How can you detect when it happens? It's in a cross-origin iframe so you can't

Mar 11, 2017
9:28:41pm

Hypnotoad Playmaker

query its contents. I'll reiterate that I've never worked with ads before so I'm not familiar with the implementation. Anyway, what do you need to detect this particular ad? Do you need to know some identifying ids or class names?

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Hypnotoad

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I will pay $50 to anyone who can help me solve the aggressive ad problem.

El Jefe Get off my lawn!

3/11/17 5:32pm

Im sure Epileptic Beagle could help if you asked nicely. He's probably the most

BE-WHY-YOU

3/11/17 6:01pm

I normally browse on a tablet. Is this a desktop issue?

AFewThoughts

3/11/17 6:12pm

Yes. I got the Ford ad on my desktop, but never had it on my phone.

SGU Cougar

3/11/17 8:42pm

I get them on my phone

CDV

3/11/17 11:01pm

<fixcrappyads>www.creedthoughts.gov.www/creedthoughts</fixcrappyads>

foofcoug

3/11/17 6:22pm

I haven't seen them either. What behavior is being reported?

CougarThug

3/11/17 8:10pm

When you scroll, the page resets so the ad is completely visible.

crazY

3/11/17 8:27pm

Breaking the bank on this one!!

Beggar

3/11/17 8:30pm

I spent about 40 minutes today inspecting that annoying ad. It's a maze of

Hypnotoad

3/11/17 8:51pm

If I have to, I'll just delete the whole ad div when it happens.

El Jefe

3/11/17 9:07pm

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Hypnotoad

3/11/17 9:14pm

How can you detect when it happens? It's in a cross-origin iframe so you can't

Hypnotoad

3/11/17 9:28pm

Maybe detect the scrolling behavior?

El Jefe

3/11/17 10:34pm

Good call. I've looked for it, but haven't find it yet.

Hypnotoad

3/11/17 10:36pm

It's probably HTML5 autoplay

El Fuego

3/11/17 9:45pm

The autoplay is one part of the problem. The other (and more annoying) issue is

Hypnotoad

3/11/17 9:46pm

I believe the only thing you can do is report the offending add to Google.

El Fuego

3/11/17 10:01pm

I would - but it's all I can do to post now... I'm 90% can't write.

ClackamasCoug

3/12/17 12:54am

Can you change add providers?

Blue Print

3/12/17 8:25am

Unfortunately, it's not that easy.

El Jefe

3/12/17 9:07am

This is not my area of expertise and I haven't dealt with development in about

Z-rex

3/12/17 10:30am

Yeah, I've been trying to block them through Google for going on two months now.

El Jefe

3/12/17 11:28am

Dang, I only first experienced this problem last week. Thought it was new.

Z-rex

3/12/17 11:35am

That's a good guess. However, this ad is positioned about halfway down the

Hypnotoad

3/12/17 11:50am

Hmmm....

Z-rex

3/12/17 11:59am

I think that's the right solution. However, as a curious dev, I want to know how

Hypnotoad

3/12/17 12:24pm

It's not allowed to anchor? What prevents it from doing so?

Z-rex

3/12/17 12:49pm

How would it so that. It would have to append a location hash at the end of the

Hypnotoad

3/12/17 12:55pm

Well, maybe it's not the ad. Maybe its a bug in a browser. Has the issue been

Z-rex

3/12/17 1:06pm

I haven't done that. I'll check it out.

Hypnotoad

3/12/17 1:18pm

I believe it has

YIsForBrigham

3/13/17 12:49am

Does it need a scroll event listener? I would think it would simply regularly

Breaded Hamster

3/12/17 5:23pm

Good questions. I'm not sure. And since I've already wasted an hour or two on

Hypnotoad

3/12/17 6:09pm

Amen to needing the break.

Breaded Hamster

3/13/17 12:00am

Simple fix: Get rid of ads

trom2foot3

3/12/17 12:41pm

More simple fix-- shut down cb

1984coug

3/12/17 2:55pm

whoa, a whole $50?!

Kerbouchard

3/12/17 5:22pm

You could be a donor with that kind of money!

crazY

3/12/17 5:41pm

Now you're talking!

Kerbouchard

3/12/17 5:54pm

I've gotta start somewhere.

El Jefe

3/12/17 6:10pm

Turn ads on for your account and see how long it takes

molodyets

3/12/17 9:02pm

I have a genius, javascript, buddy that works for google. He would probably love to hack it out, but

ocmyhome

3/12/17 10:42pm

This is a job for TNT

scott715

3/12/17 7:59pm

So how do I get the Lulu Gal to go away?

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