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Touch site ads. Accidentally tapping all the time

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  • #52
    Dr Turk Turkelton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,963 ✭✭✭Dr Turk Turkelton


    It's gotten so bad now I hear Rupert Murdoch is using it as a template for Sky TV ads.


  • #53
    charlietheminxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭charlietheminxx


    The Uber ad is melting my head. Every 5 minutes when I scroll past it, a window opens on Safari and my App Store launches. I actually already have Uber as well! Something needs to be done about this, I almost exclusively use the touch site but this is making it almost unusable and reading threads is now taking me a lot longer than before with having to close tabs and the App Store at least once per thread.


  • #54
    KomradeBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭KomradeBishop


    charlietheminxx wrote: »
    The Uber ad is melting my head. Every 5 minutes when I scroll past it, a window opens on Safari and my App Store launches. I actually already have Uber as well! Something needs to be done about this, I almost exclusively use the touch site but this is making it almost unusable and reading threads is now taking me a lot longer than before with having to close tabs and the App Store at least once per thread.
    On a related topic, Uber is one particularly bad shíthole of a company, which would be good to see Boards boycott advertisements of, if it's possible to do that with the ad system:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_%28company%29#Threatening_journalists

    In the Wiki article, it lists how they have been flouting competition laws all over the world, sabotaging competitors, personally threatening journalists critical of them, violating user privacy where high profile people using their services were tracked 'recreationally' without any real data protection guidelines (they also had a data 'breach' leaking a significant number of Uber drivers info) - they are getting banned in more and more countries now in Europe, mainly I believe for anticompetitive practices.


  • #55
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    charlietheminxx wrote: »
    The Uber ad is melting my head. Every 5 minutes when I scroll past it, a window opens on Safari and my App Store launches. I actually already have Uber as well! Something needs to be done about this, I almost exclusively use the touch site but this is making it almost unusable and reading threads is now taking me a lot longer than before with having to close tabs and the App Store at least once per thread.

    This by a mile, it's head wrecking, if that ad is on the page I'm on it automatically launches and you don't need to touch or tap it. Please make it stop.


  • #56
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    If this Uber ad pops up again, can you please get the click through URL for it? We can't block specific Google ads without that I'm afraid.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #57
    charlietheminxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭charlietheminxx


    It comes up frequently for me so I'll pop the link in here ASAP.


  • #58
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    http://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=L&ai=CAuEi_x6tVc31Hqv87QaZobyIC8Gvvu8GwYPYvvcBwI23ARABIABg9drqg_wOggEXY2EtcHViLTU0MzgzNDc1MDYzOTkwMzTIAQngAgCoAwGYBACqBKIBT9BReImlt8wMnM-_6Ju9LxyiCjn5lUIb9Y9pn8_D04Tr3NfyDoNiVdG0cHAsHGo4UjI7X6IKVW_usbUk0QXQcLeYXe90LonR8oA0aj69bVd2MvwSYOcBCkIsH1eMJngh1n6o-fWIswJcoja4SZ8O1WAuoee_JaZ-W_Dj2VlnyVup7wdm4Sro7nj6wC1ri58OU4Zn13Z5jie-5b0x6g-6f5Ty4AQBgAa87-DtwqjxkzGgBiHYBwA&num=1&sig=AOD64_0u5tx4HdE4kBtPxWg_tAYzqCxROA&client=ca-pub-5438347506399034&adurl=http://89054.measurementapi.com/serve?action=click&publisher_id=89054&site_id=17688&offer_id=249980&sub_publisher=spotad&sub_campaign=SpotAd-Fetch_81_210_dublin_R_iOS_ACQ_CPI_en_Ongoing&sub_adgroup=A081_A550_A543995&sub_ad=2015-06_300x250_Easy-A_Getting-Around-Made-Easy_en_dublin&publisher_ref_id=03f22312-e509-52b2-f9b3-867b273021a0%7C1047%7CUA-55368151-14%7C%7C55ad1eff0007bacd0adb7e2bb10f1099&sub_placement=touch.boards.ie


  • #59
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    It seems to be all ads that are for (iphone) apps afais, keep forgetting to get the links, sorry. There were two others, a dining/food type one and.. something else..

    They open on click down as opposed to click up, I dunno if that's different lingo for mobile speak.


  • #60
    skirtgirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭skirtgirl


    Much nicer to see Irish dairy farmer ads than 500 plus ads. Will def be boycotting whatever rubbish the 500 plus ads were spamming. Not even good ads on their behalf. Irish dairy farmer ads are much more appealing which maybe doesn't say much for my taste ðŸ˜


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  • #61
    fullstop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,500 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    Is the touch site down now? Keeps re-directing to mobile site for me.


  • #62
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,354 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Just happened. Again. On this thread...


  • #63
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    fullstop wrote: »
    Is the touch site down now? Keeps re-directing to mobile site for me.

    If you are being sent to the full site, you can switch back to touch via the link in the footer of any page.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #64
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Boards.ie: Niamh wrote: »
    If this Uber ad pops up again, can you please get the click through URL for it? We can't block specific Google ads without that I'm afraid.
    Still getting uber app ad and I can't grab a url for it as it opens on the down press on iphone. Only got a screenshot, dunno if that helps.


  • #65
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Gordon wrote: »
    Still getting uber app ad and I can't grab a url for it as it opens on the down press on iphone. Only got a screenshot, dunno if that helps.

    how i got it was disconnecting from the wifi with no data signal so the popup page couldn't load


  • #66
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Gordon wrote: »
    Still getting uber app ad and I can't grab a url for it as it opens on the down press on iphone. Only got a screenshot, dunno if that helps.

    Thanks, I had asked for the URL ganmo reported earlier to be blocked, let me see if that's been done yet.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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  • #67
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Cheers ganmo. Here's mine in case it's any different.

    http://89054.measurementapi.com/serve?action=click&publisher_id=89054&site_id=17688&offer_id=249980&sub_publisher=spotad&sub_campaign=spotad-Fetch_184_18_london_R_iOS_ACQ_CPI_en&sub_ad=2015-5_300x250_Summer_ExploreYourCityMoreThisSummer_en_london&sub_adgroup=A081_A550_A399186&publisher_ref_id=7102ac27-dfd9-4745-be72-75564a790184_881115010110811011111188105%253A%253A1745%253A%253AUA-55368151-14%253A%253A%253A%253A55b258710006dab50ac28e44020006e8&sub_placement=touch.boards.ie


  • #68
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Hmm, looks completely different. Here's another url from uber. http://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=L&ai=C_ZZLP1myVbG-FIWpigaY4bO4BMGvvu8GwYPYvvcBwI23ARABIABgu76ug9AKggEXY2EtcHViLTU0MzgzNDc1MDYzOTkwMzTIAQngAgCoAwGYBACqBKkBT9AORjzmZmd9v7c44p1McAvDw-o8P5vc2T1IsdqulQL7mk4vMAreSe5ZcxkBs5HchVb7OFdtb0YezND8DzMyvDkFxllKMjEhET8wTpKVR2dYf0WXGga4CugGb3NWSyGTHjImYcE2xuC9rPyXIojebC-U6pNzWJTXwkp87rpoks9kmwcKoikPi9h1p1bRRpTgVc672_k7R4WUwXP-boa6mtTYRTFGdJXEpeAEAYAGsr7QnpC32rREoAYh2AcA&num=1&sig=AOD64_1x6LzkfZxvyJB-OWqxDp-267beiw&client=ca-pub-5438347506399034&adurl=http://89054.measurementapi.com/serve?action=click&publisher_id=89054&site_id=17688&offer_id=249980&sub_publisher=spotad&sub_campaign=spotad-Fetch_184_18_london_R_iOS_ACQ_CPI_en&sub_ad=2015-5_300x250_Summer_Thecoolestwaytoride_en_london&sub_adgroup=A081_A550_A399172&publisher_ref_id=fa1fe8fe-674a-fece-e465-6ac734c452a9%7C1064%7CUA-55368151-14%7C%7C55b2593f00051f310ac29485470cf098&sub_placement=touch.boards.ie


  • #69
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    these ads are a total pain in the ass. I'm convinced its because of them my mobile browser crashes intermittently. could they be made smaller and static?


  • #70
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Gordon wrote: »
    Still getting uber app ad and I can't grab a url for it as it opens on the down press on iphone. Only got a screenshot, dunno if that helps.

    Can you send/post the screenshot if you still have it please Gordon? Thanks.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #71
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Sure thing


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  • #72
    shanec1928
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,166 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    these ads are a total pain in the ass. I'm convinced its because of them my mobile browser crashes intermittently. could they be made smaller and static?
    No was the response i got to that question before.


  • #73
    hitemfrank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,918 ✭✭✭hitemfrank


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    these ads are a total pain in the ass. I'm convinced its because of them my mobile browser crashes intermittently. could they be made smaller and static?

    They certainly crash my mobile web browser and the times it doesn't crash the browser scrolling down the pages is a juddering mess.

    I have to turn off java to make the touch site usable but that's a pain in the hole if I go to any other site that needs java to run properly (which happens a lot of I click just about any link in the threads I'm reading). It then becomes a case of read Boards with java off, click a link in a thread, go into browser settings and turn java on, read the link, go back into browser settings turn java off and then use Boards again.


  • #74
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Can all of you who are experiencing these issues let us know what make and model of device and flavour of Android or iOS you're running please?

    I have to be honest here, I did a lot of browsing of Boards on my 2+ year old HTC One M7 running Android 4.1 and then 5 - I can honestly say I don't ever recall accidentally clicking on an ad. I've recently upgraded to an Xperia Z3+ and as it's got a larger screen res, the likelihood of accidental clicks is lower and definitely hasn't happened in the month I've had it.

    There is nothing we're doing that makes the ads catchment area bigger or more likely to be clicked - accidental clicks piss us off too because they make your experience such a pain in the arse. This is something we're factoring in to the new site too.


  • #75
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,464 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    The fact is you have a lot of people including myself who are actively telling you how the the ads are being constantly clicked accidentally and far too easily, you cannot discount that by saying you haven't hit the ads accidentally which is quite unbelievable or your scroll skills are on point, it is happening to a lot of users and making the site almost unusable at this stage for many.

    I get how boards need ads, ads are fine but some of the ads are too heavy in loading and aren't positioned ideally. For example, I'm not sure who the ad is from but there is one with a GAA player that just refuses to load smoothly causing the whole page to crash almost.

    I've used a galaxy S5, and iPhone 6s and currently using a lenovo k3 note. All with big screens and high spec and still finding trouble avoiding clicking the ads.


  • #76
    hitemfrank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,918 ✭✭✭hitemfrank


    OSI wrote: »
    What phone?

    Galaxy S3 with Android version 4.3


  • #77
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Dav wrote: »
    Can all of you who are experiencing these issues let us know what make and model of device and flavour of Android or iOS you're running please?

    I have to be honest here, I did a lot of browsing of Boards on my 2+ year old HTC One M7 running Android 4.1 and then 5 - I can honestly say I don't ever recall accidentally clicking on an ad. I've recently upgraded to an Xperia Z3+ and as it's got a larger screen res, the likelihood of accidental clicks is lower and definitely hasn't happened in the month I've had it.

    There is nothing we're doing that makes the ads catchment area bigger or more likely to be clicked - accidental clicks piss us off too because they make your experience such a pain in the arse. This is something we're factoring in to the new site too.

    do boards staff see the same ads as us? or are they like mods etc?

    Numerous times i've thumbed an ads but they don't act like normal links where if you scroll it recognises that and doesn't open the link. the problem ads open as soon as you touch them regardless if you scroll or hold the tap longer


  • #78
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    ganmo wrote: »
    do boards staff see the same ads as us? or are they like mods etc?

    Numerous times i've thumbed an ads but they don't act like normal links where if you scroll it recognises that and doesn't open the link. the problem ads open as soon as you touch them regardless if you scroll or hold the tap longer

    We definitely do (as do mods - there's no difference in the ads served).


  • #79
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    OSI wrote: »
    I'm really not seeing the issue tbh. I often use the ads as scrolling anchors.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGcyO9QxNs

    Those ads are regular google ads, they don't cause issues when touching for me.


  • #80
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    OSI wrote: »
    I'm really not seeing the issue tbh. I often use the ads as scrolling anchors.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGcyO9QxNs

    it was a problem with that uber ad, not all of the ads are uber sensitive

    sorry I was lead to believe not having ads was one of the perks of being a mod


  • #81
    cyning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭cyning


    I'm using an iPhone 5s with iOS 8.2.

    The problem is video ads I think myself now: hostelworld etc. The static ads don't seem to be an issue most of the time. But there's definitely been times I've had the ad open even though I havent hit it rather beside it.


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  • #82
    charlietheminxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭charlietheminxx


    I'm using an iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1.2

    It's just the Uber ad that's caused any problems for me to date.


  • #83
    Pretzill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    Bush5 Android 4.4.2
    Samsung Galaxy S5 mini

    I'm also having the problem regardless of ads tbh - but find though the screen is bigger in my cheapo Bush holding portrait makes the issue worse - held landscape and I can navigate away from errant clicks.

    It's not just a problem with boards - many sites have the same easy click ads - but their position is more avoidable - I do think the ad position in the middle of a thread is often the one that catches me out - I also slowed down touch rate which helped a little bit.


    It may of may not be a problem for every user - but I do think that interaction on many of the topics has slowed down - this could just be summer traffic but I do wonder if these ads are turning users away - it can be really annoying but I've got used to them at this point.


  • #84
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,812 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    hitemfrank wrote: »
    They certainly crash my mobile web browser and the times it doesn't crash the browser scrolling down the pages is a juddering mess.

    I have to turn off java to make the touch site usable but that's a pain in the hole if I go to any other site that needs java to run properly (which happens a lot of I click just about any link in the threads I'm reading). It then becomes a case of read Boards with java off, click a link in a thread, go into browser settings and turn java on, read the link, go back into browser settings turn java off and then use Boards again.
    To be fair this isnt just a boards problem though, I cant look at rte.ie or the bbc either with java on without it crashing my browser


  • #85
    hitemfrank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,918 ✭✭✭hitemfrank


    riffmongous wrote: »
    To be fair this isnt just a boards problem though, I cant look at rte.ie or the bbc either with java on without it crashing my browser

    Strange, neither of those sites give me any issues.


  • #86
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Yeah I get it quite a bit on various sites, so much so that I tend to switch off app installations via iOS settings > general > restrictions > installing apps. It stops the App Store from opening.


  • #87
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    cyning wrote: »
    I'm using an iPhone 5s with iOS 8.2.

    The problem is video ads I think myself now: hostelworld etc. The static ads don't seem to be an issue most of the time. But there's definitely been times I've had the ad open even though I havent hit it rather beside it.

    iPhone 5 with ios8.2. The Uber ad and also the Gaa guy have started acting up now


  • #88
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    iPhone 5c version 8.4

    That hostel ad is driving me insane. Over the last few months, I must have as many posts in feedback regarding this issue as I do in all other forums. I certainly check feedback as often as anywhere else due to it.

    I'm enjoying boards less and less each day and I don't want to feel like that. The posters should be the dysfunctional ones not the website ;)


  • #89
    GBX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,020 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Jiayu S3 4.4 android


  • #90
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    iPhone 5c version 8.4

    That hostel ad is driving me insane. Over the last few months, I must have as many posts in feedback regarding this issue as I do in all other forums. I certainly check feedback as often as anywhere else due to it.

    I'm enjoying boards less and less each day and I don't want to feel like that. The posters should be the dysfunctional ones not the website ;)

    Which hostel ad?

    These are almost certainly random Google ads that are quite likely tailored to your browsing history, so until you report them (in this thread please) we can't take any action - and we will if they're causing problems.


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  • #91
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Dav wrote: »
    Which hostel ad?

    These are almost certainly random Google ads that are quite likely tailored to your browsing history, so until you report them (in this thread please) we can't take any action - and we will if they're causing problems.

    Done as requested.

    Will that stop the accidentally tapping issue though? That's what I'm peeved about.


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