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Advally said:
Ok that is odd, we'll look into that one! Definitely isn't supposed to be doing that.



I actually don't know who that is, is she fraudulent or am I missing something else in the screen capture?



The Trump ads thing is really tricky. Their campaign very specifically is breaking all the rules of digital advertising so every time we get them down, they appear to figure out a round-about way to get in. All Political advertising is blocked on here, so its only the non-compliant stuff that gets through. We'll hunt this one down, but it is definitely a game of whack-a-mole.



Ah, OK I think I know what is causing that. I'll have the team take a look!
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Hiya #Advally , Just saw another political advert from the Trump campaign in the top banner.
 
bobabode said:
Hiya #Advally , Just saw another political advert from the Trump campaign in the top banner.
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Wonder if that is area dependent? I had one before I can over her to Japan. Now all I get in that one are Japanese products.
 
I'm not sure if somebody cares about this, but to me, browsing this site became annoying slow, my activity on the site was reduced to a few minutes a day, and sometimes I close the window without even reading one post. I can be MINUTES waiting for a thread to fully load and let me write or post something, all I see are small signs at the bottom of my browsers (with all 3 browsers I have, the same), "waiting for xxx site, " "establishing connection" "uploading " " waiting " "connecting" and so.
 
^^ What browser are you using? Mobile device or desktop?

FWIW I use Chrome on a Win 10 laptop and am always logged in and no issues here. Sometimes from work (shh) it's IE with the company's ad blockers running.
 
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toxcrusadr said:
^^ What browser are you using? Mobile device or desktop?

FWIW I use Chrome and am always logged in and no issues here. Sometimes from work (shh) it's IE with the company's ad blockers running.
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Same here. It still seems to be a “few” that are having the slow loading problem. I use an iPhone, Win10 laptop (Chrome&Edge) and a Kindle. Still zero issues once logged in. Just a WAG, ad blockers slowing things down :dunno:
 
I'm just curious if the powers that be are trying to address the problems that a so called " few " of us members are experiencing. The issues are very similar to when the site changed from http to https.
Constant log outs, freezing up, reloading page, extreme lag time with posting, scrolling, liking.
I've tried changing browsers, ad blocker on and off, same issues.
This post, again, took about ten minutes to do while reloading the page twice.
Not having problems on any other site but here.
It's getting to be untenable being here. :thumbsdown: (and I very much enjoy being here )

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IOS 10.3.3 version
 
Just got this banner ad. Political hatchet job?

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AudioKarma is getting to the point of being almost unusable on my cellphone (Android), to the point of I don't go on here as much as I used to or want to. It's the only site where typing slows down to a crawl.
 
Ever since the block of ads appeared on the bottom my computer is constantly running in the background with cpu usage going to 98% and my fan running up and down constantly on my laptop. This is a 60 sec screen shot that just keeps going and going. Microsoft Edge windows 8.1. I keep everything updated



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Te-Te said:
. . .freezing up, reloading page, extreme lag time with posting, scrolling, liking . . .

. . .This post, again, took about ten minutes to do while reloading the page twice.
Not having problems on any other site but here.
It's getting to be untenable being here. :thumbsdown: (and I very much enjoy being here ). . .
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This.
 
Two other things. I typically just let my phone time out which it does after a minute of no activity. Lazy, I know.

Lately, I'll notice my phone still lit up ten minutes later if on AK. This evening, I picked it up an hour later. Still lit and hotter than a two dollar pistol with a nearly dead battery.

The other thing is a political ad for a Texas representative candidate on every AK page I've loaded for at least two days. I'm a Florida resident. People with my party affiliation aren't allowed to vote in two different states during the same cycle.

I wonder if that guy's campaign is paying for targeted advertising and getting advertising targeted at people who couldn't vote for him even if they wanted to.
 
I still don’t think it’s the site. If it was I would think more than a “few” (relative to membership) would be having problems and posting about it.

But I am often wrong :D
 
GChief said:
I still don’t think it’s the site. If it was I would think more than a “few” (relative to membership) would be having problems and posting about it.

But I am often wrong :D
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Oh its certainly the site.

You just have a better grasp of IT stuff or better people setting up your networks/gear

If I hit this place with a sandbox system its ridiculously annoying.

But its not the only site on the net that is as horrible. Just here they are apparently allowing some rather obnoxious advertisers.

Most sites know that ads and site performance can be balanced. I certainly hope that will be the case here eventually.

Frannie
 
buglegirl said:
Oh its certainly the site.

You just have a better grasp of IT stuff or better people setting up your networks/gear

If I hit this place with a sandbox system its ridiculously annoying.

But its not the only site on the net that is as horrible. Just here they are apparently allowing some rather obnoxious advertisers.

Most sites know that ads and site performance can be balanced. I certainly hope that will be the case here eventually.

Frannie
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My personal (set up by me) phone, laptop, iPad and Kindle all without any ad blockers work fine. I am far from having a grasp on IT stuff. That is why I have “my” opinion, the life long tech in me is just curious about the “problem”. In the big scheme of things it still appears to be the same “few” having problems :dunno:

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GChief said:
My personal (set up by me) phone, laptop, iPad and Kindle all without any ad blockers work fine. I am far from having a grasp on IT stuff. The is why I have “my” opinion, the like long tech in me is just curious about the “problem”. In the big scheme of things it still appears to be the same “few” having problems :dunno:

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Yah well different ISP's/Routers filter things differently.

Are you not still over in the land of the Rising Sun ??

Frannie
 
buglegirl said:
Yah well different ISP's/Routers filter things differently.

Are you not still over in the land of the Rising Sun ??

Frannie
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I get it. And having spent a life time fixing equipment others operate I tend to fall back on operator error (including PC’s) as it is often the problem ;)

Yes I am, for another week if the ship plays nicely with tag outs over this holiday weekend. There have been rumors of some of us going to Yoko for a 10 week job instead of coming home :(
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