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Sorry it took so long to get this done, but the problem with bad ads (pops, malware, etc) should finally be resolved. We were finally accepted back onto the Google AdSense network, which does a much superior job of automatically filtering out the sketchy ads which automatically destroy your computer machine when loaded. Additionally, our Rubicon representative has been helping set up a dynamic blacklist of badvertisers that should keep them at bay, if any Rubicon ads are served. So I apologize for it taking so long to resolve, but it was difficult joining a respected ad network because everybody everywhere hates us and we're not popular anymore and the forums were better back in 2002 and I remember the old days back when blah blah blah. Oh, and another benefit of having this new ad network is that we'll hopefully pull in more money, because right now AIN'T NOBODY BUYING NOTHING ON THE FORUMS AND WE'RE PULLING IN 90% LESS OF WHAT WE USED TO SO PLEASE GOD BUY SOMETHING, BUY ANYTHING, BUY EVERYTHING, I NEED ALL THE MONEY Thank you, and please have a pleasant forum experience. - Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka Do not sign your own posts
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Bwee posted:Thanks. Is the 90% figure real. That's a huge cut
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drilldo squirt posted:So it's safe to turn off addblock?
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Moridin920 posted:My firewall is turned off entirely sometimes when I'm on SA and I've never got anything from it. I don't click the ads though I guess.
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vug posted:You hosed up smartphones again
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I have been actively talking to Rubicon about their mobile takeover ads, and will be switching off them if it isn't resolved soon. They are looking into the issue and admit it's been happening on their end and bad ads have been sneaking through their filtering process.
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Just talked to Rubicon; they set up a very conservative whitelist for mobile ads, so things should immediately be fixed. Sorry it took so long!
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I'm trying to get the BRAND NEW BAD AD issue resolved with Rubicon now. I apologize, I thought they had actually resolved it by whitelisting certain ads, but poo poo is still getting past them. I will keep you all updated.
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Kinda pissed off this is still happening, can't sleep, working on it now.
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CharlesM posted:Aren't they kinda hoodwinking you? In their offense, their security site hasn't been updated since 2012: 
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zen death robot posted:Seriously, please - for now you can go to:
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FactsAreUseless posted:Title of thread is right. Someone should really resolve the bad ad problem.
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Assfingeringlair posted:Its painfully obvious rubicon is fobbing you off. As this has been an issue for literally years and those kind of ads are a core business model for them.
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Kaizoku posted:At this point 'not being staffed for the service you offer despite profits' should be viewed just as much as a scam. It's an ad network, not a mom-n-pop drugstore or one of those poor suffering multi-million kickstarter videogame companies.
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epsilon-6 posted:Has advertising revenue fallen significantly as well? Because it looks like without attracting new users, eventually all your revenue streams will dry up despite whatever fancy "seriously* only good* ads**" network is presently loving you.
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Assfingeringlair posted:Thought about opening registration?
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Mrit posted:Opening registration will maybe bring in a few people, but 99% of the accounts will be spam bots and backup accounts for posters. It also reduces the likelihood people will pay for future accounts as they will expect accounts to become free in the future.
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Thingyman posted:Why keep rubicon around at all when you have google ads now?
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We can set up an optional recurring billing system easy, but I'd have to figure out something to give to reward people who sign up for it.
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FactsAreUseless posted:You could change Archives access from a 30 dollar flat fee to like $5 or $10 a month, since archives take up a lot of server space and work.
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Acne Rain posted:seriously, right now my new latest top of the line iphone is the only machine I have that cannot take me to a page on the forums and STAY there, my ipad is several generations out of date in both hardware and os and it does it fine, my lovely computer does it fine, why can't this super expensive wonder phone perform the simple, basic task of browsing a web forum.
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Acne Rain posted:well I've been consistantly having redirect issues on iphone 6 safari, in which no matter which page of the forum I'm loading I keep getting taken to a series of five or six rapidly changing urls to some scam page.
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Acne Rain posted:Last night at 9:30.
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Also, to anybody experiencing redirects or malicious ads on their mobile phones, feel free to go into your user control panel, the options section, and enable the mobile view.
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SniperWoreConverse posted:Durr, forgot that was even a thing. Gonna be weird to get used to.
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For example, currently I haven't put ANY ad code in it so far!
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net cafe scandal posted:Please resolve my bad Dad problem
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:Mobile view kills the ads but it's big like duplo blocks and I don't like it b/c there's no thread tags and i have to scroll a lot more per page. Speaking of, I just got done contacting Rubicon and they are (again) looking into it and will be blacklisting as much as they can.
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zen death robot posted:I use the app 
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Okay, just added a ton of advertisers to the black list. Please let me know if any bad ad poo poo starts happening again.
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Gonz posted:Got this almost a dozen times throughout the day:
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Bad Munki posted:Latest iOS on a 6s, just got this instead of the LP I was going for: http://mobfree.click/ena/NTY2YzJhMTk1YTIyZDgxNjYwOTYxNA==
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:And this
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Holy poo poo I think I figured a way around this bullshit, I'm excited.
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Okay, in DFP I have set up separate zones for mobile ads and desktop ads. The mobile ads, if cannot be filled by AdX, defaults to Rubicon where I have set up a new ad unit that is 320x100 and is served in a secure iframe. So if I have actually gotten this poo poo working correctly, the dimensions of the top and bottom 728x90 banners should change to 320x100 when they're being filled by Rubicon, and their contents should be contained by the iframe, preventing any takeovers or redirects. It might take a few minutes for the changes to go live, but I'd appreciate it if anybody on a mobile device can tell me if they are seeing a differently sized top and bottom ad now, because if you are, that should mean that you're viewing a Rubicon ad and there should be none of that bullshit going on. Again, sorry about this crap, I've been trying to get it resolved directly through Rubicon reps because I assumed they could fix it quicker than I could. I'm obviously not 100% sure this is going to work, but hopefully it will.
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Actually I'm changing it from a secure iframe to a secure js ad, since iframes can conceivably cause issues.
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Darth123123 posted:Sometimes I wonder if charging a sustainable reg fee, versus spending weekends and nights chasing bad ads is worth the .05/page load is worth it.
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