View Full Version : The amount of Ads/Spyware on this site is getting ridiculous


Banana
03-10-2008, 07:40 PM
Honestly is it paying that well that it's necessary to have it on this site? It's gotten to the point where nearly every page I click it has to try to load about 50 or so other pages but they get blocked. I can see them trying to load at the bottom of IE, and it freezes up the page until they are done all getting blocked. But 1 in 3 times one will get through and instead of letting me view the netphoria page it will forward me to some random ass ad website where I will have to then hit back and go through the same fucking process again. What is the fucking point of this, I can't see this really giving that much if any more revenue to the site than normal ads. And screw using FireFox.

Eulogy
03-10-2008, 07:41 PM
And screw using FireFox.

ok, well you're an idiot then. either stop posting, get firefox, or quit bitching.

Ol' Couch Ass
03-10-2008, 07:42 PM
THEN JUST FUCKING GO AWAY

Banana
03-10-2008, 07:44 PM
THEN JUST FUCKING GO AWAY

I'VE GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO!

I'm dieing of boredom here, stuck in my house due to mono and slowly going insane because of it. This site has always been terrible with ads, but it's gotten absolutely horrendous over the past few days.

Eulogy
03-10-2008, 07:45 PM
I'VE GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO!

I'm dieing of boredom here, stuck in my house due to mono and slowly going insane because of it. This site has always been terrible with ads, but it's gotten absolutely horrendous over the past few days.

then get firefox and quit bitching

Banana
03-10-2008, 07:46 PM
Fuck firefox, I have it and can't stand it. I refuse to use it, it's shitty compared to IE.

MakeAWishFound
03-10-2008, 07:47 PM
go to hipinion they dont have any ads or spywarehipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion hipinion

sppunk
03-10-2008, 07:47 PM
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shannon
03-10-2008, 07:51 PM
DONATE OR DIE!!!!!!

shannon
03-10-2008, 07:52 PM
:rockon:

Ol' Couch Ass
03-10-2008, 07:57 PM
Make like the subject of every single one of Godsmack's songs and "GO AWAY"

Banana
03-10-2008, 07:57 PM
I'm going to have to donate but I'm going to try to hold out till the christmas special opens up again.

trev
03-10-2008, 08:00 PM
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i think i have epilepsy now

hnibos
03-10-2008, 08:00 PM
i dont see how anyone can be such bitches about what browser they use. its just a fucking browser.

trev
03-10-2008, 08:01 PM
Fuck firefox, I have it and can't stand it. I refuse to use it, it's shitty compared to IE.

you speak stupid talk. how is IE better?

Nimrod's Son
03-10-2008, 08:02 PM
<marquee>Fuck firefox, I have it and can't stand it. I refuse to use it, it's shitty compared to IE.

hnibos
03-10-2008, 08:02 PM
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wHATcOLOR
03-10-2008, 08:04 PM
Fuck firefox, I have it and can't stand it. I refuse to use it, it's shitty compared to IE.



if you're refusing to use an easy and well known solution that doesn't have any negative impact to you, you haven't got much reason to complain

i'm trying to make a man out of you, man

neopryn
03-10-2008, 08:07 PM
how do those ad sites stay in business? does people who get redirected there actually look and say "hmm this looks interesting, i think i'll shell out some money even though i have no way of determining this merchant's credibility."

Banana
03-10-2008, 08:10 PM
I like how I can just click on a new tab in IE and use it instead of having to right click add new tab like you have to in firefox.

Mo
03-10-2008, 08:12 PM
Fuck firefox, I have it and can't stand it. I refuse to use it, it's shitty compared to IE.

Are you mental?

redbull
03-10-2008, 08:12 PM
I like how I can just click on a new tab in IE and use it instead of having to right click add new tab like you have to in firefox.

:rofl:

redbull
03-10-2008, 08:12 PM
does IE even support plug-ins?

Mo
03-10-2008, 08:13 PM
I like how I can just click on a new tab in IE and use it instead of having to right click add new tab like you have to in firefox.

What what what?!

Eulogy
03-10-2008, 08:16 PM
how do those ad sites stay in business? does people who get redirected there actually look and say "hmm this looks interesting, i think i'll shell out some money even though i have no way of determining this merchant's credibility."

yeah, someone explain this

shannon
03-10-2008, 08:16 PM
pretty intense browser battle

wally
03-10-2008, 08:26 PM
I like how I can just click on a new tab in IE and use it instead of having to right click add new tab like you have to in firefox.


does ctrl+t not work for you? are you missing the t key on your keyboard? it's not even your mouse hand if you're right handed.

redbull
03-10-2008, 08:27 PM
does IE even support plug-ins?

<kljh>

Banana
03-10-2008, 08:29 PM
<kljh>


what plug-ins? What should I care about plugins

The Jesus
03-10-2008, 08:31 PM
Add forums.netphoria.org to Internet Explorer's restricted sites, you silly yellow fool!

redbull
03-10-2008, 08:34 PM
what plug-ins? What should I care about plugins

because they're the #1 reason that firefox kicks the shit out of IE.

JapanAlex
03-10-2008, 08:38 PM
ok ok ok I got here just in time!

There was this big hoo-har about the security issues in IE and FIREFOX

I think IE had around 100 plus issues of which about half were fixed up until now

Firefox on the other hand had over 160 and all have been fixed apart from 3 in the latest issue

and they still haven't finished firefox 3 yet!

So yes - if you like using the most unsafe, annoying, slow, ugly browser on the planet -- be my guest!

redbull
03-10-2008, 08:41 PM
yeah the whole clusterfuck amounts of security flaws too.

Nate the Grate
03-10-2008, 08:45 PM
Firefox has this little button on the far left next to your first tab that, when clicked, opens a new tab. It's magical.

That said, this board is pretty shitty, as evidenced by the fact that you have to go out of your way to use it (downloading a specific browser, downloading AdBlock Plus). Also, the shit like sppunk's post and the subsequent quoting of it (LOL, we're so funny on the internet!) are so fucking annoying and detract from the overall quality of the board. This place is dying and just gets shittier by the day.

Oh, this is completely directed at the General board. The Music board is still quality and is the only board that I check every day, and I have no idea what's going on in Pumpkinland.

Nate the Grate
03-10-2008, 08:46 PM
Firefox is also endlessly customizable, and I love it! I tried Opera for a while but it was just a watered down Firefox.

Floppy Nono
03-10-2008, 08:48 PM
what plug-ins? What should I care about plugins

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1456

here, this is why. now quit crying and use firefox.

HOLD YOUR FIRE BOYS, I JUST EVENED UP THE SCORE.

Eulogy
03-10-2008, 08:51 PM
This place is dying and just gets shittier by the day.



oh good lord. people have been stating this as some sort of fact since 2002.

Nate the Grate
03-10-2008, 08:54 PM
oh good lord. people have been stating this as some sort of fact since 2002.
And it's far shittier now than it was then.

Eulogy
03-10-2008, 08:56 PM
And it's far shittier now than it was then.

no, no it's not.

does anyone ever look at the archives? go take a look and come back and tell me what was so great.

everyone just likes to think that they were a part of the good ol' days and that they've witnessed the board's downward spiral. it's completely ridiculous.

Nimrod's Son
03-10-2008, 09:00 PM
no, no it's not.

does anyone ever look at the archives? go take a look and come back and tell me what was so great.

everyone just likes to think that they were a part of the good ol' days and that they've witnessed the board's downward spiral. it's completely ridiculous.

it's just as shitty as it always was

on the flipside, there's very little nuggets of goodness like there used to be

metal
03-10-2008, 09:01 PM
... and that they've witnessed the board's downward spiral.

what sparked this?

MistaMista1
03-10-2008, 09:03 PM
everyone just likes to think that they were a part of the good ol' days and that they've witnessed the board's downward spiral. it's completely ridiculous.

I've been waiting for someone to say this.

on the flipside, there's very little nuggets of goodness like there used to be

few.

Floppy Nono
03-10-2008, 09:06 PM
who gives a shit, it's a pumpkins forum first and foremost. It's sad there aren't more interesting characters around here to offset the shitty posters, myself included, but i guess that's just the way things are. Maybe we can lure some of them from hipinion.



that said, i imagine if i were to stay around her as long as some of you have, i bet i'd feel the same way and i dont blame you at all.

Banana
03-10-2008, 09:11 PM
I'm trying this mozilla nonsense. How do I make it so it doesnt shoot up my history in the google toolbar? I don't want people seeing the pornsites I go to.

ravenguy2000
03-10-2008, 09:14 PM
who gives a shit, it's a pumpkins forum first and foremost.

i really wish you would die

Floppy Nono
03-10-2008, 09:15 PM
well, it is! The sites tagline isn't "Netphoria, your daily general board fix".

Floppy Nono
03-10-2008, 09:16 PM
I'm trying this mozilla nonsense. How do I make it so it doesnt shoot up my history in the google toolbar? I don't want people seeing the pornsites I go to.


tools > options > privacy

Andrew_Pakula
03-10-2008, 11:22 PM
I'm going to have to donate but I'm going to try to hold out till the christmas special opens up again.

If you had actually looked on the Donation page you would have seen that is actually still available: http://forums.netphoria.org/payments.php

Banana
03-10-2008, 11:30 PM
If you had actually looked on the Donation page you would have seen that is actually still available: http://forums.netphoria.org/payments.php

I thought it was just there though for shits and giggles

ella
03-10-2008, 11:39 PM
Just donate, I did.

Everybody is doing it.

Floppy Nono
03-10-2008, 11:41 PM
maybe if you search him out and friend him on facebook and myspace and then add all his friends and then add all of their friends, he'll donate.

give it a try!

ella
03-10-2008, 11:43 PM
Already tried that.

Floppy Nono
03-10-2008, 11:44 PM
awww SHIT, we're fucked on this one then.

ella
03-10-2008, 11:51 PM
It's all up to Pakula now, with his strong business sense and extraordinary morale.

Floppy Nono
03-10-2008, 11:56 PM
Offer to give him a firefox tutorial if he donates, Pakula!!

Trotskilicious
03-11-2008, 12:49 AM
Fuck firefox, I have it and can't stand it. I refuse to use it, it's shitty compared to IE.

I swear Microsoft has some really loyal idiots.

Firefox is a superior program in almost every single category.

Tabs, pop up blocker, spell checker, probably even more shit that I don't know about since I'm not into computers. It's more secure and less targeted by people who write viruses and spyware so if you're going to be a dumb fuck that's your goddamn problem.

ChristHimself!
03-11-2008, 07:31 AM
I'm trying this mozilla nonsense. How do I make it so it doesnt shoot up my history in the google toolbar? I don't want people seeing the pornsites I go to.

try putting a strong plastic bag tightly over your head and tying it shut under your chin

wait 5 minutes and see what happens