Too Many Ads!
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:23 am
If these ads are a necessary evil for the survival of the website and forum, then I will have to tolerate them. However, in their current form they are making navigation of the forum extremely difficult.
On a desktop computer, a horizontal ad pops up at the bottom of the screen every time you move from one page to another. It takes up a lot of visual space, making navigation really claustrophobic. It can be removed by clicking on an arrow, but doing this every time one moves from one page to another gets irritating pretty quickly.
On mobile, there are ads when moving between pages, and, worst of all, within forum posts. The ads aren't even generated between different posts, but often segregate paragraphs within a post, making it easy to think a user's post ended prematurely.
Is there are chance of a compromise? I realise these ads are important for the site, but they are so invasive I feel they risk alienating and discouraging visitors.
On a desktop computer, a horizontal ad pops up at the bottom of the screen every time you move from one page to another. It takes up a lot of visual space, making navigation really claustrophobic. It can be removed by clicking on an arrow, but doing this every time one moves from one page to another gets irritating pretty quickly.
On mobile, there are ads when moving between pages, and, worst of all, within forum posts. The ads aren't even generated between different posts, but often segregate paragraphs within a post, making it easy to think a user's post ended prematurely.
Is there are chance of a compromise? I realise these ads are important for the site, but they are so invasive I feel they risk alienating and discouraging visitors.