Whitelist Notification Feedback

[Nasukkin]

I'd consider whitelisting mmo-champion.com if its ads hadn't tried to give me viruses in the past.

[Total Crica]

Just for a bit of a "warning", I and no doubt many others have all-but stopped using Wowhead purely because of their cancerous ads that get through adblock. That kind of thing can kill your site. Avoid it.

what site is better then wowhead for wow info? like quests and gear drops, etc?

[Cyi]

what site is better then wowhead for wow info? like quests and gear drops, etc?

There isn't one. They own them all.

[the game]

what site is better then wowhead for wow info? like quests and gear drops, etc?

thottbot..

[Deleted]

Just right now, I blocked 131 on the front page. Is...is that meant to be acceptable?

I doubt you're blocking 131 ads, 131 requests on the other hand is something completely different

[IIamaKing]

The last time there was a malware issue was many years ago and I'm not sure it actually was on MMOC, it was an ad that appeared in Curse Client.

Do you have malicious ads?
It's very unlikely that an ad displaying on a page will give you a virus. If you ever click an ad, get redirected, and think you've received a virus, please let us know.

If you cant guarantee the safety of your ads, I will NEVER expose my computer to them. "Very Unlikely" = its possible. I will not whitelist a site that cant be asked to insure the safety of their customers.

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The redirect ads definitely aren't something we want to display. If you could report details we can get them removed. Without reports we really have no idea these bad ads are there, unless we run across them ourselves.

And if an ad redirects and infects my computer, MMO-C will replace it? OH no, yeh I doubt your customers want to vet ads for you.

[Trollhammer]

Right click - > block element.

[IIamaKing]

Just right now, I blocked 131 on the front page. Is...is that meant to be acceptable?

The response from Chaud is "those aren't ads, they are requests(or something)" Cool, your page slams my machine with ~50 requests for ????, you don't vet any of it, some any one of those 50 mystery requests could be malicious, but no biggs, if there is a problem, report it....

[Suru]

I would absolutely participate in some sort of membership to remove ads. I love the website, I hate ads

[Puupi]

I think it needs more cowbell.

[Aradur]

Why exactly was the other thread "Why i addblock MMO-C" closed without a word?

I just wanted to thank Winter Blossom for pointing out, that there is ABP for iPhones.
Untill yesterday the "Redirect-Adds" on my Mobile Phone still worked, it seems like today they are gone. I configurated ABP so that non-intrusive adds can be shown. The first time this leads to problems again this function will be disabled too.

For my desktop pc i wouldn't ever risk to get malware from all this cancerous adds, so i will never - under no circumstances ever - whitelist any sites. Not only for MMO-C, but for the whole web.

Btw: The best argument for me is "it is not financially viable". So...it is "financially viable" if everyone block's all ads then?

[Vespian]

If you cant guarantee the safety of your ads, I will NEVER expose my computer to them. "Very Unlikely" = its possible. I will not whitelist a site that cant be asked to insure the safety of their customers.

Also, as mentioned in the other thread, ads do not need to be clicked to spread malware. Ever. All they need to do, is get shown/executed.

My feedback:
> I'm a 10y member now, almost? I'm sorry to be so up front about this; MMO-C has been a stable beacon in my online existence. I've been banned, occasionally, but in general the climate is excellent to allow debate, I've occasionally verbally assaulted some mods, which would get me permabanned elsewhere. MMO-C is part of my daily routine. But you are just a website. You are just a forum. I have no forum addiction, nor social media addiction nor.. etc. I will never whitelist any website and I'll never subscribe to any website anywhere on the net, unless that website provides an actual service, that I regard as necessary. MMO-C is a luxury. If that luxury seizes to exist freely, in the case of MMO-C, I'll simply have to move on elsewhere. It will, maybe, hurt a bit, but it's a matter of principles.

I do hope you manage to keep everything up and running whichever way works for you and the members, but it won't be over my back.

[Acidz]

Not whitelisting any website, also not going to pay for a membership of a forum rofl.

[Rennadrel]

As many others have said, until there stops being 20+ blocked adds per page it's not gonna' happen, for reference, here's @Sigma's pic from the other thread:




As for the notification, it honestly doesn't bother me. It's one click to dismiss it, it was before, too. I think most of the hate is coming from the fact you're asking whilst knowing you have a shit-load of ads on the page.

I'm sure some would love to have a one-time or monthly donation to go add-free, though. But I doubt it'd be enough people to cover the loss of ads for the entire site.

E:
Just for a bit of a "warning", I and no doubt many others have all-but stopped using Wowhead purely because of their cancerous ads that get through adblock. That kind of thing can kill your site. Avoid it.

UBlock only shows me as having 12 ads blocked and there is nothing displayed on the pages.

[RobertoCarlos]

Dont try and upgrade your shitty whitelist notification mmo. Yes I do use an adblocker I dont need you telling me

[Perfectdark]

We strive to not interrupt your forum experience with intrustive ads.

That's what adblocker is for, lol.

[frogger237]

I wouldn't pay for a premium account just to post on the forum. I don't think enough people would do it that you should even consider doing that.
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But what if they added a porn section for paid members?

[Vespian]

But what if they added a porn section for paid members?

Have you been on the internet before?

[frogger237]

Have you been on the internet before?

But if you have porn and mmo champion there is no reason to leave the website.

[Maslenka]

This week, we're trying out a different AdBlock whitelisting request notification. This is something you can easily dismiss, and it'll appear every few days as a reminder that whitelisting really helps us out.

I really doubt this sort notification will ever persuade an AdBlock user to turn it off. We're using it for a reason. Thus, besides being annoying the notification is pretty much pointless.

Adds are cancer. I would accept bunch of small static images with short text. As of now, your adds slow down loading by good 1-2min, they are annoyingly animated which is distracting, take a lot of space on viewport even on bigger screen, etc etc. Needless to say that I'm not interested in your adds in any way and not going to click them even if they eventually show up, ever.