Over the TOP Ads....making MFP too slow!

paigeleigh2
paigeleigh2 Posts: 4
in Health and Weight Loss
You have officially put too much ad crap on the website. The website has become painfully slow because now it is trying to load all the video commercials. I understand it's more $$ for your website, but now it has almost too much for your server to handle. As soon as I can find another option, I'll switch.

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  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    I use google chrome and downloaded adblocker from the google store. No ads at all now (however some parts of the website are still slow, especially the recent discussions section).
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    adblock
  • TheSatinPumpkin
    TheSatinPumpkin Posts: 948 Member
    As above. Took care of it
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Adblock works wonders.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Another fan of adblock.
  • focused4health
    focused4health Posts: 154 Member
    I use a tablet and have now set it to NOT download images. Works wonders and it uses less data.
  • FitOldMomma
    FitOldMomma Posts: 790 Member
    paigeleigh2 wrote: »
    You have officially put too much ad crap on the website. The website has become painfully slow because now it is trying to load all the video commercials. I understand it's more $$ for your website, but now it has almost too much for your server to handle. As soon as I can find another option, I'll switch.

    Until I used Firefox a week or so ago because my Chrome wasn't working...I had never seen an ad on this site. In fact, I was wondering how on earth MFP could operate without ad revenue.
  • vanillacoffee
    vanillacoffee Posts: 1,024 Member
    I hate the ads that are now in my feed. I get, like, keep it free, but come on!
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Another vote for AdBlock - I never see any of the ads everyone complains about. Takes less than a minute to download...
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    Not that I am against adblocker software, but does it occur to you guys that you are spelling out how to explicitly circumvent the very revenue stream that helps keep this website free for your use on the forum that the ad revenue helps pay to maintain?

    It's kinda like standing inside a store talking openly about how you are shoplifting the items inside...
  • ActuarialChef
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
    glevinso wrote: »
    Not that I am against adblocker software, but does it occur to you guys that you are spelling out how to explicitly circumvent the very revenue stream that helps keep this website free for your use on the forum that the ad revenue helps pay to maintain?

    It's kinda like standing inside a store talking openly about how you are shoplifting the items inside...

    Not to start an argument, but I think it's more like standing in a store talking about how the marketing department's "impulse buys" in the checkout lane aren't going to fool you!! haha

    I love adblock :heart:
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    ActuarialChef wrote: »

    I love adblock :heart:

    I do too ;)

    I just am not sure of the morality of discussing it's use on the very forum you are using it on :)

  • ActuarialChef
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
    glevinso wrote: »
    ActuarialChef wrote: »

    I love adblock :heart:

    I do too ;)

    I just am not sure of the morality of discussing it's use on the very forum you are using it on :)

    *shrug* ehh, the internet's not all about morality. lol
  • zamphir66
    zamphir66 Posts: 582 Member
    glevinso wrote: »
    Not that I am against adblocker software, but does it occur to you guys that you are spelling out how to explicitly circumvent the very revenue stream that helps keep this website free for your use on the forum that the ad revenue helps pay to maintain?

    It's kinda like standing inside a store talking openly about how you are shoplifting the items inside...

    I don't feel in any way obligated to see the ads anywhere. I don't feel guilty about DVRing my fave shows, then FFing through commercials either.

    This brings up an interesting tech question -- does the server side of the system "know" that I have blocked ads? If it doesn't, then it really doesn't matter at all, I guess.


  • Asheea
    Asheea Posts: 211 Member
    Adblock and NoScript for Firefox. Best invention ever.
  • amcook4
    amcook4 Posts: 561 Member
    I will ad to the others, download adblock.

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