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 Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:06 pm
As many of you may or may not know, over the past few days there have been an unprecedented number of pop-up ads on gaia.
Actually, they're the first I've ever seen. And at least one is for a quiz about gaia promising 1.5 million gold.
I don't entirely know if this would be our jurisdiction, but I figured I would mention it.
In order to find out other people's experiences, I'm going to make an announcement.
If anyone else could share any experiences or information, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:15 pm
I only get those annoying talking ads.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:23 pm
imtammy I only get those annoying talking ads. yes i find them soooo irrtating if you refresh the page to see if you have a pm and one is there and your liek ahhh and i have to refsh it again there annoying and stupid
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:25 pm
I received on that looked exactly like a gaia page when I logged in.
Really?
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:27 pm
Have you tried using a pop-up blocker? I haven't had any pop-ups on Gaian yet. The only annoying ads I have experienced are the ones in the dressing rooms that cover my item poses list but all I have to do is move the list.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:34 pm
xena91388 Have you tried using a pop-up blocker? I haven't had any pop-ups on Gaian yet. The only annoying ads I have experienced are the ones in the dressing rooms that cover my item poses list but all I have to do is move the list. Same with myself. I've taken to using adblockplus. (Though seeing as for many sites that's their sole revenue, I should disable it and only enable it when I need the extra bandwidth...) Anyway, are scam pop-ups in their control? How to pop-ups come to be on a site in the first place? o__o
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:39 pm
Dragon Of The Rose xena91388 Have you tried using a pop-up blocker? I haven't had any pop-ups on Gaian yet. The only annoying ads I have experienced are the ones in the dressing rooms that cover my item poses list but all I have to do is move the list. Same with myself. I've taken to using adblockplus. (Though seeing as for many sites that's their sole revenue, I should disable it and only enable it when I need the extra bandwidth...) Anyway, are scam pop-ups in their control? How to pop-ups come to be on a site in the first place? o__o Hence my posting in the first place. Also, I would prefer it if you would not just say that they're 'sooo annoying'; I understand your frustration, but it's not constructive. As to the adblock- that's a fair point.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:44 pm
la dentelle Dragon Of The Rose xena91388 Have you tried using a pop-up blocker? I haven't had any pop-ups on Gaian yet. The only annoying ads I have experienced are the ones in the dressing rooms that cover my item poses list but all I have to do is move the list. Same with myself. I've taken to using adblockplus. (Though seeing as for many sites that's their sole revenue, I should disable it and only enable it when I need the extra bandwidth...) Anyway, are scam pop-ups in their control? How to pop-ups come to be on a site in the first place? o__o Hence my posting in the first place. Also, I would prefer it if you would not just say that they're 'sooo annoying'; I understand your frustration, but it's not constructive. As to the adblock- that's a fair point. I gather that they are javascript on the page. The javascript might be contained in a banner ad...it might be completely unintentional by Gaia, but the issue should be brought up with them so that if there is some source they can stop listing... I really don't know how any of it works. xd Good luck?
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:52 pm
I've encountered them before
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:20 pm
I haven't had any popups, but Adblock Plus with the element hiding helper for Firefox does wonders for getting rid of the ads.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:27 pm
I got a pop-up, took the quiz, but I don't remember it saying anything about gold. Anyways, I wasn't hacked. I guess that means everything's fine with it.
Or, we're talking about two different pop-ups.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:06 pm
I've had none at all. I do have a decent firewall and adblockers on firefox handy tho
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:54 pm
Please report them here.Please make sure to read the directions to find out which information is required when reporting an inappropriate ad.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:02 pm
I've seen similar in threads and such. What it usually ends up being in those cases, though, is that someone has a hack site set up that they're running through tinyurl.com. Whenever their post gets loaded, Gaia loads the tinyurl hack site, since it's in IMG tags, and voila - scam pop-up.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:32 pm
 "STFU I'm talking!"The only time I've gotten an alarming ad here on Gaia was one of the banner ads in Chatterbox that set off flags with my anti-virus.
If you don't use Firefox, make the switch and get the plugin Adblock Plus.
It's what I use, and it works very well. : D"Okay, I'm done." 
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