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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #25 on: October 29, 2015, 08:15:32 pm »
I edited c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts a long time ago and I added:

127.0.0.1       googleads.g.doubleclick.net

and all I see is "secure connection failed"  :)
That's more annoying than the ads!

I have to admit I switched off my adblock for EEVblog. Besides extra pocket money for Dave the adverts are usually relevant. But these new ones at the bottom of forums pretending to be forum posts make me want to switch the blocker back on. Next they will be mixed in with the threads like on many other forums, then the bloody ads will start pretending to be post or quote buttons and take you off to some spam site or trojan downloader  :palm:

ETA: I just noticed it after my post. Why does it have Quote, Modify and Remove buttons on it? I clicked Remove but it didn't work  :-DD

It's slighty annoying but the adserver doesn't see a hit :)
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #26 on: October 29, 2015, 08:21:24 pm »
I edited c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts a long time ago and I added:

127.0.0.1       googleads.g.doubleclick.net

and all I see is "secure connection failed"  :)
That's more annoying than the ads!

I have to admit I switched off my adblock for EEVblog. Besides extra pocket money for Dave the adverts are usually relevant. But these new ones at the bottom of forums pretending to be forum posts make me want to switch the blocker back on. Next they will be mixed in with the threads like on many other forums, then the bloody ads will start pretending to be post or quote buttons and take you off to some spam site or trojan downloader  :palm:
Same here, I have adblock turned off on the EEVblog. The ad I see is in itself not annoying (it's not animated or distracting and it's electronics-related) but the fact that it masquerades as a regular post is.

ETA: I just noticed it after my post. Why does it have Quote, Modify and Remove buttons on it? I clicked Remove but it didn't work  :-DD
Strange, I only get a Quote button.
EDIT: Ahh, now I also got Edit and Remove, it probably gives you the same buttons as the last post (currently it's my own).
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #27 on: October 29, 2015, 08:25:05 pm »
Strange, I only get a Quote button.
It inherits buttons from the last real post.
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2015, 08:28:36 pm »
Could the forum have been hacked to do this by some recently banned member  :-//
Not pointing a finger yet.  :-\

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #29 on: October 29, 2015, 08:30:37 pm »
Ugh, I hate it.  :--
But it's Dave's choice, so why hast thou forsaken us?  :'(
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #30 on: October 29, 2015, 08:34:46 pm »
I'm thinking if it was a hack the ads would be more "interesting." 
As it is now, I don't find it particularly troublesome as long as there's no flashing and/or sound.

Ghostery hides it, as it does all redirects. For now I have eevblog whitelisted in both Adblock and Ghostery.
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #31 on: October 29, 2015, 08:50:51 pm »
Same here, I have adblock turned off on the EEVblog. The ad I see is in itself not annoying (it's not animated or distracting and it's electronics-related) but the fact that it masquerades as a regular post is.
Actually they are not all electronics-related (I hope), now I got one called "Asian Dating for Men 50+, Sweet Ladies Find Lonely Men for Love or Friendship. Check'em out!":-DD :palm:
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #32 on: October 29, 2015, 08:59:30 pm »
Same here, I have adblock turned off on the EEVblog. The ad I see is in itself not annoying (it's not animated or distracting and it's electronics-related) but the fact that it masquerades as a regular post is.
Actually they are not all electronics-related (I hope), now I got one called "Asian Dating for Men 50+, Sweet Ladies Find Lonely Men for Love or Friendship. Check'em out!":-DD :palm:

they could be from shenzhen so still related  :-DD :palm:
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #33 on: October 29, 2015, 09:29:59 pm »
Also, have not Dave just bragged that his AdSense revenue increased a lot. Is this a way to capitalize on this increase?
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #34 on: October 29, 2015, 09:50:52 pm »
I was online when it first occurred or was implemented which was approximately 12:30 am this morning, Initially I thought that it was only related to the thread I was watching and perhaps a member had posted a picture or video that did not render correctly, A number of refreshes and a computer restart did not clear it, I fired up another PC which was also showing the same thing so at that point I had confirmed that it was not my end and I could then go to bed and sleep easy.


This is taking long member names to the extreme, it looks weird.
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #35 on: October 29, 2015, 11:09:56 pm »
I was online when it first occurred or was implemented which was approximately 12:30 am this morning, Initially I thought that it was only related to the thread I was watching and perhaps a member had posted a picture or video that did not render correctly, A number of refreshes and a computer restart did not clear it, I fired up another PC which was also showing the same thing so at that point I had confirmed that it was not my end and I could then go to bed and sleep easy.


This is taking long member names to the extreme, it looks weird.
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Well, at least it wraps!  ::)
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #36 on: October 29, 2015, 11:11:52 pm »
I was online when it first occurred or was implemented which was approximately 12:30 am this morning, Initially I thought that it was only related to the thread I was watching and perhaps a member had posted a picture or video that did not render correctly, A number of refreshes and a computer restart did not clear it, I fired up another PC which was also showing the same thing so at that point I had confirmed that it was not my end and I could then go to bed and sleep easy.


This is taking long member names to the extreme, it looks weird.
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Just try and check this members profile.  :palm:
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #37 on: October 29, 2015, 11:15:36 pm »
I already did, it appears that he, she or it is a zero poster....... :popcorn:
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #38 on: October 29, 2015, 11:18:17 pm »
I already did, it appears that he, she or it is a zero poster....... :popcorn:
Let's hope we don't have to suffer it for a month until Dave does his next ZP purge.  |O
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #39 on: October 29, 2015, 11:38:57 pm »
Don't mention the word suffer, I woke up this morning and am pretty damned sure that I have cracked a rib, It must have happened shortly after I mentioned a Dodgy Brothers episode in another thread, I wont do that again it hurts too much.
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #40 on: October 29, 2015, 11:42:34 pm »
I already did, it appears that he, she or it is a zero poster....... :popcorn:
Let's hope we don't have to suffer it for a month until Dave does his next ZP purge.  |O

Too bad Dave only deletes the spam accounts... does this classify?  >:D
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #41 on: October 29, 2015, 11:44:00 pm »
Don't mention the word suffer, I woke up this morning and am pretty damned sure that I have cracked a rib, It must have happened shortly after I mentioned a Dodgy Brothers episode in another thread, I wont do that again it hurts too much.
Easy fixed, just send all your Snickers to me, then it won't hurt al all.  ;)
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #42 on: October 29, 2015, 11:47:44 pm »
I already did, it appears that he, she or it is a zero poster....... :popcorn:
Let's hope we don't have to suffer it for a month until Dave does his next ZP purge.  |O

Too bad Dave only deletes the spam accounts... does this classify?  >:D
Please stand corrected:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/news/zero-posters-purged/
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #43 on: October 30, 2015, 12:04:12 am »
Too bad Dave only deletes the spam accounts... does this classify?  >:D
Please stand corrected:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/news/zero-posters-purged/
I was slightly wrong, but:
I also set my criteria to zero posts and inactive for the last month or two. And it's obvious most of them are just spam accounts that got through the filters.
And since it's on the end of every page...
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #44 on: October 30, 2015, 12:18:23 am »
This crap has to do with the forum software. The Reply # is always the same as that of the previous post.
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #45 on: October 30, 2015, 12:51:54 am »
If you have TamperMonkey in Chrome (proabably GreaseMonkey in FF works too, untested), hit below to install a user script to remove that annoying last post.

No warranty expressed or implied :)

https://gist.github.com/sleemanj/84e15fda23f79a7852b6/raw/eevblog-no-annoyance.user.js
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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #46 on: October 30, 2015, 01:06:30 am »
If you have TamperMonkey in Chrome (proabably GreaseMonkey in FF works too, untested), hit below to install a user script to remove that annoying last post.

No warranty expressed or implied :)

https://gist.github.com/sleemanj/84e15fda23f79a7852b6/raw/eevblog-no-annoyance.user.js

Thanks, works for me with TamperMonkey on Chrome OS  :-+
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #47 on: October 30, 2015, 01:09:00 am »
If you have TamperMonkey in Chrome (proabably GreaseMonkey in FF works too, untested), hit below to install a user script to remove that annoying last post.

No warranty expressed or implied :)

https://gist.github.com/sleemanj/84e15fda23f79a7852b6/raw/eevblog-no-annoyance.user.js
Thanks, works like a charm! :phew:

(I changed the "// @match" line to include the entire forum though, not just the blog part (i.e. removed "blog/")).
 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #48 on: October 30, 2015, 01:24:19 am »
The solution for my smart TV was duct tape, we will adapt in time I guess.

 

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Re: EEVblog Electronics Community Forum empty post
« Reply #49 on: October 30, 2015, 01:28:53 am »
The solution for my smart TV was duct tape, we will adapt in time I guess.

Uhhhhhh   :clap:
 


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