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[Calverz]

Guys. Come on. What is going on? The ads are far too aggressive to the point where I'm basically never visiting the site anymore it's getting that bad. I mean the image above is essentially my landing page.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

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Thread 'Who handles ad placement on this site?'

Mar 10, 2025

Is there any chance you stop the ad banner going over the controls? It's a huge pain in the arse, as the down arrow is partially over the home button, which is extremely awkward on mobile. Other times, the banner covers the controls completely!

I've attached two screenshots. This really kills the site's usability.

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[The Cockatrice]

Yeah mobile gaf is fucked, but you can get gold or use brave.

 

[Soodanim]

I thought this was going to be a different sort of aggressive ad. Like "Buy this product you silly prick"

 

[Hookshot]

Yesterday I had a half screen ad with no way to remove or minimize it.

 

[The Cockatrice]

DaciaJC thank you for the gold, but you really didn't have to. Love you tho.

 

[YCoCg]

I've learned to love the huge block at the top of the page, it's giving my fingers exercise because I always have to scroll down to read the thread.

 

[Hookshot]

DaciaJC . Thanks, I was grumbling. But now I'll be able to see more than two topics to ruin at a time.

 

[Little Mac]

Thanks DaciaJC for the Gold! I've ascended!!!

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I thought this was going to be a different sort of aggressive ad. Like "Buy this product you silly prick"

Me too. I expected this:

 

[Plies]

Me too. I expected this:

Is this the UK's new anti immigrant campaign?

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

welp, thanks for the random gold DaciaJC

 

[Sticks]

 

[Calverz]

DaciaJC
Thanks man. You really didn't need to do that. I just wanted to air my opinion on it as it's having quite a big impact on user experience. But I know the site needs funding. Hard balancing act I'm sure.

 

[T8SC]

There should be a middle ground, yes the site needs to earn revenue from ads but it should still be useable. I had a thread yesterday that had an ad after every post which was horrific to try and view. I know we can sub or use blockers but its not going to entice new users if they arrive at an advert instead of a gaming forum.

 

[ahtlas7]

Great! Now, I must-have-gold-jewelry.

 

[6502]

Getting top ads, bottom ads and ads within posts. Sometimes covering thread titles and the other day there was also an ad almost every other post. Also ads every three or four thread titles.

 

[YCoCg]

Getting top ads, bottom ads and ads within posts. Sometimes covering thread titles and the other day there was also an ad almost every other post. Also ads every three or four thread titles.

....well are you a Narciscist? Tell us!

DaciaJC Thanks for the gold but now my fingers have to get exercise elsewhere

 

[Beretta]

It is very annoying and a huge turn off from the forum. If there were maybe one or two small ads between a post or two in a thread, okay but having giant ads all over and that stupid huge one that you have to minimize because it takes up half the fucking page, that's just straight up annoying. Other sites I've been to do not have the kind of annoying ads this place has. Their ads are more subtle.

 

[greyshark]

The ads on mobile are why I stopped coming here regularly. Browsing on my phone is painful.

 

[6502]

Wow thank you Daciajc

 

[saintjules]

I paid the $5 for gold via PayPal but I'm still not under the status. Any mods around to look into this?

Use desktop mode meanwhile to alleviate the pressure of the ads.

Edit: resolved and even got the extra thanks to DaciaJC . No ads for 2 months, fuck yea.

 

[Sticks]

Its been a while

 

[ReBurn]

I haven't noticed.

 

[SpiritDusk]

Yeah it's been a nightmare, I'm glad that it's not just me having the issue though.

 

[Beretta]

Wow DaciaJC thank you so much for this gift. I really don't know what else to say. Didn't expect that, especially since I didn't even have to show my tits. Cheers.

 

[ahtlas7]

DaciaJC

 

[DreamcastSkies]

Gaf Gold. I'm doing fine and supporting the website.

 

[Hookshot]

the other day there was also an ad almost every other post.

I had that with the same ad, repeated over and over. Thought I was going mad trying to read and scroll but not seemingly progressing down the page until I realized.

 

[AJUMP23]

Gotta pay for this place somehow.

 

[T8SC]

I appreciate the gold DaciaJC very kind of you.

 

[Soodanim]

Thank you DaciaJC you glorious soul, I appreciate you

 

[Robot Carnival]

I don't mind the ads, but sometimes they kinda screw up the alignment of the posts when I'm viewing in ultra wide and that's kinda annoying.

 

[Skifi28]

I don't particularly mind ads, but surely having 90% of the webpage on mobile occupied can't be intentional?

 

[Braag]

It's like peeking at a website through the blinds. And the blinds are made of ads.

 

[Windle Poons]

Wait. There are adverts on GAF?

 

[Unknown?]

Yesterday I had a half screen ad with no way to remove or minimize it.

If you buy the product, it'll go away.

 

[KyoZz]

It's been shit for a wile honestly, so much that I don't visit GAF on mobile anymore.

 

[Kilau]

HELRP

 

[Plies]

It's been shit for a wile honestly, so much that I don't visit GAF on mobile anymore.

It's borderline unbearable if you don't have Gold.

 

[KyoZz]

It's borderline unbearable if you don't have Gold.

Yeah and for me it has the opposite effect, that is to say that it does not encourage me to pay for gold, I simply do not use Gaf on certain devices (the phone mainly).

For now I'm fine because someone gifted me a month this August, but that will be it. I took a year to support the site when gold was introduced, but it's yet again another subscription you have to pay for to properly navigate on mobile. It's tiring (yeah I get what it is here, but still it's just that ads are everywhere now).

 

[SJRB]

 

[T.v]

Thank you Evilore. How else would I have found out about these awesome products.

 

[ハトリス]

Pretty much unusable without paying/adblock. Being forced to see those humongous ads if you are poor isnt how it should be. Why not add an ad at the top without blocking content.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Thank you Evilore. How else would I have found out about these awesome products.

It's like in Battle Royale, everyone gets a random item from the bag and then you go out on to the Island and try to kill someone with it.

It looks like your options are limited but you can use that hydro jet thing to escape.

 

[John Marston]

 

[TheUnicornGuy]

For anyone that missed the goldrush and uses android, you can try DNSnet on the play store. Maybe you can block some of the more egregious ads but allow some of the smaller ones? It has the added bonus of blocking ads in free apps.

 

[bitbydeath]

Some of the ads push the thread titles into other thread titles making it a blurry mess.

 

[Facism]

I get to see this vile shit between every post 80% of the time I'm on mobile. Or posts just completely covered up by it.

 

[Lunarorbit]