# I'm getting ads again on Homepage **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 18, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715 "2013-02-18T17:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/1 "2013-02-18T17:15:13Z")
For years I’ve been reading the homepage without ads… Now they’re back. Totally annoying. I’m a Charter Member in good standing, running Firefox. Any ideas why the came back? How do I get rid of them? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/2 "2013-02-19T00:17:08Z")
[http://adblockplus.org](http://adblockplus.org) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/3 "2013-02-19T00:21:28Z")
Either you are logging out at some point in the process or you have malware. If you are a member and you’re logged in, you shouldn’t see any ads. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/4 "2013-02-19T00:23:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Either you are logging out at some point in the process or you have malware. If you are a member and you’re logged in, you shouldn’t see any ads. I believe the OP is talking about the Straight Dope homepage, not the SDMB main page. I see ads on the Straight Dope page right now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/5 "2013-02-19T00:29:15Z")
I see ads there, too. But there have been ads there for a long time. Would you mind clarifying, **Jake**? As a member you shouldn’t see ads on the SDMB forum pages, but that wouldn’t apply to the Straight Dope column pages. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/6 "2013-02-19T00:38:00Z")
Surfing the net without blocking ads is the equivalent of having unsafe sex with multiple intravenous drug using, needle sharing, “cold sore” infected partners. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/7 "2013-02-19T00:40:33Z")
But there are downsides. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/8 "2013-02-19T01:09:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > But there are downsides. Not really. Malware infested ads are all over the internet. There is too much risk and no reward, from a consumer point of view, in not blocking ads. Yes, I know, some websites depend on ad revenue. If they go dark, I’ll be sad…for however long it takes to find similar content on another site and change my bookmarks. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/9 "2013-02-19T01:22:15Z")
I was making a joke, **Oakminster** - kind of a gross one, I admit. Anyway people should be careful while browsing. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/10 "2013-02-19T01:23:52Z")
I hear some adblockers make it hard to detect when others are joking. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/11 "2013-02-19T01:36:56Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I hear some adblockers make it hard to detect when others are joking. I underestimated Marley. Figured he was going for the warm fuzzies from supporting sites he likes angle. Did not figure him to go with a joke. Ipsum absurdum, ne exeat unicorn, I got wooshed. Or whooshed. Or whatever those dang kids call it these days. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/12 "2013-02-19T01:39:48Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I underestimated Marley. I’m sure you won’t make that mistake again. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/13 "2013-02-19T11:03:12Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I was making a joke, **Oakminster** - kind of a gross one, I admit. Anyway people should be careful while browsing. Gross but very funny. Raised my second laugh of the morning, the first being The Onion, [Oscar Pistorius Swears Bloody Cricket Bat From Different Murder.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/oscar-pistorius-swears-bloody-cricket-bat-from-dif,31341/) ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/14 "2013-02-19T15:37:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I see ads there, too. But there have been ads there for a long time. Would you mind clarifying, **Jake**? As a member you shouldn’t see ads on the SDMB forum pages, but that wouldn’t apply to the Straight Dope column pages. I don’t have ads in the forum pages, just the first page when I open the Straight Dope. Is that what you call the column page(s)? And, they are animated! (Grrr…) ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-ads-again-on-homepage/650715/15 "2013-02-22T16:46:00Z")
> [@Jake](#): > > I don’t have ads in the forum pages, just the first page when I open the Straight Dope. > Is that what you call the column page(s)? And, they are animated! (Grrr…) Well, I installed Adblock Plus, and can at least block ads individually. It’s a start. Thanks all, for your replies.