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I turn on the browser's pop-up blocker. Empty the cache, restarted and even log off to AK. It seems to be worse. The ad is now flicking on and off, and affecting editing posts.

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It appears the latest update now generates a pop-up (see below):
Please allow ads on our site
Looks like you're using an ad blocker. We rely on advertising to help fund our site.

I wouldn't have an issue if this pop-up appeared only once but the pop-up appears often, usually every other time I change pages.
I get it that AK relies on advertisements, but I thought I, as a paid Subscriber, is not supposed to receive ads?
Is there a way to eliminate this annoying pop-up?
@eiraved Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We’ve identified the issue and resolved it. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for providing us with a screenshot.
 
I have learned a while back, that if I am having an issue only on AK, to just report it here and wait a little bit, and it usually gets resolved fairly quickly.
Becoming a subscriber definitely has it's benefits while also helping to keep this site running as smooth as possible.
 
I have been seeing this more than a little.

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That 503 server down situation has nothing to do with advally`s presence/functions on A/K !
The A/K forums software is currently being majorly updated & tweaked, and occasionally causing the A/K forum to not function, like has recently happened (yesterday & the day before) the to various members, as well as myself !
 
Ran CleanMyMac app.
Before I logon, those full screen background ads were dancing around again.
After logon, just back to regular banner ads. Occasionally slow.
 
Ran CleanMyMac app.
Before I logon, those full screen background ads were dancing around again.
After logon, just back to regular banner ads. Occasionally slow.
That is the overwhelming amount of bots that we are being hit with that is slowing the site down. We are continuing to work on this issue. But we have to make sure that we do it right.
 
Thank you so much for reporting, we really appreciate it. We don't know exactly what is causing this, but we'll work hard to get rid of it as quickly as we can. New types of attacks and ads can show up all the time and we'll get it sorted as soon as possible.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could bookmark this tool and report a bad ad by using this.


Reporting bad ads you see in this fashion helps us track down problems rapidly. Advertising markets are extremely complicated, and ads can come from a huge amount of sources. We have tools to find them the more traditional ways, but this method gets us straight to the issue. Ads are customized to every single user, which is why it is so important to get your specific page."
 
Yo, @Advally l!! I'm a long term PAID Subscriber AND a Moderator, and I just started TODAY seeing grey bars Drop-down with embedded Ads.
Some from fake Chinese marketeers "Craftwork Weekly" (they sell clothing and textiles pretending to be from home crafters - Nordic last time one hit me),
some from Wrinkle Cream aging "solutions - BS CRAP stuff.
I click to close it and a new ones drops in on the next page. And these cover ads already visible at the top of the page!

Here's one for Adobe PDF stuff!!

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I went to the Homepage and got some ad for Norton "Protection"
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and a moment later another dropdown appeared
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I'm using a Mac Studio 4Max, MacOS Tahoe 26.2 with Chrome browser.
 
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