almost 10 minutes just to write this. I pretty much can't use AK at all. 
I know this thread is about ads, but since the new format for ads were used, the site has become increasingly impossible to use. I'm using an older IPAD. It has taken me almost 10 minutes just to write this. I pretty much can't use AK at all.
This is my issue as well.
I have no problem with ads; they are the reason I don't feel compelled to subscribe, as my membership and participation alone helps to generate ad revenues.
But since the new ad structure was put in place, I get big lags between typing and entry into the post....makes it difficult to use. Interestingly, this does not occur all the time...but often enough to be maddening.
Well, it's not been fixed yet. To see the forum or to get where you can log in to post, you have to start clearing. I just can't imagine how the other forums survive without all these obstructions. To much to do in life to spend it fighting through this stuff.
Later...much later.
EV3
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
my doctor says stay logged in .
I was thinking the same. The only time I have been logged out since joining 4 yrs ago has been recently over the last few weeks playing with the ad stuff going on. I still haven’t had any of the “issues” other seems to be having on here. The ads have behaved exactly as the people doing them have described this whole time.
high fibermy doctor says stay logged in .
optics
once or twice a day, usually in the morning
There is nothing to fix. You log in, upper right. You can see it clearly in the picture.
Well, it's not been fixed yet. To see the forum or to get where you can log in to post, you have to start clearing. I just can't imagine how the other forums survive without all these obstructions. To much to do in life to spend it fighting through this stuff.
Later...much later.
EV3