ARCHIVE: All Disruptive Ads /Advertisement on FT (older posts)
Dec 9, 2015 | 1:44 pm
#451
No longer with Internet Brands
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: DL DM 1.6MM, Marriott LT Plat
Posts: 5,343
Yes, I've cleared the cache entirely.
It took several seconds for me to type the last sentence as advertisements slows everything to a crawl. (I’m now typing in a text editor, and I’m going to cut & paste this in.) Spinning beachball and everything.
I’ve had to log in with Firefox, which is at least operable. Safari won’t even load the page properly now. That’s Safari 7.1.8 on Mac OS X 10.9.5.
I can’t stand the annoying video ads at the bottom of the page, now with soundclips talking over me.
My FlyerTalk experience is just ruined. I used to love this site. It’s now become a painful chore to visit.
It took several seconds for me to type the last sentence as advertisements slows everything to a crawl. (I’m now typing in a text editor, and I’m going to cut & paste this in.) Spinning beachball and everything.
I’ve had to log in with Firefox, which is at least operable. Safari won’t even load the page properly now. That’s Safari 7.1.8 on Mac OS X 10.9.5.
I can’t stand the annoying video ads at the bottom of the page, now with soundclips talking over me.
My FlyerTalk experience is just ruined. I used to love this site. It’s now become a painful chore to visit.
Dec 9, 2015 | 3:41 pm
#452
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: DL PM/MM, Hilton Silver, SPG+, Hertz PC
Posts: 7,911
Most threads on the DL forum take an extremely long time to load on my Mac (Safari, OS 10.11.1). Threads on other forums I use (AZ, VS, Omni) are accessible as usual.
This does not happen when I use my iPad.
I suspect it could be some ads which fudge things up.
This does not happen when I use my iPad.
I suspect it could be some ads which fudge things up.
Dec 10, 2015 | 10:42 am
#453
Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: UK - the nearest airport is named after a motorway !
Posts: 4,275
I am a UK user too and have been plagued by the 'Game of War' pop up as shown a few pages back and it makes FT all but unusable on my iPhone. I can swipe back when it appears but often it just then reloads if the same dodgy ad has been served.
A few things I have found by experimenting. It disappears if you enable an ad blocking app which confirms it is coming from a compromised advert.
Secondly, and I have no idea why, it only appears when I view FT using cellular data (Vodafone in my case), and never when I am using wifi. This isn't country specific as write this from Germany where it has been appearing too when connected to 4G.
A few things I have found by experimenting. It disappears if you enable an ad blocking app which confirms it is coming from a compromised advert.
Secondly, and I have no idea why, it only appears when I view FT using cellular data (Vodafone in my case), and never when I am using wifi. This isn't country specific as write this from Germany where it has been appearing too when connected to 4G.
Dec 10, 2015 | 12:05 pm
#454
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,037
I don't think it's dependent on the ad.
It's occurred for me for an American Express Gold Rewards 25,000 bonus points ad, and for a chlamydia (!) ad, which used a cookie to identify my home city within the ad.
It's occurred for me for an American Express Gold Rewards 25,000 bonus points ad, and for a chlamydia (!) ad, which used a cookie to identify my home city within the ad.
Dec 10, 2015 | 2:12 pm
#455
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Posts: 5,343
Dec 10, 2015 | 4:27 pm
#456
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: The greatest wee nation on earth.
Programs: Iron Maiden FC, GE, Rapidly falling down the Tiers to oblivion.
Posts: 2,603
I had it a couple of hrs ago in 3g, saw your msg and turned off wifi now i am at home and so far so good. I'll let you know if it stays away! Dont mind my omni post, looking to childishly rant without cluttering this thread up...
Dec 11, 2015 | 9:03 am
#458
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,037
I can't really post a screenshot of it, but I occasionally see a strobe effect in the scrollbars in Safari:
some ad or image, possibly encoded with the wrong dimensions, is pushing the vertical or horizontal scroll bars, and then something corrects it, etc. This happens at a rate of a few times a second, indefinitely.
some ad or image, possibly encoded with the wrong dimensions, is pushing the vertical or horizontal scroll bars, and then something corrects it, etc. This happens at a rate of a few times a second, indefinitely.
Dec 11, 2015 | 9:16 am
#459
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: flyover country
Posts: 2,856
For a couple of weeks, when I load the Hilton forum page for the first time each day, I almost (but not quite) always get a popover ad inviting me to join IHG Rewards Club. I thought maybe it happened for the first forum I loaded in the day, so today I changed the order, and the IHG ad still appeared when I loaded the Hilton forum. It's annoying, but at least it goes away when I reload the page.
Dec 19, 2015 | 10:59 am
#460
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: BNA
Posts: 479
I get this one at least once a day, if not more.
Currently seeing it on OS X 10.11.1, Safari 9.0.1, from California, USA.
Currently seeing it on OS X 10.11.1, Safari 9.0.1, from California, USA.
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Dec 19, 2015 | 1:25 pm
#461
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: YVR
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Dec 19, 2015 | 7:16 pm
#462
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: flyover country
Posts: 2,856
I haven't seen the IGH "Unlock Priceless Surprises" for a few days now, but I was getting it every day. Interestingly, I would get it in the Hilton forum but not the IHG forum. I thought maybe it just popped up in the first forum I visited on a day, so I changed the order. The IHG stayed with the Hilton forum.
Dec 21, 2015 | 5:45 am
#463
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: 4éme
Posts: 12,069
I haven't seen the IGH "Unlock Priceless Surprises" for a few days now, but I was getting it every day. Interestingly, I would get it in the Hilton forum but not the IHG forum. I thought maybe it just popped up in the first forum I visited on a day, so I changed the order. The IHG stayed with the Hilton forum.
Dec 22, 2015 | 9:01 am
#464
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,037
I had to post this using the mobile site. I can't load any flyertalk page this morning. The content of the page loads fine, then the disruption causes the dialog box to appear.
American Express (canada) ads, on all 12 pages that I tried to load.
https://s0.2mdn.net/viewad/3764506/728x90_25000_250A.gif
https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/ad/N7861.108839.FLYERTALK.COM/B8968085.121316615;sz=728x90;ord=2031296784?
American Express (canada) ads, on all 12 pages that I tried to load.
https://s0.2mdn.net/viewad/3764506/728x90_25000_250A.gif
https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/ad/N7861.108839.FLYERTALK.COM/B8968085.121316615;sz=728x90;ord=2031296784?
Dec 23, 2015 | 3:03 pm
#465
No longer with Internet Brands
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