Ads are killing my experience here
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Ads are killing my experience here
Can we kill the ads on this site, I'd gladly pay my share to make the site user friendly again?
I thought it was IE, but now chrome is glitchy as well.
I thought it was IE, but now chrome is glitchy as well.
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Re: Ads are killing my experience here
I try and avoid using ad-block especially at a free site since I know that helps pay for the server fees (in part) and I don't begrudge anyone trying to break even on this. I seem to be able to filter out the ads but on this site they really bog down the loading of pages to the point of being - well I may install ad block.
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Re: Ads are killing my experience here
I use ABP (ad block plus) and NoScript and I have no problems on any website when it comes to things loading that I don't want to load. I pick and choose what I want to load. I recommend both as its like putting safety gear on your PC before it jumps in to the flames of the inter-webs. I've never seen a single ad on this site.
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I can't get on here on my phone any more without it jumping off the site to some app store download or some other crap. Totally unusable.
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Re: Ads are killing my experience here
Well there are no ads now. That works though I know that helps pay the bill here and I would prefer to keep this place free. I did not do anything so I assume the mods turned off ads for now.
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Re: Ads are killing my experience here
Unfortunately that's not an our site thing - that is an apple thing (to my knowledge).AppinATL wrote:I can't get on here on my phone any more without it jumping off the site to some app store download or some other crap. Totally unusable.
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Re: Ads are killing my experience here
Ads haven't been turned off - they are still running out of most people's views. Over the last 3-4 days traffic has continued to mount. We have hit all time highs seemingly all year long, which shows the support Appalachian has going into this season! In high traffic times - it can mean the website loads a bit slower, but it should not be much slower than at off peak times. If it is, please let me know.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:Well there are no ads now. That works though I know that helps pay the bill here and I would prefer to keep this place free. I did not do anything so I assume the mods turned off ads for now.
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And the ads are back. I had one post that loaded nicely without distractions, though this is ok with the amount and type.Yosef wrote:Ads haven't been turned off - they are still running out of most people's views. Over the last 3-4 days traffic has continued to mount. We have hit all time highs seemingly all year long, which shows the support Appalachian has going into this season! In high traffic times - it can mean the website loads a bit slower, but it should not be much slower than at off peak times. If it is, please let me know.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:Well there are no ads now. That works though I know that helps pay the bill here and I would prefer to keep this place free. I did not do anything so I assume the mods turned off ads for now.
I promise not to ad-block you if it stays like this.
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Re: Ads are killing my experience here
I am not opposed to capitalism, but this situation is really bad. Could we donate instead of being forced to endure?
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Re: Ads are killing my experience here
Thanks for the head's up. It was terrible on Saturday, but cleared up on Sunday.Yosef wrote:Unfortunately that's not an our site thing - that is an apple thing (to my knowledge).AppinATL wrote:I can't get on here on my phone any more without it jumping off the site to some app store download or some other crap. Totally unusable.
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