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[–] rozakus [S] 1 point 30 points (+31|-1) ago 

The site loaded just fine and i could see the article for a split second, then this appeared. Fuck this site.

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[–] weezkitty 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

That is usually what I do and it often works. I have yesscript installed to blacklist JS on a site basis

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[–] manapot 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Enable Firebug,

Select modal element,

click delete,

profit

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[–] Lucumon 0 points 23 points (+23|-0) ago 

This is why I don't read Forbes anymore.

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[–] ilikeskittles 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Ditto.

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[–] ScreaminMime 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wish there was a way to block it from all my searches with adding "-Forbes" to every search. Doesn't seem like it would be a hard app to write.

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[–] AmaleksHairyAss 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The day before Forbes implemented that I decided I liked them and disable Adblock on their site.

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[–] Futt 0 points 20 points (+20|-0) ago 

Looks like Anti-Adblock Killer takes care of it. Still a retarded thing to do though. Some of us use Adblock to avoid getting malware.

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[–] Iforgotmy_other_acct 0 points 18 points (+18|-0) ago 

As a battlefield communication network?

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[–] RevanProdigalKnight 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

If Anti-Adblock Killer doesn't take care of it, FuckFuckAdblock probably will.

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[–] AnTi90d 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Hey, thanks for that mention. I found their main page at: https://reek.github.io/anti-adblock-killer/ and there you can just subscribe to their anti-adblock filter list.

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[–] Haquyato ago 

I was looking for something like this, thank you.

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[–] marvinrabbit 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago 

Of course the flip side is, there is no reason that they should feel bad about you leaving and not coming back.

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[–] dabork 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I mean, it depends on what you mean by "feel bad".

Should they worry over one malcontent? Not at all.

Should they take note of just how many people do leave because of the strong possibility that the number is greater than they think and getting bigger every day? If they like money, then yes.

Sites like this that usually just end up regurgitating content from other sources rely really heavily on ad views, which is why they're so assblasted about ad blockers. But what's even worse than people coming to your site and blocking your ads is people not coming to your site at all.

Websites have to tread a fine line if they have very little to offer because users are fickle and they can and will find your content somewhere else. Think how much backlash people like Forbes got for doing shit like this, and tiny little sites that aren't part of one of the most successful publications in the world think they can get away with it? That's a little bit funny to me.

You want ad money? Stop supporting companies that use obtrusive ads, it's really that simple.
Until then, you can keep your malware and your popups and your popunders and your epilepsy-inducing animations and your auto-playing unpausable videos with no mute button and your slideshows with slides on separate pages and all your other bullshit.

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[–] nobslob 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Sites that ... regurgitating content from other sources

The internet will be a better place when these kinds of site die anyway.

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[–] paradox42 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I don't know I think sites like this screwed the pooch long ago when they abused ads and caused people to use ad block. Do you think my 75 year old grandma cares about ads? No, she doesn't, but I put ad block on her computer so I won't have to wipe her computer every month because of the malware and unsubscribe her from scams that she found by clicking on an ad that she thought was legit.

I think it's going to take some major practice changes before people will turn off ad block again, even for sites they like.

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[–] marvinrabbit ago 

Reasoned, well thought out, and articulated. I was only addressing the 'singular you' leaving and not coming back. And that probably aligns with their thinking on the subject.

But, I agree with all your major arguments. You point out that the 'singular you' can rapidly turn in to the 'plural you'. And that is death with the website has to say "Where did y'all go?"

I've talked to many people that seem to think they will somehow 'hurt' a site by not visiting them, even though they block the ads when they do visit. So I thought I was reacting to that kind of sentiment.

I can appreciate, however, that you are not in that camp and acknowledge our views probably line up pretty well.

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[–] paradox42 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

That's what started me using ad block. I just saw banner ads as something that came with the internet, but when watching a video I couldn't stop an ad from restarting and playing audio at the bottom of the page I desired to look into that adblock thing.

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[–] cyril75 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Anything that has a delay pop-up JS thing asking me to subscribe, log in, join, talk, engage, anything. Soon as it appears I'm out of there. Really really gets on my nerves.

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[–] nobslob 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

or covering up the content after a few seconds with a transparent layer and a popup forcing registration. It's 2016, all browsers let me right click, inspect the dom, and delete any nodes I choose. Bam, Transparent layer, gone! Bam, forced registration form, gone! It's actually quite satisfying.

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[–] Voopin__Voopin 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

can you eli5 this for me?

i have seen mentionof disabling certain elements of a page. is this the same type of thing? Is it really as simple as finding something called "registrationpopup.whatever" and disabling it? is there a checkbox to disable it?

with those type sites ive just been putting the URL into archive.is, so thats another option too.

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[–] rozakus [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Most adblockers have a "block element" feature that you can use. Just select the "please login" and/or gray layer and proceed.

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[–] nobslob 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm a developer, I can edit the dom of any page pretty easily. I don't recommend doing it my way if you don't read html/js very well.

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[–] Arotaes_Forgehammer 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Usually there's a way to pick the element and block the interfering popup IIRC. I've done it before.

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