If you are seeing ads on the forum - read this

[dave u]

Thought I'd start a thread on this as a few of you have asked about it.

 

Basically, anyone who has an active subscription should not be seeing any ads at all on the site (other than in house ones for t-shirts etc). Subscribers are ad free, so if you are seeing them it's because of the theme you have selected.

 

Go to the bottom of the page and select TLW Subscribers theme. When that's selected you shouldn't be getting any ads showing. If your sub runs out you'll start seeing them and they won't automatically go when you renew, you'll need to scroll down and re-select the TLW Subscribers theme again.

 

Any problems, either post in here or send me a PM.

[VladimirIlyich]

There is an Adblock Browser which allows you to view the forum,and the internet in general,ad free on mobile. Available for Android but not sure about Apple products.

[Bjornebye]

3 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

There is an Adblock Browser which allows you to view the forum,and the internet in general,ad free on mobile. Available for Android but not sure about Apple products.

 

[Red_or_Dead]

All fine on the desktop, but always have ads on the phone,

[Red_or_Dead]

See screenshots. 

[Bjornebye]

That location and bluetooth must kill your battery mate. 

[Red_or_Dead]

39 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

That location and bluetooth must kill your battery mate. 

Surprisingly not!  On 53% after a day of use (not heavy admittedly).

[Bjornebye]

Just now, Red_or_Dead said:

Surprisingly not!  On 53% after a day of use (not heavy admittedly).

 

I won't call you a wanker anymore then. 

[Red_or_Dead]

41 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

 

I won't call you a wanker anymore then. 

I use the PC for that, bigger screen.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

12 minutes ago, Red_or_Dead said:

I use the PC for that, bigger screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dave u]

16 hours ago, Red_or_Dead said:

All fine on the desktop, but always have ads on the phone,

 

are you logged in on the phone?

 

The screenshot you showed is exactly how it looks for me on my phone until I log in, and then none of those ads show.

[Red_or_Dead]

26 minutes ago, dave u said:

 

are you logged in on the phone?

 

The screenshot you showed is exactly how it looks for me on my phone until I log in, and then none of those ads show.

Yeah, logged in as well! 

[TheHowieLama]

Didn't have my glasses on - thought this said Aids on the Forum and was about some of Bumcunt's latest posts.

[dave u]

11 hours ago, Red_or_Dead said:

Yeah, logged in as well! 

 

Make sure you've selected the correct theme at the bottom.

[Chris]

On 05/05/2023 at 06:22, VladimirIlyich said:

There is an Adblock Browser which allows you to view the forum,and the internet in general,ad free on mobile. Available for Android but not sure about Apple products.

 

Which also stops the ads being served, which pay for the running of the site. Nice one. 

[VladimirIlyich]

13 hours ago, Chris said:

 

Which also stops the ads being served, which pay for the running of the site. Nice one. 

It's a choice for everybody one way or the other.

[Chris]

7 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

It's a choice for everybody one way or the other.

 

There are lots of good reasons to use ad blockers. For example, preventing a behemoth like the Daily Mail profiting from your visit. 

 

Preventing ads being served on a one-man operation who spent 25 years building a community as a livelihood, where you seem to spend a hell of a lot of your free time, isn't one of them. 

[Chris]

Also, if you are using ad-blockers, it's easy enough to whitelist this site. 

[Red_or_Dead]

57 minutes ago, Chris said:

Also, if you are using ad-blockers, it's easy enough to whitelist this site. 

Or, just cough up a little cash and go gold!

 

 

[Chris]

22 minutes ago, Red_or_Dead said:

Or, just cough up a little cash and go gold!

 

 

 

Of course, there's that too! Money's tight at the moment (for everyone) so it's sound to not contribute. But actively denying the site its income because it inconveniences your browsing experience and advising others to do the same is... well... shitty.

[VladimirIlyich]

5 hours ago, Chris said:

 

There are lots of good reasons to use ad blockers. For example, preventing a behemoth like the Daily Mail profiting from your visit. 

 

Preventing ads being served on a one-man operation who spent 25 years building a community as a livelihood, where you seem to spend a hell of a lot of your free time, isn't one of them. 

I don't have ads on any site if I can help it regardless. Don't worry anyway as I'm not your demographic for merchandise and so forth. 

[dave u]

18 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I'm not your demographic for merchandise and so forth. 

 

What does this mean? It's gone over my head. 

[Anubis]

What if you don’t see ads, but you see dead people?

[Anubis]

3 hours ago, dave u said:

 

What does this mean? It's gone over my head. 

He’s saying it doesn’t matter if he blocks your adverts because he’s not buying anything your ads offer anyway, and if your children starve as a consequence then so be it…

[Chris]

I think it's a fundamental misunderstanding of how ads work. In most cases payment to sites is based upon page views where the ad is served, rather than clickthroughs to buy anything. He seems to think the fact he's not going to buy one of Dave's shirts (not even an ad, just a link to the site's shop) negates the ad equation.