# Is anyone else hearing audio ads while on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 30, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151 "2011-09-30T14:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/1 "2011-09-30T14:22:55Z")
Just started last week. Is this a thing negotiated, or is it a bug? And how do I mute the ad without muting my PC audio entirely? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/2 "2011-09-30T14:26:37Z")
Do not do what the voices are telling you to do!!! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/3 "2011-09-30T14:54:11Z")
Can we get more information on this please? What is the ad about? Name of product/company would be useful. Also where you are – in the past most of the audio ads seem to be targeted to the UK. You can [EMAIL=“[tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com)”]send me an email if you don’t want to share this online. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/4 "2011-09-30T15:18:55Z")
I’m in Chicago and I got an audio ad yesterday. Didn’t pay attention to what it was for or what time it happened (though it was between 9a-5p CST). I closed out of the browser window as fast as I could. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/5 "2011-09-30T15:26:07Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Can we get more information on this please? > > What is the ad about? Name of product/company would be useful. > > Also where you are – in the past most of the audio ads seem to be targeted to the UK. > > You can [EMAIL=“[tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com)”]send me an email if you don’t want to share this online. > > Thanks. I’m in Tampa, Florida, and the last ad I heard playing was in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/6 "2011-09-30T20:48:44Z")
The one that I just got was something called World of Tanks. It had a mute button, so no biggy, but still, I hate those ads. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/7 "2011-09-30T21:42:24Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/8 "2011-09-30T21:51:02Z")
I had the same issue. I don’t remember what the ad was, though. I put everything on mute. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/9 "2011-10-01T01:30:58Z")
Just got one in Cafe Society for Woolite. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/10 "2011-10-01T02:47:03Z")
I’ve heard 'em too. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/11 "2011-10-01T03:04:59Z")
Yeah, I get them at work when I get on the board but don’t log in. I think one was a car ad and another one was for some sort of medicine…you have to wait like 5 seconds before you can turn them off. But it only happens when I get on without logging in, at least for me. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-hearing-audio-ads-while-on-the-sdmb/598151/12 "2011-10-01T03:15:03Z")
I know I’m not going to be much help, but I’m in SC, and I have heard at least four or five in the past week or so. I look at SD at home while logged in, and while at work usually logged out, and I noticed them in both places. I am pretty sure I only had one at work, the majority are when I’m logged in at home. I wasn’t paying much attention, and I just muted my computer, so I don’t even know what they were about. I have a niggling feeling that one of them was an insurance ad, I think car insurance. Hope that helps somewhat!