Using adblockers on sites that depend on advertising (1 Viewer)

[pete]

And if you still want to run an adblocker, fine. Here's the account upgrade page.

https://thumped.com/bbs/account/upgrades

 

[pete]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Will be interesting to see how this pans out. Brace yourself Pete.

Three to test network-level ad blocking next month

 

[pete]

Will be interesting to see how this pans out. Brace yourself Pete.

Three to test network-level ad blocking next month

Everything you need to know about their motives is contained in point 1 & the final paragraph. They want a piece of the action as paid middlemen.

 

[ann post]

For the record i'm only ever on thumped in work on a computer with adblock. its not me, its them.

 

[nooleen]

 

[nooleen]

i thought i had it turned off but i don't see any ads

but i don't appear to have any adblocker running...bit confused

 

[pete]

Right now there are no ads to block.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I just became a supporter. where's that secret supporter's forum where we slag off the non supporters?

 

[pete]

I just became a supporter. where's that secret supporter's forum where we slag off the non supporters?

https://thumped.com/bbs/forums/supporters.28/

 

[David Kronenbourg]

https://thumped.com/bbs/forums/supporters.28/

wow! i thought it was a joke

 

[David Kronenbourg]

awesome i can use the hero icon now

 

[pete]

awesome i can use the hero icon now

and the "quality thread" too

 

[pete]

according to PageFair, 10% of visitors here are running an adblocker of some desription, with ads blocked on 18.4% of all pages. thanks guys.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Even though I'm subscriber, I white listed Thumped after your spam newsletter just in case.

 

[pete]

That's the spirit.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

according to PageFair, 10% of visitors here are running an adblocker of some desription, with ads blocked on 18.4% of all pages. thanks guys.

Is that 10% of all visitors, or 10% of 'active' visitors?

 

[dudley]

I would have expected a lot more than 10%, count yourself lucky

 

[Theseus Mock]

I haven't tested it here (since I'm a loyal ad-blocking supporter) but the Tracking Protection feature in FF is pretty much a built-in enabled ad-blocker, unless you set it to off (which is per-site and not a global option).

 

[pete]

Is that 10% of all visitors, or 10% of 'active' visitors?

All visitors.