FiveFrameSwing
Banned
I simply find myself accessing DFP less.
Hijacked Ads are an infection to this website...
- Thread starter Josh Greer
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We track this site's activity (among other forums and all kinds of other non-related things) is a means of forecasting our sales. For the most part, in the last 4-5 years, when the activity here starts to settle down in mid/end-summer, our sales do as well. That is one of the rare times when most of the regions (East, South, Mid-West, and West) share a break between seasons. This is the first year that the activity drop on this site missed the mark; meaning, we were still increasing sales when activity here was decreasing. Now, forecasting not an exact science, and one year is certainly not a trend. But my semi-educated guess is that folks are leaving for one reason or another; I blame the "ad grab". If the ads were intended to be a source of revenue to support the site, it seems to me that it is having the opposite effect.
Chris Delorit
Member
The add-on uBlock is available for either Firefox or Chrome. It's lighter than most others and should allow quicker browsing. Brave is another browser with a built-in ad blocker. Clear your cookies and you should be ad free.
Chris
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Really bummed this hasn't been resolved. Tried getting on with the iPhone and was immediately redirected... Tapatalk is not a good alternative. I no longer reference this site to perspective viewers. Worried that this is the beginning of the end for yet another truly great softball resource.
- Jan 22, 2011
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Yeah.... about 3 months ago my work computer was discovered by IT to be the source of strange traffic on the network. Cause was DFP website.
Chris Delorit
Member
Hi Ken,
Tapatalk is a targeted ad machine. It's privacy policy identifies it's data collection and usage. It's compounding your issue.
A simple browser and ad-blocker with cookie cache deletion on browser exit will make your softball lifestyle ad-free.
Browser = Firefox/Fennec w/uBlock add-on or Brave browser utilizing it's built-in ad-blocker & cookie control mechanism.
Chris
Tapatalk is a targeted ad machine. It's privacy policy identifies it's data collection and usage. It's compounding your issue.
A simple browser and ad-blocker with cookie cache deletion on browser exit will make your softball lifestyle ad-free.
Browser = Firefox/Fennec w/uBlock add-on or Brave browser utilizing it's built-in ad-blocker & cookie control mechanism.
Chris
- Jun 8, 2016
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Was it tor traffic because my IT guys have found that on my machine, which is running linux, and I cannot for the life of me figure out where it can be coming from.
I have found that Adblock mobile works well at preventing these ads but its also limits some normal functions.
