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31-07-2019, 07:52 PM
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Anyone else seeing them?

So far I have seen two, 'arvest near me' - Mass brawl thread post 78 and 'bbv locations near me' on the stocking thread post No 32.

They appear in red at the end of the post.
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31-07-2019, 08:20 PM
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

Yes, I see them in the posts you have mentioned. Not clicked on.
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31-07-2019, 08:25 PM
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

Originally Posted by mart ->
Yes, I see them in the posts you have mentioned. Not clicked on.
They are maps showing bank locations. I clicked on the first because I thought it was a link by the poster.
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31-07-2019, 09:57 PM
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

uBlock/Adblock is your friend. Use either one.
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31-07-2019, 10:22 PM
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

Originally Posted by Judd ->
uBlock/Adblock is your friend. Use either one.
Adblock Plus, uBlock Origin and AdGuard have no effect on those links (tried in Firefox).
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31-07-2019, 10:44 PM
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

Originally Posted by Judd ->
uBlock/Adblock is your friend. Use either one.
Originally Posted by mart ->
Adblock Plus, uBlock Origin and AdGuard have no effect on those links (tried in Firefox).
Agreed, I have Adblock plus.
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31-07-2019, 10:44 PM
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

I have never seen those ads actually written IN someone's post before, what a ruddy cheek they've got!
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31-07-2019, 10:47 PM
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

An Ad Blocker probably can't be expected to block just a plain link. It doesn't look as if the links would have been put there on purpose. If not, this could be a job for Admin.
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

Originally Posted by Mups ->
I have never seen those ads actually written IN someone's post before, what a ruddy cheek they've got!
Are you saying you can see them too Mups?

Thing is, they are not Ads as such just a map of bank locations, banks that I have never even heard of let alone want to visit.
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31-07-2019, 11:01 PM
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Re: Ad links appearing in posts

Originally Posted by mart ->
An Ad Blocker probably can't be expected to block just a plain link. It doesn't look as if the links would have been put there on purpose. If not, this could be a job for Admin.
I use AdBlock on a MacBook Pro and have not seen those links so perhaps that together with Safari does prevent seeing them.
 
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