New ad network - centralize discussions here

[Costello]

We have switched to a new ad network just recently. We're still working out the kinks, please bear with us until we're done

Known issues, which will be addressed by our supplier as soon as possible:
- bottom adverts on mobile are too big
- <please post in this thread if you are getting other issues>

On most ads you will also see a "report ad" button, please click it to report it, obviously. There's no need to report it again on the forums since we'll only tell you to use that report button.

Also, please keep in mind that these ads arent there just for the fun of it. We need revenue to keep servers going, to allow some staff to get (small) payments to keep the site alive, and ... competitions. A big one's coming up real soon, if you've been following the Switch forums you know what I'm talking about.

• Please contact our advertising representatives at Playwire for ad rates, packages and general advertising information.
• All display advertising on our site is managed by Playwire. If you would like to advertise please visit www.playwire.com or email [email protected].

 

[wartutor]

Sorry to be this guy again but as i hope you can see from my screenshot..... The ad at the bottom of the page is faaaaar too intrusive and will not go away no matter how many times i press the X.

I do have to say this has to be unacceptable, especially when the page still jumps all over the place when loading other ads or rotation of that ad happens. I mean come on, trying to post is ridiculously hard and time consuming now.

Is this the norm now and should i shut up or can something be done here guys, seriously?

This... It has gotten hard to read threads or even type a response due to adds blocking my text and jumping my page around including closing my keyboard making me click on whatever is behind it closing whatever i have typed. I had to stop and adjust my screen and get my keyboard back up 4 times just typing this. Some of them even make it so spell check will not load and i cant use it to fix



Edited to add video

 

[eskinner3742]

The redirect ads seemed to have returned on mobile for me. Extremely annoying since I have to close the tab and reopen the site a few times until I don't get the pop-up which takes 3-7 tries. This time they're goodluckdog.space. All you fine staffers are usually pretty quick to fix it tho so here's the report. Cheers!

http://goodluckdog.space/bonus/com-...name=SM-G973U&tablet=2&rheight=0&rwidth=0&e=5

 

[juniors612]

Yep, redirection of those can be really annoying.

 

[Costello]

thanks for the reports guys we are going to forward that to our ad network.
sorry for the inconvenience

 

[eskinner3742]

thanks for the reports guys we are going to forward that to our ad network.
sorry for the inconvenience

Nah don't worry about it. Annoying ads sneak into all kinds of sites. When they do I report it, you guys take care of it, and they go away for a while. This is the first time I've gotten one in about a year so whatever happens behind the scenes, dammit I appreciate it.

 

[TotalJustice]

Hi, im having a bit of a problem with popup ads on mobile. Basically there's 2 popups that appear along the bottom and they reappear every time i open a new page. i've only noticed this today. I don't mind having ads, but the constant popping up is a bit much for me haha.
https://files.catbox.moe/qghx6r.mp4

 

[Subtle Demise]

This... It has gotten hard to read threads or even type a response due to adds blocking my text and jumping my page around including closing my keyboard making me click on whatever is behind it closing whatever i have typed. I had to stop and adjust my screen and get my keyboard back up 4 times just typing this. Some of them even make it so spell check will not load and i cant use it to fix



Edited to add video

Yeah I came here to complain about this. Was writing out a decently long response to someone on a thread and now all of it is gone forever. The auto saving of drafts doesn't seem to work anymore, so when you accidentally click on one of the related threads after your keyboard gets force-closed, you can't recover any of your post. Very frustrating.

 

[Providen]

Video ads? Seriously? I'm glad I use add block.

Yes, indeed it's a life saver.

 

[SecureBoot]

The way ads have been popping up on mobile have been making it nearly impossible to send messages. I'll close the banner on the bottom, start typing a post and then either the mid page ad shifts, or the banner ad reappears which shifts the whole page, closes my keyboard, and the position my finger taps while typing is a link sending me to another post.

 

[Mikemk]

It's been happening for probably a few years now that pages jump up and down the scrollbar for no reason when ads load. Also sometimes they steal your keyboard when you're trying to type, potentially causing you to accidentally click whatever was underneath the keyboard. You can even see that happening in the video I made of me typing this!

Jumping up and down the page with me not touching it (I scroll at one point so you can see the touch cursor, so you know I'm not touching the rest of the time): https://youtube.com/shorts/fZQ9tq71IoY?feature=share

Trying to type this post:

 

[Costello]

this isn't ours to fix but the ad network.
thank you for reporting the issue though I will make sure to forward it to them

also, i've merged this with the existing thread about ads

 

[Costello]

It's been happening for probably a few years now that pages jump up and down the scrollbar for no reason when ads load. Also sometimes they steal your keyboard when you're trying to type, potentially causing you to accidentally click whatever was underneath the keyboard. You can even see that happening in the video I made of me typing this!

Jumping up and down the page with me not touching it (I scroll at one point so you can see the touch cursor, so you know I'm not touching the rest of the time): https://youtube.com/shorts/fZQ9tq71IoY?feature=share

Trying to type this post:

hi, so our ad network replied and they said they did some adjustments to improve things.
it may take a couple days to take effect, can you send feedback then ?

 

[regnad]

Yes, indeed it's a life saver.

What do you use? I'm using ABP and somehow it does nothing for this site.

 

[banjo2]

What do you use? I'm using ABP and somehow it does nothing for this site.

I'm not sure if this is accurate, but

Use ublock origin, not Adblock Plus. ABP enables "safe ads" by default as they're paid by advertisers to allow ads through their "blocker", so if you never disabled that setting, there will be some sites that still show ads.

Ublock Origin, however, doesn't have any such feature, and works just fine for blocking ads here

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I'm not sure if this is accurate, but

Still accurate.

https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads < sauce on ABP allowing ads.

uBlock origin still works just fine.

 

[Jayro]

I only Switched to uBlock Origin because YouTube ads kept slipping through with ABP. I kept uBlock because it's proven itself god-like.

 

[Aheago]

Ads are starting to make the site load super slow on mobile phones, and also cause the page to jump around quite a bit. I can’t even load an alert directly to the reply as it jumps me to the top of the page as soon as the ads load in

 

[Deleted member 546149]

Fun fact: Privacy Badger blocks the ads
Meaning these ads are probably spyware

 

[SapphireExile]

Fun fact: Privacy Badger blocks the ads
Meaning these ads are probably spyware

That's not how this works. Badger just has a whitelist of approved ads, not a blacklist of bad ads.

 

[Deleted member 546149]

Does Playwire still make the ads with the new update?