Tweaktown popup to disable adblocker?

[manofthem]

I pretty much stopped watching TV because of the adverts. I hate to have advertising forced on me.

Long live Youtube and the BBC


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Woah, hold up. I don't mind watching Coca-Cola ads; I think they're usually pretty great, not to mention my love for coke

Alas, YT have ads getting in the way of their videos nowadays, some dismissable after 5 seconds and some that go the whole hog of 30 seconds, plus interrupting in the middle of the video which really irks me. They also have a banner ad which pops up a few seconds after pressing play that doesn't go away unless it's dismissed. I guess this is how they're "monetizing" their platform now, horrible word. This is all very annoying for me and I hope there's a way around this, but I'm not too optimistic.

Indeed, I cooled off on YouTube in the past due to their ads. However, lately I've been to able to block YT ads fairly successfully, even on my android.

 

[dorsetknob]

Culled from *******

""" Websites that detect ad-blockers to stop their users from reading webpages could be illegal under European law.

Alexander Hanff, a privacy campaigner and programmer, says he has received a letter from the European Commission confirming that browser-side web scripts that pick out advert blockers access people's personal data (ie: the plugin stored on their computer). Thus, just like you need to give permission to EU websites to access and store your cookies, ad-blocker detectors must ask for permission before probing your browser.
Therefore, under EU law in force since May 2011, people must give their consent before an anti-ad-blocker script can run and hide content on a page. Of course, while waiting for that consent from a visitor, the site could refuse to show anything, but then the publisher will scare off all readers, even the ones who turn out to be not running anti-ad plugins. If the page is viewable while waiting for the consent, then blocking ad-blockers is pointless.

Hanff has now said he will be using the commission's letter as the basis for a series of legal challenges against firms that use anti-ad-blocking software. Next week he'll also be setting up a website for people to identify websites that use the code, so that a list of potential defendants can been identified.

That's bad news for outlets that have decided to block anti-ad plugins. (Yeh Tweaktown that includes you).

To all #publishers currently detecting #adblockers in EU - look out, I am coming for you and I am very well armed. #privacy #spyware """

 

[yotano211]

And last Seen
CamWilmot was last seen:
Saturday at 9:02 PM

He Replied To a couple of people ( not that Respectfully )
After Reading some of the posted Comments of people trying to get on his site you got to wonder if the above quote was made with any sincerity

"he's out of here"
we are all freetards for Running Add Blockers
Given that this is an Indicator of how he treats Forum posters
I Sincerely wonder how long his Site will Survive as he .........meh not worth further comments he aint coming back to read them

If you ever look at TT's forum page, most thread's last reply was months ago. Their forums are RIP and the review are to me below average at most.

 

[RejZoR]

I block ads everywhere today because I'm still having PTSD from all the flashing GIF ad banners from the late 90's with no means to block that crap back then.

 

[Assimilator]

tweaktown.com##body>div[id][class]

Thank me later

 

[RejZoR]

I simply don't read them. Or, you can just click STOP button in browser as soon as page loads, but before it jumps to "Disable AdBlocker" page. But in general, I just avoid them because of it and use some other source.

 

[monim1]

Using adblocker is the simplest way but if the site urges to disable the adblocker, then I block the popups

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hi folks,

My name is Cameron and I am the founder and owner of TweakTown. One of my reviewers alerted me to this thread, so I want to join in on the fun and post a couple of responses.

...

About our ad recovery system, it's new and there are some bugs we are working on fixing right as we speak. For the past few months, we have been forcing ad recovery. We are trying a new ad recovery system that asks ad blocking users to watch a short video every 24 hours. After watching the video, you get ad-free access to our content for 24 hours. Is this such a bad thing?

The whole "24 hour" thing only works if a user doesn't delete their cookies and LTSO's when closing their browser, which a ton of people do. How about this, No Thank You. After you started the whole blocking-users-who-block-ads thing, I removed tweaktown from my bookmarks and added it to my router block list. No one in my home can even visit your site.

Here's why and I'm going to quote a good friend in a post on youtube: " Speaking personally, I block ads ruthlessly and for two main reasons. First, Security. I do not trust advertisers and have been burned by malicious ads from seemingly trustworthy sites. My digital safety is more important. Second, Privacy. Advertisers do NOT have the right to know ANYTHING about me unless I choose to do business with them. Even then they only get enough information to complete the business being done. You mentioned alternatives. TechPowerUp has been trying out a very effective and non-intrusive way of showing ads on their site. You folks are doing the sponsor plug at the end. These have no security concerns and do not violate our privacy. I am fully in support of these kinds of methodologies. I wouldn't mind if you put them at the start like JaysTwoCents does his promotions. It's not the ads themselves really. It's the invasive nature of them that has become intolerable. Thank You for being forward thinking and trying different ideas instead of going the TweakTown route by blocking users who block ads. " Now this was in response to a video that Linus Sebastian did about adblockers and it resonates with me.

Find a better way to shows us ads that do not invade our privacy and do not require us to compromise our digital safety and security or take a hike. TweakTown is not the only option on the net and certainly not the best if you are going to behave in such a foul and childish manner. We have the absolute right to be both secure and private. We do not need to change. You do! Come up with something that respects us or go the way of the dodo.

If you can't accept that, sorry, but no worries, don't visit TweakTown.

As mentioned above, way ahead of you!

 

[dorsetknob]

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[Steve-007UK]

Pay me for watching your ads and i will disable my adblock.

Don't want to pay me for watching your ads then the adblock stays on.

While you sites claim you need to make money you ain't doing it by waisting my time and shoving shit in my face i am not remotley interested in!!!!!!!

 

[P4-630]

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tweaktown.com

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/techpowerup.com

 

[lexluthermiester]

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And to that I have this response; http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/tweaktown.com.html

And if you check TPU; http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/techpowerup.com.html

Seems they're down and have been for over a week. TPU is still here. So who's really doing better? Hmm..

 

[P4-630]

And to that I have this response; http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/tweaktown.com.html

Seems they're down and have been for over a week. TPU is still here. So who's really doing better?

Well I tried tweaktown about 2 hours ago, it was loading very slow but at that time it was still working....

Actually, just now tried again, it's working just at DialUp internet speeds...

 

[FYFI13]

Well I tried tweaktown about 2 hours ago, it was loading very slow but at that time it was still working....

Actually, just now tried again, it's working just at DialUp internet speeds...

Probably their server got a virus from those ads

 

[lexluthermiester]

Well I tried tweaktown about 2 hours ago, it was loading very slow but at that time it was still working....

Actually, just now tried again, it's working just at DialUp internet speeds...

Fair enough. Still, popularity is not the ultimate defining characteristic for the quality of a thing. TPU's articles, generally, have a consistently higher level of quality to them than tweaktown had back before they started all of this nonsense. So losing them was not much of a loss. And it won't be if they shut down. They did this to themselves. They can't blame us for protecting ourselves and being unwilling to trust again.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Obviously I can't speak for anyone else but, I personally do run an ad block because I really don't like ads and whenever I run into a site that holds back content until I disable my ad blocker I don't even stick around long enough to read the first half a sentence I just back out & go to another site. There are literally thousands of sources for any given type of information you're looking for on the Internet if some site decides they want to block ad blockers just find another one and it will be their loss .... this is one of those things that users will shape what becomes the status quo. Either we make a united front and refuse to patronize sites which try to force content on us or will be forced to view their ad content in the future, And every site will end up getting on board because of a company or entity can make revenue by simply adding some advertisements they will. This is another step in the evolution of the Internet, let's do our best to make it a good one

Anyone Who is old enough to remember Internet in the 90s should know advertising our websites to get really out of hand. You know what I'm talking about, knowing flashy ads and pop-ups left and right. It got to the point when you would close your Internet browser there would be 10 pop-up windows sitting on your desktop that all generated well you were browsing the Internet.

 

[dorsetknob]

but we also need to pay our awesome reviewers and reporters. If you can't accept that, sorry, but no worries, don't visit TweakTown.

i do Believe one of our mods is a Staff member/contributor/ Tester there ????
Wonder if he's been paid Recently ???

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Can confirm dialup speeds. Secondly, frontpage layout looks all messy imo. I dont know if it was because the page didnt load correctly but it looks ugly and too cluttered.

Checked their forums, seems semi active some threads active 2-6hrs ago while the rest a few weeks or months ago....or far back as 2014

 

[jboydgolfer]

but we also need to pay our awesome reviewers and reporters. If you can't accept that, sorry, but no worries, don't visit TweakTown

I agree that your contributors deserve compensation for their time in some way shape ,or form. But is that really the responsibility of those who patronize the site? Or is that the site owners responsibility for promising payment to it it's contributors? Shoveling your problems onto your "guests" seems to be Just a way of shirking ones responsibilities, and creating a "boogie man" which you can blame when your contributors don't get paid. I don't think I caught this comment of yours until I saw it reposted by another member but with an attitude like that you can trust you don't have to recommend or suggest people to not visit your site, with that one sentence you alienated me entirely and before reading it I had no opinion truly in either direction. Why don't you post that comment on the homepage of your website, and see if my reaction is any different to what another person's would be? You need to learn how to carry yourself better, either that or dont present and image of your personality online at all ,because frankly , & not to be rude , the image in my mind I have of you is not a positive one & that's a bell that can't be un rung. And I have a strong suspicion you couldnt care less. I wish you the Best of luck with your endeavors

This makes me all the more grateful for techpowerup, & its PROFFESIONAL staff members

 

[TheMailMan78]

I agree that your contributors deserve compensation for their time in some way shape ,or form. But is that really the responsibility of those who patronize the site? Or is that the site owners responsibility for promising payment to it it's contributors? Shoveling your problems onto your "guests" seems to be Just a way of shirking ones responsibilities, and creating a "boogie man" which you can blame when your contributors don't get paid. I don't think I caught this comment of yours until I saw it reposted by another member but with an attitude like that you can trust you don't have to recommend or suggest people to not visit your site, with that one sentence you alienated me entirely and before reading it I had no opinion truly in either direction. Why don't you post that comment on the homepage of your website, and see if my reaction is any different to what another person's would be? You need to learn how to carry yourself better, either that or dont present and image of your personality online at all ,because frankly , & not to be rude , the image in my mind I have of you is not a positive one & that's a bell that can't be un rung. And I have a strong suspicion you couldnt care less. I wish you the Best of luck with your endeavors

This makes me all the more grateful for techpowerup, & its PROFFESIONAL staff members

FYI TPU pays its reporters and reviewers also.......dare I say they are far more accurate also? Hmmmm.

Also W1zz knows how to lead and run a site. He keeps his opinions to himself and seems to work on facts and not emotion. This is how you make money people. Facts. Not emotion.

On a side note Adblocker works great on Tweaktown!

 

[yotano211]

FYI TPU pays its reporters and reviewers also.......dare I say they are far more accurate also? Hmmmm.

Also W1zz knows how to lead and run a site. He keeps his opinions to himself and seems to work on facts and not emotion. This is how you make money people. Facts. Not emotion.

On a side note Adblocker works great on Tweaktown!

Ublock confirm to work also.

I said it some time ago when I check their forums out, their forums are pretty much dead.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I said it some time ago when I check their forums out, their forums are pretty much dead.

And when a site's forums start to die, it's either because said forums are hard to use or the core site is on it's way out. Just look at what happened to xBitLabs(but for different reasons). If the folks at tweaktown start making the correct choices to get with the program, they might bounce back, but it's not looking good based on the general vibe across the net.

 

[Mussels]

tweaktowns reviews are often good, but i've been banned from their facebook page (for talking about the ads? its possible i noticed long after it happened)
last time i tried to use it on my mobile scrolling a millimeter too far, the website would jump to the next article/item - and rotating the phone or clicking things would jump right to the top of the page (and several 'articles' prior)

banning in the face of criticism is not a good sign, no matter how good some of the content may be.

Oh and the page takes literally 60 seconds longer to load with my adblocker disabled - the website genuinely is negatively affected in a big way by those ads.

 

[qubit]

tweaktowns reviews are often good, but i've been banned from their facebook page (for talking about the ads?)
last time i tried to use it on my mobile scrolling a millimeter too far, the website would jump to the next article/item - and rotating the phone or clicking things would jump right to the top of the page (and several 'articles' prior)

banning in the face of criticism is not a good sign, no matter how good some of the content may be.

Oh and the page takes literally 60 seconds longer to load with my adblocker disabled - the website genuinely is negatively affected in a big way by those ads.

Sounds like that website is on the road to oblivion while blaming everyone else.

Only in this very thread, I made a constructive suggestion or two to the founder to improve TT, but he just ignored it. Whatever, it's his loss and it looks like he's paying the price right now of not listening to people trying to help him.

 

[jboydgolfer]

FYI TPU pays its reporters and reviewers also.......dare I say they are far more accurate also? Hmmmm.

Also W1zz knows how to lead and run a site. He keeps his opinions to himself and seems to work on facts and not emotion. This is how you make money people. Facts. Not emotion.

On a side note Adblocker works great on Tweaktown!

Yeah I know that's why I said thank God for techpowerup
i have edited my post, i dont want to post things about someone who may not be here to defend themselves. my point has been made. i digress, respectfully.