I was going to bump it after the recent talk about ads in another thread but it was locked so I figured it was time for a new one :P
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EFF has handy tips to protect yourself that are non-ad blocker related.
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I use adblock+ and noscript, both of which are enabled on SG, and neither of which block the ad at the bottom of the page without manually forcing it to.
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I used to have an AdBlock exception for SG, but then load times would randomly be awful. Even if the site content loaded, the "loading" icon in the browser would be spinning forever, and that drives me nuts. And the preview view in SG+ wouldn't load at all when that happened. If the ads worked properly and loaded correctly all the time, I'd flick the exception back on.
[edit] giving it another go... hopefully the old offending ads are no longer around [/edit]
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Don't use AdBlock use AdBlock Plus.
Plus can block Flash/Java and every element on a website.
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Ah, didn't realize this. I've changed my Adblock settings to exclude SG.
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Forgot I had it on, used to be off before I got a new laptop. I've been using the site without helping the mods! REPORTED >:O
ps thanks for the psa
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You want me to disable my Adblock but your not making me do it. Its my choice.
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The last one I could find was a closed thread from 8 months ago using search. I was prompted to make the thread after a few discussions/posts in a different thread.
Also, I was only making a polite request, not a demand of any kind. I even said please :)
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I do not even know how to get and use adblock...man I'm outdated :(
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F-fine! It's not like I did it because you told me to or anything. ==
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If you're talking about the game ads at the bottom of pages (with 4 games on discount), they're visible even with adblock enabled here. And that kind of advertising is certainly unintrusive enough to not bother trying to hide it :)
If there is more, even with adblock disabled, I'm not seeing it, probably because it'sblocked directly in hosts file for me so it's machine wide.
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I'm sure the vast majority of you have installed an Ad Blocker such as Adblock+ or similar and never really think about them, but if you really enjoy a site that costs you nothing to use you should consider adding the site to your whitelist.
SG has no fees to use, no "gold" points or "premium" membership; this site operates entirely off of your ad revenue.
As well, the ads are very unobtrusive. It only shows one ad, at the very bottom of the page. If you don't scroll to the bottom of each page you may never see it at all. Any ads that overstep their bounds are quickly dealt with and I can't think of any reason I would want to deny SG it's rightful earnings.
So, who's on board?
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