WEBSLEUTHS WILL BE OFF LINE FOR A SOFTWARE UPDATE.

[Pseudonymph]

On this one page alone, on my phone, I see 19 ads. It’s making this site impossible to read.

 

[dmac55]

On this one page alone, on my phone, I see 19 ads. It’s making this site impossible to read.

The same for me

I also often see suggestive ads for 24 hour entertainment
It’s unsettling and unexpected to see those here

 

[Ann99]

On this one page alone, on my phone, I see 19 ads. It’s making this site impossible to read.

Same for me. Yesterday it was 20 and 22 per page And
most were flashing and jumping. I couldn’t read the page.

 

[Dotta]

Same for me. Yesterday it was 20 and 22 per page And
most were flashing and jumping. I couldn’t read the page.

This "flashing and jumping" makes my eyes hurt

 

[airportwoman]

I don't mind the small ones at the bottom or sides, but ads that take up 1/3 of the screen and cannot be minimized are annoying.

Just an FYI.

 

[Schatz]

I’d pay for an ad-free version.

 

[ttcRider]

try and disable javascript. Still not the best but better.

 

[airportwoman]

try and disable javascript. Still not the best but better.

I have a home-based business, and need Javascript in order to print shipping labels at home.

 

[BeckyF]

The ads are worse since the upgrade. I click on Notifications and get an ad that I didn’t even click on!

 

[BeckyF]

On this one page alone, on my phone, I see 19 ads. It’s making this site impossible to read.

It really is. If I tap on Notifications or Forums, New Posts, an ad pops up immediately and I didn’t even tap on an ad. It’s annoying.

 

[Laughing]

Agree, and sometimes I get a black bar that covers about half the page?

Anyone find the earlier threads yet?

 

[annpats]

I thought it was annoying when we had those clips of new videos that played at the top of each screen ...but that was nothing compared to these huge adverts!!
I'd rather have the news videos back. They were much smaller and much more relevant. (Although probably not as income-generating.)

 

[Knox]

I only get the irritating ads on my phone. My computer has a awesome ad blocker. But I think the ads help Tricia so I grin and bear it.

 

[badgersmythe]

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This is the message I get when trying to view pages 40-47 of my watched threads.

Still having this problem. I’ve 50 pages of watched threads. Over half of them say no threads to display when I click on them. It seems to be the pages from 20 onwards.

Some pages I can access only have one or two threads per page.

Does anyone else have this problem?

 

[Via Marple]

Once I start entering text in the reply box, I only have a line or two visible to see what I am typing, because it is obscured by an ad, which keeps changing. (See my screen cap). It is making it more challenging to write a post, to the point if I am not really eager to join in the discussion, I would just leave it.

I wonder who else would want to fight this typing battle if not already a WS regular? Any stats for new members posting after the update?

The other thing is, with all the animated ads the page is draining my phone battery fast. I can't spend too much time on WS now.

I hope this new strategy will be reviewed soon. There ought to be a balance between revenue, and usability of the site.

Thanks. VM.

 

[GoneGoldfishin']

I posted previously that when I have to x out an ad, the thread jumps forward a page or two. While this still happens, I also have found that many (most? all?) threads I go to skip many posts or pages, as though the software that used to track where I last read a thread now maybe tracks when I last read any thread, and pulls me to that point in time on all threads?

 

[charminglane]

I posted previously that when I have to x out an ad, the thread jumps forward a page or two. While this still happens, I also have found that many (most? all?) threads I go to skip many posts or pages, as though the software that used to track where I last read a thread now maybe tracks when I last read any thread, and pulls me to that point in time on all threads?

I noticed that this morning.
When I clicked on an article in a post, read it, and exed-out of article, the page I was originally on jumped backwards 2 pages.
It is nearly impossible to catch up here on a case while at work break on my phone. There is so much sensory overload on a phone screen.

 

[charminglane]

This is abominable.

 

[shotgun09]

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This is abominable.

It certainly makes visiting this site less than appealing. Something needs to change fast!
As soon as the big black inescapable box appears...randomly so it seems...I check out. I am sure I am not alone either

 

[mpnola]

Once I start entering text in the reply box, I only have a line or two visible to see what I am typing, because it is obscured by an ad, which keeps changing. (See my screen cap). It is making it more challenging to write a post, to the point if I am not really eager to join in the discussion, I would just leave it.

I wonder who else would want to fight this typing battle if not already a WS regular? Any stats for new members posting after the update?

The other thing is, with all the animated ads the page is draining my phone battery fast. I can't spend too much time on WS now.

I hope this new strategy will be reviewed soon. There ought to be a balance between revenue, and usability of the site.

Thanks. VM.

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Same happened to me. I had to press enter about 10 times to.make the text box bigger, so I coukd see what I type. Inrarely post anymore, but wanted to participate because webleuths is partnering in a citizen sleuth podcast and I wanted to support it. But man, it was very hard to type a detailed, well thought out response when I couldn't even see what I wrote.. and there was no x or close..