1 minute ago, Hollywood. said:

If you don't want ads maybe donate to the site and they can make it ad-free.

Though I do agree they can be aggressive, especially on mobile.

You mean pay (?!) while they keep ads to justify more money

Regards

Just now, Pandora said:

You mean pay (?!) while they keep ads to justify more money

Regards

No I mean pay so they don't have to depend on ads to pay the bills. It ain't free to run a website.

There was a time they had a premium subscription that was ad-free.

Regards

I feel for Ryan who does what he can with the limitations he has since he isn't the owner and I get the need for monetizing. But the most common practice and standard when adding ads to your site is to ensure it is non-intrusive. This site doesn't function properly at all if you aren't blocking ads - especially on mobile. You get the navigation bar being blocked by banner ads, random ads will just suddenly appear as full screen, sometimes if the ads don't load (due to a load error, not because of them being blocked), it stops the rest of the page from loading in and functioning at all. These are extremely and absurdly aggressive.

Regards.

Complain complain complain about what is a free forum that's only still around because a few good people have put in the work to sustain it while the owner is practically awol. We went through a period up until last year where the forum was crashing every time something major was happening. The upgrade we got is worth a few assorted bugs and shitty ads that can be blocked in a minute if you weren't lazy.

2 hours ago, glitch said:

Dear Pandora

Get an adblocker or use Brave

Regards

Telling site members to use an adblocker as a solution to a basic UI glitch is just...

8 minutes ago, Graffiti said:

Complain complain complain about what is a free forum that's only still around because a few good people have put in the work to sustain it while the owner is practically awol. We went through a period up until last year where the forum was crashing every time something major was happening. The upgrade we got is worth a few assorted bugs and shitty ads that can be blocked in a minute if you weren't lazy.

Lazy? Imagine saying this about any other critical platform for queer people to interact. You never would have thrown a brick at Stonewall you lazy ******. You would have given the brick to the police and built a gas chamber with it. Don't call us lazy ever again for a REASONABLE complaint about ads making the site totally unusable.

Regards

1 hour ago, Hollywood. said:

No I mean pay so they don't have to depend on ads to pay the bills. It ain't free to run a website.

There was a time they had a premium subscription that was ad-free.

Regards

What about ATRLers who can't pay? When did you join ATRL? The site lives and breathes the freedom of the LGBTQ+ community that doesn't always have the funds to pay, including younger users who keep the site alive. NO PAYWALL for ATRL.

Regards

50 minutes ago, Nicholai said:

Regards.

She's Not Me

Regards

2 minutes ago, Pandora said:

What about ATRLers who can't pay? When did you join ATRL? The site lives and breathes the freedom of the LGBTQ+ community that doesn't always have the funds to pay, including younger users who keep the site alive. NO PAYWALL for ATRL.

Regards

So should the owners just fork out the money for a working server themselves?

The site is free to use and enjoy - it just comes with ads so that it can continue to be free. As others have mentioned you can use an adblocker.

I don't disagree that they can be invasive and aggressive, especially on mobile and I believe that is being looked into.

I've been using adgaurd since 2023 and it's blocked 9.7M ads all together

3 hours ago, glitch said:

Dear Pandora

Get an adblocker or use Brave

Regards

I use Brave on my phone and I always have to end up turning off the shields because when they're on, I can't click on notifications and a bunch of other buttons.

3 minutes ago, thisbirdhasflown said:

I use Brave on my phone and I always have to end up turning off the shields because when they're on, I can't click on notifications and a bunch of other buttons.

I actually don't use brave for atrl, I just have that adguard DNS thing that @AuntieKunt posted on the first page and it works great. That also blocks ads in other apps, not just your web browser

19 minutes ago, Pandora said:

Lazy? Imagine saying this about any other critical platform for queer people to interact. You never would have thrown a brick at Stonewall you lazy ******. You would have given the brick to the police and built a gas chamber with it. Don't call us lazy ever again for a REASONABLE complaint about ads making the site totally unusable.

Regards

Weirdo. It's the unimaginative trolls like you that are the problem here. Go join DMF in the dustbin

Regards

Get a damn Adblock. I haven't had an ad in years on ATRL. It's not hard and it's not rocket science.

Poor iPhone users stuck with ads lol

If you see ads it's a skill issue at this point

This was the kick in the ass I needed to just get an ad blocker. Tbh, i wanted atrl to get the revenue, but the navigation bar menu being blocked by an ad is miserable

Didn't even know there were ads bc of adblocker lol. I can't understand not using one at this point, much of the internet can be frustrating to use without it

Edited May 9May 9 by nineinchnails

1 hour ago, Tate said:

Poor iPhone users stuck with ads lol

We aren't? Lol we can use blockers too

Yall use brave or stfu please. Rian cant change it nor can the mods. Yall acting like changing a browser is the end of the world when 15 years ago none of you hags were even using Google Chrome.

37 minutes ago, nineinchnails said:

We aren't? Lol we can use blockers too

I bet the op is using a apple device

3 hours ago, Graffiti said:

Weirdo. It's the unimaginative trolls like you that are the problem here. Go join DMF in the dustbin

Regards

Not too much on DMF.

28 minutes ago, Tate said:

I bet the op is using a apple device

i'm failing to understand your point, it's not hard to add ad blockers on iphone

Using brave changed my life, especially on mobile. I cannot imagine using ATRL with all these intrusive ads