Ads/Popups?

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Anyone else experiencing these?

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Ads/Popups?

Zyn 19 Sep 2014 16:52

I got a PM this morning from a site member:

I figured I might as well send this to you, because I'm not sure who else to send it to. Whenever I try and access o5 command from my phone, I get linked to some "getgamers.eu" site or whatever. This is extremely annoying, as I like to read the site on occasion, and now it's literally impossible. If this is intentional, then sorry for the trouble, but it's pretty aggravating. Thanks.

I know people in chat have mentioned getting popups despite being logged in and having an adblocker installed… can we get a head count? I know wikidot shows ads for people who aren't logged in, but this is kind of strange.

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Photosynthetic 19 Sep 2014 18:08

I haven't had any trouble, either on desktop (Firefox or Chrome) or mobile (Android or iOS). Just a data point.

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Pixeltasim 19 Sep 2014 18:48

I read 05 from my iPhone constantly. I've never had any issues. No adblock or anything on my safari.

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djkaktus 19 Sep 2014 18:51

No issues on my phone, but I've seen this several times from my desktop. Chrome with adblock installed, but they don't seem to get caught because they're wikidot pop ups.

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ProcyonLotor 19 Sep 2014 19:04

I'm also running chrome w/ adblock. Nothing here.

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Crayne 19 Sep 2014 18:59

Checked both my Windows phone and my Android phone, no problem whatsoever.

Rule of thumb: as the number of other people with a similar setup experiencing similar problems approaches zero, the chance of it being a problem with your phone/tablet/desktop/pet badger approaches one.

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pxdnbluesoul 19 Sep 2014 19:18

I've seen five different people now report the same thing on the same site. I'm totally willing to pin this on Wikidot.

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djkaktus 19 Sep 2014 20:17

Wonder if we're getting targeted specifically. We shouldn't have ads at all with the pro account, yeah?

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Drewbear 19 Sep 2014 20:23

I believe that's only no ads for wikidot/site members, not no ads at all. I certainly see ads when I'm not logged in. No pop-ups, though. Yet, anyway.

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pxdnbluesoul 19 Sep 2014 19:17

No issues under Chrome with Ghostery running. It detects Google Analytics and Quantcast advertising.

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Rejekyll 19 Sep 2014 20:33

Me too, and I've literally never had the problem of seeing ads while being logged in.

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djkaktus 19 Sep 2014 20:27

So while trying to access crayne's sandbox on mobile, i was repeatedly redirected to the game "brave frontier" in the play store, to the point where I actually cannot access it at all, because it happens every time now. Anyone else getting this?

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Zyn 19 Sep 2014 21:09

Got a PM from Jabonicus:

I'm getting the Pop Ups and Ads too. For me, they only appear on mobile on the 05 Site, and happen either when I'm going to the main page, or going into the forums. They redirect to a URL that leads to the App Store, some game app. For me, it happens one fifth of the time.

Should we contact wikidot about this?

Edit: Jab is using an Iphone 4, with iOS 7.1.2.

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Crayne 19 Sep 2014 21:24

We probably should, yes. It'd help to know what phone, what O/S and what browser people are using, but if this is a result of shady ad networks, Wikidot should know.

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djkaktus 19 Sep 2014 21:29

For me, I'm using an LG G3 with Kit Kat, and Chrome for mobile.

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Zyn 19 Sep 2014 21:53

From Bland:

Reguarding being unable to login via cell phone:

Have people go to the main wikidot page (https://www.wikidot.com/) and login from there.
Then complain to WikiDot.

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pxdnbluesoul 19 Sep 2014 23:49

From Warscribe:

[13:28] <Warscribe> greetings
[13:30] <Warscribe> just wanted to chime in: http://i.imgur.com/6retfkD.png?1 ad itself was blocked tho. happaned at least 3 times. chrome on win 7 x64 appeared as i unfocussed tab

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