New ads are super annoying

[Zwiebelchen]

Yes, I know, I know, the Hive needs ads to finance the server upkeeps and stuff... but recently, a new type of ad has been plaguing the experience:

Full-screen ads that can not be closed without having to reload the site or going back a page (backspace).

This is super annoying and can potentially cause posts getting lost mid-creation.


Basicly after a certain amount of time a fullscreen ad will be shown (not in a new tab, but the same tab hive was running in). There is no "close" or "x" button anywhere to be found and the only way to go back is reloading the page.

Let me get this straight: if Hive needs fullscreen ads to pay the bills, that is totally fine. But the ad should at least allow us to close it without fully discarding whatever we were doing before.

 

[Ralle]

If ads are leaving the little box in the top where they are supposed to be contained, they are doing something that I do not permit. Please help me figure out which ads are doing this. This is unacceptable. Can you right-click the ad and copy the link and maybe right click and hit "inspect" too and perhaps take a screenshot of that?

 

[Hotwer]

Yes, I know, I know, the Hive needs ads to finance the server upkeeps and stuff... but recently, a new type of ad has been plaguing the experience:

Full-screen ads that can not be closed without having to reload the site or going back a page (backspace).

This is super annoying and can potentially cause posts getting lost mid-creation.


Basicly after a certain amount of time a fullscreen ad will be shown (not in a new tab, but the same tab hive was running in). There is no "close" or "x" button anywhere to be found and the only way to go back is reloading the page.

Let me get this straight: if Hive needs fullscreen ads to pay the bills, that is totally fine. But the ad should at least allow us to close it without fully discarding whatever we were doing before.

Are you sure it's not a virus of yours? Sometimes random extensions does that.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Are you sure it's not a virus of yours? Sometimes random extensions does that.

No it only happens on Hiveworkshop. Maybe its a local thing and only happens in germany?


I will screenshot the ads in question once I see them again. It seems to happen only once per session.

 

[Hotwer]

No it only happens on Hiveworkshop. Maybe its a local thing and only happens in germany?


I will screenshot the ads in question once I see them again. It seems to happen only once per session.

Yeah, ads are local. For instance, my ads are in pt-BR because I'm a brazillian. Yours should probably be in deutsch.

 

[Ralle]

I need more than a screenshot unfortunately. Please try do the thing I wrote.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I think I might have experienced this as well, but mostly on mobile. I'll see if I can recreate it.

 

[Ralle]

Please do so

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Ill do what you wrote when it happens again.

 

[Chaosy]

Adblock master race.

And I donated 100$ in the past so still support the site ok?

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Okay, so update on this: It is not a pop-up in the way that you can inspect it, its more like a completely new page that opens in the same browser tab, including a new web adress. Do you still need a link?

 

[Hotwer]

Okay, so update on this: It is not a pop-up in the way that you can inspect it, its more like a completely new page that opens in the same browser tab, including a new web adress. Do you still need a link?

Ok, that really sounds like somekind of virus to me. I know you're saying it only happens on hive, but I've never saw any ad do that (at least not a real one, the baddy shitty ones actually do, but thats intended behaviour).

 

[IcemanBo]

Having no such problems (location is germany, too).

 

[Ralle]

Definitely unacceptable still. Well, can you copy the link of the page that opens up?

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Here's an example; some kind of pet food service ad: https://www.tiierisch.de/produkt/wolfsblut-wild-duck-puppy?ref=adcell&ref=adcell&bid=119519-71643

And no, I highly doubt its a virus. Again, it only happens once per session and only happens on Hive. Seems to be a google-based ad to me.

 

[Ralle]

And what characterises this ad? Does it make a popup?

 

[Ralle]

@Zwiebelchen

 

[Zwiebelchen]

No popup. It just changes browser address completely. Using "back" in the browser will bring you back to Hive.

 

[Ralle]

Thanks. I have gotten in touch with the ad provider. If they cannot solve this for good, they don't have any control over their ads and I will have to terminate working with them.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

I actually had the same problem, posted a thread and Rally told me to copy the address link.

I went back on hive just hoping the ad came back so I could nail it and report to Rally, but it never showed up again.

my ad was from Alibaba express

 

[Zombie]

You got away with it easily, my THW ad banner is poisoned by the propaganda of the local communist party.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

I don't want to use adblock or hive won't get ad revenue from me. It's the least I can do.

 

[Ralle]

Okay, thanks for reporting.

 

[Ralle]

No popup. It just changes browser address completely. Using "back" in the browser will bring you back to Hive.

Okay. Apparently the ad company would like to know the exact URL you came from before being redirected. Next time it happens, please press back, copy the link. Thanks.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Okay. Apparently the ad company would like to know the exact URL you came from before being redirected. Next time it happens, please press back, copy the link. Thanks.

It was this thread. Not kidding.

 

[pyf]

@Ralle: fyi, using Ghostery and Pale Moon 26.5.0, I currently see references to:
- Admeta
- Advertising.com
- AppNexus
- BidSwitch
- Google Analytics
- Google Publisher Tags
- Sonobi

 

[Ralle]

That doesn't help me.

 

[pyf]

Well at least I tried to...

Apparently the ad company would like to know [...]

With my previous post I wanted to point out, there might be more than one ad company involved.


** update **

@Ralle: fyi, using Ghostery and Pale Moon 26.5.0, I currently see references to:
- Admeta
- Advertising.com
- AppNexus
- BidSwitch
- Google Analytics
- Google Publisher Tags
- Sonobi

Rhythmone Beacon joined the party.


@Ralle: Ghostery might help solve this issue.

For each item detected by Ghostery, I am providing additional (hopefully useful) info from gcache.ghostery.com:
- Admeta
- Advertising.com
- AppNexus (plus here also)
- BidSwitch (plus here also)
- Google Analytics
- Google Publisher Tags (plus here also)
- Rhythmone Beacon (plus here also)
- Sonobi (plus also here) (and here also)

Hope it helps.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

Lol!

I see I sent a message to @wrath bringer in Afrikaans, and now all the ads have been changed to the same language. I think it is hopelessly funny because now I can't understand anything, but on a more serious note I feel it is an invasion of our privacy. It means that somehow the ads are reading our messages to market to us what we speak about.

Here's a link to the first ad I noticed, https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/sadbundle/$csp=er3$/10323331040753257045/index.html

Google has been noted in the past for reading peoples emails in order curve their marketing strategy.

*Update*

Another site from google
Vikings: War of Clans

 

[Ralle]

That's... How ads work.

Please only use this thread for reporting ads that physically violates your browser.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

That's... How ads work.

Please only use this thread for reporting ads that physically violates your browser.

screw that I'm going to create a hive encrypted app

if you don't mind of course

 

[Ralle]

What does that even mean?

 

[Kyrbi0]

What does that even mean?

No one even knows, man.

 

[General Frank]

Fuck ads, use AdblockPlus.

 

[Ralle]

If people do this the site will stop paying for itself and be taken down. Good idea, thanks Frank.

 

[General Frank]

I don't block Hive I just use it for Youtube and some pop-up from here, please chill.

 

[Ralle]

Sorry for lashing out. I hate ads too, I just haven't found a way to get by without them.

 

[General Frank]

I can totally understand it but if I get very inappropriate ads and screamers I have to use hyper methods myself.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Yeah, I recently took Hive off of AdBlock Plus when I realized you guys needed it.

 

[Ralle]

I can totally understand it but if I get very inappropriate ads and screamers I have to use hyper methods myself.

I completely understand. This is why I pay so much attention to this thread. I don't want the site to serve ads that ruin people's experiences. I don't want to visit sites that throw big fat annoying popups. If you find this on the site, please copy the link you came from, any link from the ad and so on to help us find out who brought this illegal ad.

Yeah, I recently took Hive off of AdBlock Plus when I realized you guys needed it.

That's awesome.

 

[General Frank]

I completely understand. This is why I pay so much attention to this thread. I don't want the site to serve ads that ruin people's experiences. I don't want to visit sites that throw big fat annoying popups. If you find this on the site, please copy the link you came from, any link from the ad and so on to help us find out who brought this illegal ad.

That's awesome.

Sure thing.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Had that petfood ad again; this time I got redirected from this thread: This might or might not be the next character class... to this site: Fleischeslust MEAT & trEAT Trainingswurst
... its a training sausage for dogs. Which is weird, because I don't even have a dog (I have a big sausage though). Google YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.

 

[Flux]

Had that petfood ad again; this time I got redirected from this thread: This might or might not be the next character class... to this site: Fleischeslust MEAT & trEAT Trainingswurst
... its a training sausage for dogs. Which is weird, because I don't even have a dog (I have a big sausage though). Google YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.

Maybe Google got so advanced that it applied image processing on your avatar to determine the perfect ads for you.

 

[Ralle]

Thanks @Zwiebelchen, I have passed it on.