Not fixed for me! It’s driving me nuts this morning. What did anyone do to get rid of them?
Did you totally log out of this site…try turning your device off…and then back on.
Just because it is gone for the moment doesn’t mean it won’t be back.
Guys, the new ad space has been adjusted so that anyone who is logged in will not see it. If you are still seeing it while you are logged in, please pass along the following information: desktop/iPad/mobile, the browser, the device and operating system. Thanks!
Thank you!!
So why do I have to be logged in to not see it? Totally annoying. Or is still a work in progress?
So folks who might be considering joining and are just lurking…are getting these pop ups? Is that what you are saying @CCadmin_Sorin
Well…that should keep membership…down.
@thumper1 Per post #83 the pop-ups go away for anyone who is logged in. So yes, the ads will likely discourage people who are looking through the site and have not yet decided to join.
I’m a frequent-reader, never-poster, have gotten a lot of good info from this site (and I suspect I’m not the only one), but this has made me dredge up the account I apparently created at some point. I don’t mind well-behaved ads (like you have at the top/bottom/side), in fact sometimes I get a kick out of how they relate to the discussion at hand. And I understand ads are why sites can be free.
But this new thing is just ridiculous! Sometimes I get a gray box, sometimes I get an ad, but it’s on every page (floating and covering text) if I’m not logged in. What is the logic behind that? Are un-logged-in people more likely to respond to an intrusive ad? Are you trying to incentivize people to join and only browse when logged in? But then they wouldn’t see the new ad, and presumably you wouldn’t get the revenue from it. (Oh and by the way, I’ve already gotten it at least once even when I’m logged in.)
Please, please reconsider this. If you’re going to show an additional ad when not logged, at least make it fixed and anchored to the top/side/bottom.
“Guys, the new ad space has been adjusted so that anyone who is logged in will not see it.”
@CCadmin_Sorin ,
please read what this new poster had to say today.
" I don’t mind well-behaved ads (like you have at the top/bottom/side), in fact sometimes I get a kick out of how they relate to the discussion at hand. And I understand ads are why sites can be free. But this new thing is just ridiculous! Sometimes I get a gray box, sometimes I get an ad, but it’s on every page (floating and covering text) if I’m not logged in. What is the logic behind that? "
so I will risk repeating myself- some one did NOT beta test this OR think this ad campaign through regarding the effect it WILL have on members AND [potential] new members.
It serves NO purpose to chase away ANYONE.
the IT team needs to ditch this half baked idea and go back to the drawing board before the count of visitors,and new members drops through the floor…
And I’m a long time member who does NOT always log in. It’s nuts and irritating.
I am getting the annoying ad pop-ups on the bottom of the page. On my ipad. I think it happens when I happen to go through google and not through the app (which I still have and still use!) Love the app!
@CCadmin_Sorin so has this been fixed…or are potential new folks who lurk first being greeted still by the annoying pop ups?
I just started getting the ads in the middle of the page. They appear and then quickly disappear. Desktop, Edge.
iPad ad placement seems different than iPhone.