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  • 25-10-2019 01:17AM
    #1
    Weltsmertz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 308 ✭✭


    Nearly every time I look at boards recently the threads have been covered by ads.
    This is really annoying. I realise there a workarounds to get past the ads and see threads but this is time consuming.


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    #2
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,252 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Us an ad blocker. Takes a few minutes to download and set up.


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    #3
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,617 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Touch site.


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    #4
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Get a bigger monitor ;)


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    #5
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,617 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Won't be a problem for much longer anyway. The place is failing rapidly.


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    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    kneemos wrote: »
    Won't be a problem for much longer anyway. The place is failing rapidly.


    How many years have I heard this same drum being beat now?


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    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,932 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Take a screen shot and post it here: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=30


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    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Peatys


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    How many years have I heard this same drum being beat now?

    6


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    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    they need to learn what a media query is.


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    #10
    BigAl81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭BigAl81


    I have a fix for this!

    I presume your using Chrome on a mobile phone as this happens me too.

    Click on the three dots on the very top right of the screen to bring up the browser menu.

    Click on the checkbox next to "Desktop Site".

    Job done!

    Or, as others have said, use the touch site by clicking on the link at the very bottom of the page.

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    #11
    Weltsmertz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 308 ✭✭Weltsmertz


    kneemos wrote: »
    Touch site.
    BigAl81 wrote: »
    I have a fix for this!

    I presume your using Chrome on a mobile phone as this happens me too.

    Click on the three dots on the very top right of the screen to bring up the browser menu.

    Click on the checkbox next to "Desktop Site".

    Job done!

    Or, as others have said, use the touch site by clicking on the link at the very bottom of the page.

    Thanks very much for this. Using Chrome on a mobile. Ads covered top part of site most times I looked at it. Suggested solutions seem to have gotten rid of them.


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    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,371 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    a lot of the time i use m.boards.ie
    no ads and much quicker


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    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,617 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Peatys wrote: »
    6


    Thanks Pete.


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    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Peatys


    kneemos wrote: »
    Thanks Pete.

    Anytime


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    fergus1001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭fergus1001


    any chance of an app for the phone that is supported ?


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    #16
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,586 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    yeah similar ...threads or posts etc


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    #17
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,680 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    How many years have I heard this same drum being beat now?

    For me place started really going downhill on 17th Jan 2008.


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    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,586 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    well i guess so long as they pay for it....boards gets to make use of selling ad space.


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    #19
    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    The touch site is brilliant I thought everyone used it.


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    #20
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,686 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    How many years have I heard this same drum being beat now?
    And every year it gets truer and truer. Look at Google trends for the backup

    Aren't most new threads these days started by ten post wonders who disappear as quickly as they arrived? The the quality of discussion on the busiest forums has gone to the dogs.

    Between August and November 2013 the site seemed to fall off a cliff in terms of viewership, whatever happened then. What that the era of the great hack?


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