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[jj9000]

Wasn't this always the plan?

 

Disruptive Ads within each thread that generate site Revenue?

 

This water was tested a few years ago, when there was talk about a No-Ad subscription model.

 

 

[radiman]

Here just to say I am also getting video ads popping up in between posts in a thread that are auto playing with audio.  Killing my vibe here at work as I stealthily browse GolfWRX instead of being productive haha.  

[Gxgolfer]

The audio issue should not be happening and they are looking at it. The mini player scrolling out of screen we are discussing. 

[radiman]

On my desktop, the mini player starts playing video and audio as soon as I scroll to it as I am going up or down the thread.  If I scroll enough for it to go out of the page, it moves to the bottom right hand corner of my screen.  

 

On my phone, it's there and the video auto plays.  But the audio is muted by default.  It's an iPhone 13 on Safari.  Desktop is Windows 11 on Chrome. 

[ThinkingPlus]

30 minutes ago, Gxgolfer said:

The audio issue should not be happening and they are looking at it. The mini player scrolling out of screen we are discussing. 

Not sure if this will be helpful or not but, I am not experiencing any of these issues.  I am running the full site (not mobile) using Opera on Android.

[Tanner25]

Still experiencing it. It was bad enough to have ads after the first post. Now, the ads talk, lol

[Olde Maroon]

2 hours ago, Gxgolfer said:

The audio issue should not be happening and they are looking at it. The mini player scrolling out of screen we are discussing. 

Thank you for jumping in to respond. As I type this, I hear just people cackling while they apparently play golf. No video I can find anywhere (Chrome mobile on Android). I cant imagine this is an ad, as it is literally just guys laughing so much they are coughing. No clue what I'm listening to.

[scottaz]

13 hours ago, Gxgolfer said:

 

 

please provide a screenshot. 

 

[braincramp52]

This sucks

[dcmidnight]

Came back into this thread and now have a Callaway ad playing in the middle of the thread and an Expedia ad playing in the sidebar.

 

When I scroll to the end the Callaway ad follows me in the bottom right corner but I am still getting the sound from both ads.

 

Surely we can all agree that ONE ad with blaring audio is bad enough? lol

Edited January 20, 2023 by dcmidnight

[jj9000]

14 minutes ago, dcmidnight said:

Came back into this thread and now have a Callaway ad playing in the middle of the thread and an Expedia ad playing in the sidebar.

 

When I scroll to the end the Callaway ad follows me in the bottom right corner but I am still getting the sound from both ads.

 

GX be like

 

[Argonne69]

Seriously, what's with the rash of auto playing ads in the past few days? Bad enough that we have to deal with the ginormous banner ads at the top of the pages, and the large ads inserted after the first forum entry, but now we have multiple auto playing ads that play again after hitting pause? Sheesh. 

 

[BCC1898]

Worse yet, everytime you come back to the page from opening a new tab...the Ad/Sound start again!!!

[scottaz]

I've cut the volume off, which helps....a little. 

[Gxgolfer]

6 hours ago, scottaz said:

 

 

we are being told that they ads are muted now. Is the audio still going?
 

please provide screenshots of mini player blocking content.  

[Argonne69]

12 minutes ago, Gxgolfer said:

 

we are being told that they ads are muted now. Is the audio still going?
 

please provide screenshots of mini player blocking content.  

 

Ads appear to be muted on mobile platforms. 

 

[Gxgolfer]

22 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Ads appear to be muted on mobile platforms. 

 

IOS or Android?  IOS looked muted to me earlier.

[Bad9]

5 minutes ago, Gxgolfer said:

IOS or Android?  IOS looked muted to me earlier.

The ads stayed muted on Safari on my Mac. My issue was MS edge on Windows which I won't be able to check until Monday

[Argonne69]

27 minutes ago, Gxgolfer said:

IOS or Android?  IOS looked muted to me earlier.

 

Android here. 

 

[TomBomb51]

Brave browser set to aggressively block pop ups. Cures this. Without it, the site is unbearable at the moment.

[Gxgolfer]

The mini player I see rolls to the gutter on the bottom right. I don’t see it blocking content. 

[bekgolf]

Windows 10 with Firefox and a dues paying subscriber.  Getting ads in the threads.  It started a few days ago.

 

 

 

[Olde Maroon]

22 hours ago, Gxgolfer said:

 

we are being told that they ads are muted now. Is the audio still going?
 

please provide screenshots of mini player blocking content.  

The ads have been muted for me today (Chrome Android mobile). Hopefully others are finding the same. Thank you for being diligent in addressing this issue for us. Have a great rest of your weekend. 

[Gxgolfer]

2 hours ago, bekgolf said:

Windows 10 with Firefox and a dues paying subscriber.  Getting ads in the threads.  It started a few days ago.

 

 

 

That is the expected behavior.  As you scroll past it, it will go bottom right gutter if its a video ad.

[bekgolf]

6 hours ago, Gxgolfer said:

That is the expected behavior.  As you scroll past it, it will go bottom right gutter if its a video ad.

 

I was under the impression that I would be ad free due to paying an annual fee.  I was in the past.

[Gxgolfer]

10 hours ago, bekgolf said:

 

I was under the impression that I would be ad free due to paying an annual fee.  I was in the past.

That has never been stated or implemented. 

[Bad9]

Back in the office this am and can report that on MS Edge/Windows the ads play but the sound is off. Hopefully it stays this way.

[KC13]

Ads appear muted now for me, suspect others too now.  

[Argonne69]

Ads are auto playing with volume again. Chrome on Android. 

 

[TomBomb51]

On 2/13/2023 at 1:50 PM, Argonne69 said:

Ads are auto playing with volume again. Chrome on Android. 

 

Same for me. Brave browser (when unblocking content) on Windows 11.