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Mar 12, 2017
6:10:21pm

El Jefe Get off my lawn!

I don't know how much effort involved, since I've never seen the ad.

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El Jefe

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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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