Advertising with Subsim

Red Devil · 07-10-15, 02:47 PM

I have started using the Avant Browser. Everytime I log into Subsim, I get a side panel listing dozens and dozens of adware urls that have been blocked.

Can someone confirm that this is happening every time a member logs in?

richmedia and doubleclick to name but two - 2mdn.com is another

Schroeder · 07-10-15, 03:22 PM

I don't use an ad blocker on Subsim and there is just the usual one ad and sometimes not even that.

Onkel Neal · 07-10-15, 03:55 PM

Subsim runs a single, unobtrusive ad.

CCIP · 07-10-15, 03:58 PM

I know at some point in the past, it would identify some users' signatures and links as adware.

Subsim indeed has a single add - I always add it as an exception to my *******er!

[edit]

ad-blocker is illegal to mention here?

Red Devil · 07-10-15, 05:12 PM

OK CCIP, wont mention it

I am waiting for Win 10 and edge to arrive in my emails, hopefully then, I can go back to IE. I suspect from what has been said this is Avant and not subsim but it is not the only site, just one of a couple. The one I cant mention does not run with avant.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 07-10-15, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

I know at some point in the past, it would identify some users' signatures and links as adware.

Subsim indeed has a single add - I always add it as an exception to my *******er!

[edit]

ad-blocker is illegal to mention here?

Incredible! Same outcome here with *******er. Does "*******er" or "*******" have some more "creative" meanings I'm unaware of?

Red Devil · 07-10-15, 05:21 PM

I'm back, on IE11, no pop up side panels full of crud. Must be Avant, 'scuse me whilst I visit the toilet with avant.

Jimbuna · 07-11-15, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Subsim runs a single, unobtrusive ad.

Rgr that.

Betonov · 07-11-15, 07:51 AM

Made an exception for Subsim after reading this thread

Onkel Neal · 07-11-15, 08:35 AM

Thanks, that is greatly appreciated.

I've always thought advertising was a great way to churn up a small revenue stream for the site--it allows you and me to have content like the forums and downloads that is partially paid for by some merchandiser. But I am picky about the format--as long as the ads were just a part of the background. I never liked pop-ups, inline videos, redirects, timed ads, and especially the new trend, where the top 1/3 of the page of covered by an ad that does not scroll away.

07-10-15, 02:47 PM	#1
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	Advertising with Subsim I have started using the Avant Browser. Everytime I log into Subsim, I get a side panel listing dozens and dozens of adware urls that have been blocked. Can someone confirm that this is happening every time a member logs in? richmedia and doubleclick to name but two - 2mdn.com is another __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

07-10-15, 03:22 PM	#2
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I don't use an ad blocker on Subsim and there is just the usual one ad and sometimes not even that. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

07-10-15, 03:55 PM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Subsim runs a single, unobtrusive ad. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

07-10-15, 03:58 PM	#4
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I know at some point in the past, it would identify some users' signatures and links as adware. Subsim indeed has a single add - I always add it as an exception to my *****er! [edit] ad-blocker is illegal to mention here? __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet** (aka Captain Beefheart)

07-10-15, 05:12 PM	#5
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	OK CCIP, wont mention it I am waiting for Win 10 and edge to arrive in my emails, hopefully then, I can go back to IE. I suspect from what has been said this is Avant and not subsim but it is not the only site, just one of a couple. The one I cant mention does not run with avant. __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

07-10-15, 05:21 PM	#7
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	I'm back, on IE11, no pop up side panels full of crud. Must be Avant, 'scuse me whilst I visit the toilet with avant. __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

07-11-15, 07:51 AM	#9
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Made an exception for Subsim after reading this thread

07-11-15, 08:35 AM	#10
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Thanks, that is greatly appreciated. I've always thought advertising was a great way to churn up a small revenue stream for the site--it allows you and me to have content like the forums and downloads that is partially paid for by some merchandiser. But I am picky about the format--as long as the ads were just a part of the background. I never liked pop-ups, inline videos, redirects, timed ads, and especially the new trend, where the top 1/3 of the page of covered by an ad that does not scroll away. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web