these mobile popup ads are disruptive
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14760)
San Jose, California
March 28, 2018 2:37pm CST
I tried several times yesterday to post something from my phone since things were too hectic for me to be able to sit down at the computer. I've been able to do this in the past as means of interacting with people on here, even if I'm standing in line at the grocery store or rocking a sleeping child on my lap.
Every time I tried to do this, however, I got these stupid redirect links/popup ads telling me that I won a Kindle or an iPad or gift card or... you get the idea. It completely interfered with my ability to post at all.
I understand why this site has ads. I'm not arguing against having them at all. But what is the point of having ads that prevent the users from actually using the site? I'm not the only one who has complained about this issue lately, and I hope it gets resolved.
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
29 Mar 18
You're definitely not the only one, as I complained about it a few times over the last few days, as has April and Coral, and some others. Hopefully this doesn't take forever to fix like it did last time.
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
29 Mar 18
@spiderdust wanna say around a week.. but may be wrong.
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
29 Mar 18
@Courtlynn Ok, a week seems reasonable. I thought you meant it took months.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
30 Mar 18
@LadyDuck I imagine that's true, especially if they're the only ones who are affected by them.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
28 Mar 18
Sometimes it's the only way I can have the time to get online, except when this sort of thing happens.
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
29 Mar 18
@amadeo I do prefer using an actual computer to post when possible.
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
29 Mar 18
I hope so too! I could have posted while waiting in line at Target this morning, but for the stupid redirects.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Mar 18
hmmm, i am not having those bugs in my screen.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
29 Mar 18
I wonder if it's also a location based thing?
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@thislittlepennyearns (62929)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
30 Mar 18
Today is the first day since the pop up problem came back that I haven't had issues constantly.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62929)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
30 Mar 18
@spiderdust its working so far today just fine
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@akalinus (43371)
• United States
28 Mar 18
I just saw the 'download our free software' box on there. Never download free software from a popup. If you insist on doing it, at least try to run it through your security antivirus first. When you download something, look at all the terms of the download. You might be loading on extra stuff that just comes on automatically.
@akalinus (43371)
• United States
28 Mar 18
@spiderdust This was not aimed at you but at anyone who dares to try it. The temptation is great sometimes. I'm glad you know better.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
28 Mar 18
I don't download free software from a popup, I know better. The image above is an example, not a screenshot of my desktop.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Mar 18
That's awful. That would make people like me quit.
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
28 Mar 18
I'm not quite at that point.
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