sunnybob":e6u2y50c said:
Chris, just got an email from someone I sent the link to and he says the whole site is covered with *** ads.
Does anyone else see this? My ad blocker shows its stopping 37 adverts each time I visit, but doesnt tell me which ones.
I'm holding back on publishing any more till this is sorted.
Alright Bob.
I get ads when I view Imgur on my mobile not my pc.
Let me explain a little about imgur for those new to it. It's a photo hosting site but it's also a bit different. It has it's own community of users. If you post a photo as shared it's available to anyone to see or comment on in 'usersub'. Posts that get a lot of upvotes and comments will eventually make it to the front page. (Most viral) and will get a lot of attention. There's specific groups/interests such as woodworking or shiny cars or whatever. These are sub grouped and can be searched for with the prefix 'r' as I posted before eg 'r/woodworking'. Some imgur regular users regard themselves as a bit of a 'family'. I'm a bit old for all that Horlicks. As people post popular content, vote, comment etc they can get points. Basically other people liking or not liking their content. It's a bit half witted. It's the modern day internet after all.
Still with me?
Bit like on here you have everything from regular posters who have genuine knowledge to share or questions to ask to some who never post or reply but might get a lot of help from a WIP and everything inbetween including the occasional twonk. Unlike on here, a pretty specialised 'community' (sorry) interested in wood, tools and everything else, being a
far bigger site it doesn't take a lot of rithmatic to work out that the percentage of Twonks is exponential. Basic Internet Maths.
Even though I find a few of the Most Viral posts worthy of wasting my life for 10 minutes or so while waiting in my van to get into a job at 5am I have never felt the compulsion to join in (hammer) and the vast majority is dross that you swipe through. It's a time waster.
That's why I never make anything public on there. It's unnecessary if you want to just use it as a photo host..
With regards to your mate and the ****. No. Never seen it in maybe 3 years. I use an adblocker on my pc and the ads I see on mobile are related to what I've been looking at or more definitively buying on the net. Bought a new lamp? I get lamp adverts. Bought an Emergency stop button? I get ads for Emergency stop buttons. Bought a load of Blue Spruce, Lie Nielsen, Karl Holtey gear? No Idea. Can't afford any of that gear. :roll:
Not one to cast aspersions personally I'd whisper a few words in your mates ear. Algorithms, BitDefender, Anonymous Browsing, CCleaner and Delete Internet Cache might be nine of those words. :wink:
Ironically, one of the first post on Most viral on Imgur at the moment is this one.
