the ads on this site annoy me.

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24 Apr 2011, 6:31 pm

some of the ads are just random and are here to make money and i understand the issue of the author needing money so i am ok with that. but the autism ads really make me feel like i am being screwed with. i don't want any corporate entities to be telling people what to think of themselves through advertising. moreover i don't want them stalking me with my ip adress to try to get me any local goddam manipulation. i am going to use a proxy while browsing this site from now on. so called information sites that misrepresent autistics are also advertised here. i dislike this.

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24 Apr 2011, 6:33 pm

The autism ads also bother me, as well.

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24 Apr 2011, 7:07 pm

I use adblock plus, as several sites I use have annoying adverts. I haven't had any problems with it blocking things I want to see.

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24 Apr 2011, 7:10 pm

I ignore them. They don't bother me too much. Some (but not all) are blocked anyway.

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24 Apr 2011, 7:20 pm

if your using firefox try the add art addon it replaces adds with random images.

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24 Apr 2011, 7:25 pm

thanx for the practical software suggestions i love when people say usefull things.

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25 Apr 2011, 12:14 am

I already had a thread about this, I'll link ya to it:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp3561179 ... t=#3561179

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25 Apr 2011, 12:17 am

Henbane wrote:

I use adblock plus, as several sites I use have annoying adverts. I haven't had any problems with it blocking things I want to see.

I highly recommend adblock plus. It's a free add on for firefox for those who don't know. Right now I'm in a net cafe and these fat belly scam ads are really irritating.

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25 Apr 2011, 12:20 am

Notice how most of these scam ads are all like;
Mom learns to make $3000.00 a month working from home!!!1!!!1!!!0ne!! !! !!

Shame on you Alex for associating with the exploitation of desperate naive single mothers :shameonyou:

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25 Apr 2011, 12:35 am

the belly one anoys me to mild insanity.

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25 Apr 2011, 11:55 pm

Henbane wrote:

I use adblock plus, as several sites I use have annoying adverts. I haven't had any problems with it blocking things I want to see.

I started using it because I was having problems with some of the adds here. I would sometimes accidentally move my mouse over em & my page would be redirected or a pop-up window would come up or the add would have audio. AdBlock blocks all the adds on WP: but I have some problems on other sites. sometimes have to turn it off to DL off certain sites. It doesn't block a lot of adds it should; sometimes webpages redirect or pop-up pages come up

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26 Apr 2011, 12:15 am

I'm not surprised you created an thread about it because there's literally tons of these threads, google it.

Most of the times, I always say "use adblock."

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26 Apr 2011, 4:40 pm

Subotai wrote:

What kind of scam do those ads run?
I figured it was a scam, but I've never checked what kind.

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27 Apr 2011, 8:12 am

LadyGray wrote:

Subotai wrote:

What kind of scam do those ads run?
I figured it was a scam, but I've never checked what kind.

I don't know for certain because I've never clicked but it's probably a pyramid scheme where they sell you a bunch of crap to re sell and they probably have a registration fee.

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