COMPLAINT regarding nsfw intrusive adverts

Obviously to keep the site up and running you need the banners and such, that's nothing new and I have no real issue with that.

My issue is that there are a select few adverts on this site taking it a step further and redirecting the tab without interaction to straight up NSFW website/advert-sites (quite often porn, with the greatest injustice being that it's not the good stuff either). At first I thought it may be that I've picked up something on my laptop however it's exclusive to this forum specifically, so I figured I should put this out there.

Can those who have the power regarding adverts on this site perhaps look into this sort of thing, maybe be lucky enough to find a solution? I've essentially stopped viewing this site at university because now I'm scared something hella dodge is going to appear onscreen.
Also, anyone else experiencing this?
cos this'll be awkward if it is just me...

I use adblocker. I disable it on sites that are clever enough to put stuff asking you to disable it under their ads, and youtube, but they're enabled for this forum.

I realise a lot of people have it, but I don't use it because tbh I don't find adverts annoying enough to warrant giving a shit.

That said, this is a bit much. I feel it should be addressed for those like myself who don't/are new to the forum/new to the internet/whatever

Ads are controlled by forumotion, we cant do anything about that.

I don't have that problem though...

'Fraid you're alone there bud.

I guess Ad blocker is the only way to go, On MS Edge, ads are everywhere in the forums, but firefox and adblocker  = no ads at all and no popups or redirects. Safest way excepting abstinence of course.

The advertisements you see are actually tailored, for you, through cookies collected based on which sites you visit. If you visit more clothing sites, you will get more clothing ads. And so forth. 

Marketers do this so they ensure their money is spent in the best way possible.

Note: By the way, just a small grammatical error I've noticed in case you haven't. In the e-mails you get, instead of saying "received", it says "receive".

Incognito mode doesnt keep cookies. In general I wipe history and disk cleanup typically monthly too.
This ain't targeted advertising.

Meh, I'll look into the issue on my side I guess.

Maybe it's just your region then.

Just use adblock for the love of all that is unholy. It literally takes maybe 4 clicks if you are using Google Chrome or Firefox and your browsing experience will improve because of it. Ads do take up bandwidth you know.

Also if you come to your senses don't be a pleb and use Ublock Origin.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en - Chrome

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ - Firefox

It is lightweight on CPU usage and the creators don't take cash under the table to display ads anyways like Adblock Plus does as far as we know. Not to mention it is an open source project.

Thoughts on adblock edge?

deadofmind wrote:Thoughts on adblock edge?

If you are asking can ABP or any other thing be added to MS Edge i believe the answer is No. MS has that locked and there is no way to add-on. IIRC the MS agreement aspect of Edge specifically mentions the use of analytics cookies and targeted Ad's you want privacy use another browser so its easier just use Firefox etc

I did try to block ads on edge using some guy's script or something that messed with my registry. It sorta worked as the ads were gone, yes, but they were still there except all they displayed was the "Page failed to load" graphic.

I've stuck on UBlock Origin like suggested and all seems to be going well. I guess problem solved?
Can probably leave this thread unlocked for that necrobump in 3 years when someone else has the same issue.

uBlock Origin and Adbocker are helpful for avoiding pesky advertisements!