Are there supposed to be ads between every post now?

In the same thread. That is what I am seeing. A thread with three responses will have three ads, one after each post and before the next. They will be the same ad for the same product or service and this is after the new ads you get forced to click through to see the actual thread in addition to the standard ad placements that have always been there.

 

 

Are these new ad placements intentional? If so you might want to look at how they work on different devices as they don't work so well on the devices I am using. Also, hitting that heavy on ads just encourages folks to turn on ad blockers.

Originally posted by: Mark

In the same thread. That is what I am seeing. A thread with three responses will have three ads, one after each post and before the next. They will be the same ad for the same product or service and this is after the new ads you get forced to click through to see the actual thread in addition to the standard ad placements that have always been there.

 

 

Are these new ad placements intentional? If so you might want to look at how they work on different devices as they don't work so well on the devices I am using. Also, hitting that heavy on ads just encourages folks to turn on ad blockers.


I've seen these ads on my phone, but not on my PC, which I use an adblocker on.  Seems like only the last few days I have seen these ads.  Is this the same for others?

They appear to be trying to serve desktop ads on mobile and they break the forum layout as they aren't the right size for mobile. And as I said they appear between every post after you pass a forced to view entry ad.

 

Edited on Feb 20, 2025 6:03am

wow, that's nasty.  I don't get that on my iphone, ipad mini or mac mini in safari.

Edited on Feb 20, 2025 8:12am

I am seeing them on both.  I can turn them off completely with the Firefox Focus  browser. These ad problems seem to have appeard about the same time I started getting cookie errors. In whatever browser I use, it now automatically logs me out. When I come back to the forum I see a several days old version of the forum without current posts/threads. Then, on no matter what browser, I log in it logs me back out immediately and I have to log in a second time if I want to see the current version of the forum or post anything.

 

Bottom line is there is something odd going on. 

Edited on Feb 20, 2025 9:33am
Originally posted by: Mark

I am seeing them on both.  I can turn them off completely with the Firefox Focus  browser. These ad problems seem to have appeard about the same time I started getting cookie errors. In whatever browser I use, it now automatically logs me out. When I come back to the forum I see a several days old version of the forum without current posts/threads. Then, on no matter what browser, I log in it logs me back out and I have to log in a second time if I want to see the current version of the forum or post anything.

 

Bottom line is there is something odd going on. 


I rarely use my phone to look at the forums here, but I also have noticed, only on the phone, that the forum posts are days old and I cannot see anything up to date.  I do not log in on the phone, so perhaps that would fix the problem.

Aaron, I will log in on my MacBook tonight. 95% of the time I am on one of my phones. Thank you for confirming the error with the outdated version of the forum being shown. 

Edited on Feb 20, 2025 8:54am

Can confirm I get the same bugs: forum not current and double login requirement on iPad.

Edited on Feb 21, 2025 5:52am

A lot of ads on my phone on LVA now, to the point it's intrusive. I have an ad blocker on my PC,  no change there.

Originally posted by: Inigo Montoya

wow, that's nasty.  I don't get that on my iphone, ipad mini or mac mini in safari.


Correction, I am now loaded with ads and the site is unusable in many cases.

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