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Post by annabellespapa on Dec 24, 2022 13:58:38 GMT 1
Is it me or have adverts just started appearing on this forum ? It appears to be slowing down my computer and keeps on dropping out with the blue bears and OOPs!
Is there any way of getting rid of them, if it's to keep the forum running I have offered by PM to admin to cover/contribute to the costs to avoid ads.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2022 15:09:04 GMT 1
The adverts have always been there thats what you get with a free forum the blue bear has nothing to do with the ads it can be anything from a bad internet connection to an issue with the server.
A good bog standard pay for forum is only like 120 euros a year with unlimited space.
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Post by annabellespapa on Dec 24, 2022 18:42:54 GMT 1
I believe you Mysty-
The adverts have always been there thats what you get with a free forum the blue bear has nothing to do with the ads it can be anything from a bad internet connection to an issue with the server.
I have only started seeing them this morning after about 10am UK time and that was my second visit to the forum today.
I would gladly contribute some if not all if it removed the ads.
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Post by suein56 on Dec 24, 2022 19:21:53 GMT 1
I have only started seeing them this morning after about 10am UK time and that was my second visit to the forum today. I would gladly contribute some if not all if it removed the ads. I don't see any ads at all .. it might depend on your Browser and your OS. |
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Post by pcpa on Dec 24, 2022 20:29:12 GMT 1
I have thank the Lord never seen ads on this forum, the day I do will be the day I stop using it unless there is a paid ad free option, it may be thanks to my Adblocker but I dont see any empty spaces or boxes.
I just checked, my Adblocker says that it is blocking 7 adverts from this page so indeed there are but there appears to be a solution.
On the subject of adverts, those of you who buy your carburants at Intermarché will soon get a very unpleasant surprise, some of you probably already know what I am talking about and will no doubt like me have vowed never to buy fuel from them ever again, good news for Total Energies who are cheaper anyway.
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Post by Le-Dolly on Dec 24, 2022 20:42:02 GMT 1
I see no ads either.
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Post by exile on Dec 24, 2022 22:21:41 GMT 1
If you use Microsoft amd set your Microsoft security settings to maximum, you will see no adverts.
You also won't see any Twitter links - so a double bonus perhaps.
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Post by curtis on Dec 24, 2022 22:52:33 GMT 1
I have thank the Lord never seen ads on this forum, the day I do will be the day I stop using it unless there is a paid ad free option, it may be thanks to my Adblocker but I dont see any empty spaces or boxes. I just checked, my Adblocker says that it is blocking 7 adverts from this page so indeed there are but there appears to be a solution. On the subject of adverts, those of you who buy your carburants at Intermarché will soon get a very unpleasant surprise, some of you probably already know what I am talking about and will no doubt like me have vowed never to buy fuel from them ever again, good news for Total Energies who are cheaper anyway. So, what's the deal with Intermarché? I get most of my fuel there. |
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Post by pcpa on Dec 25, 2022 11:32:51 GMT 1
I won't spoil the surprise for you  I hope for yours and my sake that it's not a nationwide roll-out but it happened at all Intermarché filling stations in Picardie in one fell swoop, I only experienced one (never again!) on my visit last week but friends told me that it is the same in all of them. |
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Post by Nifty on Dec 25, 2022 16:48:19 GMT 1
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Post by annabellespapa on Dec 26, 2022 12:06:07 GMT 1
If you use Microsoft amd set your Microsoft security settings to maximum, you will see no adverts. You also won't see any Twitter links - so a double bonus perhaps. Thanks Excile, I went to settings ... and down to privacy settings and clicked on Strict privacy settings, the ads are not there but a banner where they were with a no entry sign, so partly sorted, I don't know what happened on Christmas day to suddenly turn ads on. |
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Post by pcpa on Dec 26, 2022 12:47:35 GMT 1
what browser are you using? Can you try using another?
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Post by exile on Dec 26, 2022 13:58:13 GMT 1
Strange that you see a banner. I just see uninterrupted posts.
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Post by annabellespapa on Dec 27, 2022 11:09:06 GMT 1
This morning the space for the adverts are there but nothing to see, not even the no entry sign, so maybe be all sorted, thanks to all who contributed.
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