Shifty
Member
So, it seems like the mobile version of GAF has recently started playing host to some really huge, intrusive adverts.
It was initially flagged up by
Gavin Stevens
in the error reporting & feedback sticky a few days ago, but as that thread has effectively been radio silent on the matter since then, I think the subject merits its own discussion to get some visibility on the issue.
Here are some screencaps of the ads in question. As you can see, they take up over half of the usable screen space on any given page. They also have a scroll view embedded in them, which prevents the browser from touch scrolling unless you make sure to start your drag outside of the ad.
Welcome to Blakely.com, featuring NeoGAF
They also appear between posts, which at first glance makes it look like the end of a thread.
This is probably the least offensive of the lot since pac-man CE was a good game and it's tucked away down the bottom of the page, but it's still not great.
As it stands I can't tell whether this is an intentional change on the part of the site, or whether it's a case of advertisers taking advantage of poor regulation (similar to those nasty android pop-up ads) in order to dominate page space with their content. Plus, because ads and their providers vary region-by-region it's possible that this is only affecting a small subset of gaffers rather than being a widespread issue.
Are any of you lot experiencing the same thing? It would be good to get some transparency from the moderation team on this as well.
It was initially flagged up by
Gavin Stevens
in the error reporting & feedback sticky a few days ago, but as that thread has effectively been radio silent on the matter since then, I think the subject merits its own discussion to get some visibility on the issue.Here are some screencaps of the ads in question. As you can see, they take up over half of the usable screen space on any given page. They also have a scroll view embedded in them, which prevents the browser from touch scrolling unless you make sure to start your drag outside of the ad.
Welcome to Blakely.com, featuring NeoGAF
They also appear between posts, which at first glance makes it look like the end of a thread.
This is probably the least offensive of the lot since pac-man CE was a good game and it's tucked away down the bottom of the page, but it's still not great.
As it stands I can't tell whether this is an intentional change on the part of the site, or whether it's a case of advertisers taking advantage of poor regulation (similar to those nasty android pop-up ads) in order to dominate page space with their content. Plus, because ads and their providers vary region-by-region it's possible that this is only affecting a small subset of gaffers rather than being a widespread issue.
Are any of you lot experiencing the same thing? It would be good to get some transparency from the moderation team on this as well.
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