# Ads are screwing up the site **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 15, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474 "2016-06-15T22:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/21 "2016-06-16T17:49:31Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > The OP has a valid complaint. He’s not complaining about ads in general. He’s only complaining about the scrolling issue, which is a known problem. We’ve had a few threads about it lately. So far, it mostly seems to affect users on certain mobile browsers. Not so. It’s happening on every browser (Safari, Firefox, Chrome) on my Mac. Mostly, but not always on the USPS (not UPS) ad. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/22 "2016-06-16T17:52:51Z")
We’ve had multiple independent reports of this problem so it’s not local to someone’s computer. However, so far neither we nor our ad provider have been able to replicate it. To help us out, please indicate: 1. Ads on the page when this problem occurred. 2. Hardware, OS and version, browser and version. So far I’m hearing: UPS and Safari Android Galaxy S5 Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/23 "2016-06-16T18:19:23Z")
I’m on a laptop, Google Chrome. As I posted in the sticky thread, I don’t know what the ad is selling, but I think it’s the one that has the Empire State Building at night. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/24 "2016-06-16T19:02:35Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We’ve had multiple independent reports of this problem so it’s not local to someone’s computer. However, so far neither we nor our ad provider have been able to replicate it. To help us out, please indicate: > > 1. Ads on the page when this problem occurred. > 2. Hardware, OS and version, browser and version. > > So far I’m hearing: > > UPS and Safari > Android Galaxy S5 > > Thanks. Not UPS. USPS. United States Postal Service, that is. And I get it with Firefox as well, with the added bonus that it randomly opens (and reopens after I close it) one of the “Thirteen Amazing Facts You Didn’t Know About Celebrities That Actually Turn Out To Be Mundane Facts Everyone Knows” slideshows that are in the ad block next to the USPS ad. Chrome has also been reported more than once. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/25 "2016-06-16T22:17:13Z")
I also am finding it virtually impossible to browse the site due to the ad glitch. OS X 10.7.5, using Chrome ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/26 "2016-06-16T22:19:50Z")
By the way, it is [this](https://s32.postimg.org/a94dckg0l/Screen_Shot_2016_06_16_at_5_18_24_PM.png) ad that is causing the problem. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/27 "2016-06-16T23:53:23Z")
glee and Corner\_Case Yes, I added AdBlock and things seem to be working okay. (so far) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/28 "2016-06-17T01:11:01Z")
No problems with Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/29 "2016-06-17T01:27:23Z")
I love how people in this thread are OK with extortion. Pay the membership fee so the website will work for you. How about using adblock so the site doesn’t get any money AND we don’t get ads. If the SDstaff want to overtly make this a paying service then they should do that rather than running ads that inject malware and make the site unusable. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/30 "2016-06-17T02:41:50Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > The OP has a valid complaint. He’s not complaining about ads in general. He’s only complaining about the scrolling issue, which is a known problem. We’ve had a few threads about it lately. So far, it mostly seems to affect users on certain mobile browsers. > > I’m not convinced that the ads are intentionally doing something evil. I know that Safari has a few scrolling issues related to it not handling certain types of web forms correctly. I’m no expert on Safari so I can’t give you any more detail than that. Other browsers like the Android browser seem to have similar issues. > > Other than the usual ad and script blockers, I don’t have a solution for you at the moment. I came here to make the same complaint, and saw this thread. For the second time in a few weeks, an “extra large” no video(?) ad hijacked my browser making it impossible to navigate the site. I had to leave the site and come back just to get here to bitch. ETA: As soon as the page reloaded after posting this it happened again. Toshiba laptop, Windows 10, Google Chrome FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/31 "2016-06-17T04:49:46Z")
Just happened to me again. USPS ad. Appeared and kept taking me to an ad at the bottom of the page. In a different thread it appeared after the first post and kept kicking me back to it there. iMac desktop, OS X El Capitan, Safari. Haven’t had this particular problem on my iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/32 "2016-06-17T05:27:29Z")
Happening again. The ad isn’t playing this time. Just sitting there. Well, off to find an ad-blocker I guess. Once this annoying bit of hijackery gets fixed I’ll turn it off. Like I said, I don’t mind ads. I do mind losing control of my browser. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/33 "2016-06-17T05:28:35Z")
Happening again. Well, off to find an ad-blocker I guess. Once this annoying bit of hijackery gets fixed I’ll turn it off. Like I said, I don’t mind ads. I do mind losing control of my browser. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/34 "2016-06-17T13:03:41Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I love how people in this thread are OK with extortion. Pay the membership fee so the website will work for you. How about using adblock so the site doesn’t get any money AND we don’t get ads. If the SDstaff want to overtly make this a paying service then they should do that rather than running ads that inject malware and make the site unusable. Yeah, there is some confusion between “I don’t want to see ads” and “the ads on this website are breaking things”. Fortunately, the site administrator seems to clearly understand the difference. I haven’t had any problems lately, but the two computers i use have all sorts of stuff on them to limit what a website can do. One doesn’t even show the ads, and the other shows a lot of click-baity ads, but blocks the pop-under and whatever this issue is. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/35 "2016-06-17T15:26:08Z")
We put a block on the USPS ad and did some other things. Let me know of any continuing problems. We apologize for any inconvenience, and thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/36 "2016-06-17T16:07:54Z")
Thank you! So far it seems to be working better. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/37 "2016-06-17T16:20:44Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We put a block on the USPS ad and did some other things. Return to sender!😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/38 "2016-06-17T16:35:57Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We put a block on the USPS ad and did some other things. Let me know of any continuing problems. We apologize for any inconvenience, and thanks for your help. Spoke too soon…stupid Scrollblock ad is back. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/39 "2016-06-17T17:16:31Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We put a block on the USPS ad and did some other things. Let me know of any continuing problems. We apologize for any inconvenience, and thanks for your help. > [@ivylass](#): > > Spoke too soon…stupid Scrollblock ad is back. Yes. The USPS ad still comes up and hijacks the browser. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474/40 "2016-06-17T17:23:05Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Unfortunately it doesn’t work for your phone. There is a [browser](https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install) that will block ads on your phone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-are-screwing-up-the-site/757474.md?page=3)