Noisy inline video advertisements - unacceptable

[WinterDeere]

It seems now the forum is playing VIDEO advertisements on every page, with sound(!), as I browse the forum. Totally unacceptable, as many members are probably viewing the forum from locations where loud advertisements are not permitted.

Is it really necessary to start playing a video commercial on each page? Total over-reach, IMO.

 

[WinterDeere]

It appears to be specifically the "muscle milk" advertisement. It's showing an "X" over the inline speaker icon, meaning it should be muted, but it is not muted. After it starts playing sound, you can click on the inline speaker icon (bottom left hand corner of video ad), which switches it to "unmuted", then click on it a second time to mute it.

Stupid. Annoying.

 

[gstrom99]

I don't get/see any of those. I use Firefox, and ad blockers...

 

[Muhammad]

Screen shot and I can remove the ad. There are not suppose to be any audio ads that play automatically.

 

[WinterDeere]

Sad, but I might have to find an ad blocker, too. I have so many computers, I'm constantly hopping between three different browsers. The new forum ads will sometimes even appear over my text entry box, in the middle of responding to a post, making it impossible to see what I'm typing. It's gotten bad, and this forum appears to be the worst of any I watch, in this regard.

 

[Muhammad]

Please post a screen shot of what you're seeing. What you're describing is not what I'm seeing.

 

[newbury]

Chrome/Windows 11/Adblocker ultimate - no problem yet.

 

[WinterDeere]

Please post a screen shot of what you're seeing. What you're describing is not what I'm seeing.

Thanks, Muhammad! This is the one. It usually appears in side bar, but this time happened to appear at bottom of frame.

 

[Muhammad]

For fastest resolution click on the little blue triangle in the top right corner of the ad and then follow the prompts to hide the ad or disable it.

 

[WinterDeere]

Will try that next time I’m browsing from a PC. Doesn’t appear to be an issue with Safari on iPhone.

 

[Muhammad]

Will try that next time I’m browsing from a PC. Doesn’t appear to be an issue with Safari on iPhone.

Okay. I'll check it on my desktop later as well. No issues on phone.

 

[dieselscout80]

Okay. I'll check it on my desktop later as well. No issues on phone.

On my IPhone I saw the video inside threads rather than at the end of a thread yesterday and today.

 

[WinterDeere]

I've been watching for the original offender, but it seems to have stopped after Saturday. I just figured Muhammad had fixed it! Maybe it's an issue with particular advertisers, and he squashed the last one, but now a new ad has joined the rotation.