I just ran across this (as in the last few mins) and I can say that I'm not a big fan. I thought a person was linking something in the discussion till I moused over it and saw the dialog box about winning an XYZ for taking a survey. It's even used with the word Latest on Latest Topics on the right hand side of the page.
Now don't get me wrong, I understand that Ross has to pay the bills. I want this site to keep going so if this is the way it has to be, well then..... but I was enjoying the ad free site once I paid for my ACE.
I will be a little more hesitant about possible links in discussions. I know all I have to do is mouse over it to see if it is a link or not.....kinda intrusive, yet less so than big ads right in your face. For now I haven't seen it in any photos so Thank You for keeping it to the discussion forum.
I try not to point out a problem w/o at least one solution, however right now I can't think of anything that would create revenue for the site while still maintaining the integrity. I don't usually post a bitching post like this but I thought others might share the same feelings, and I am curious what the community thinks.
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Update: Just ran across it in a photo's caption AND comments.....ugh.
@kjarn@jinximages@alk1991@manek43509 I will try to provide a screen shot.....in the meantime, look around in various discussions and photos. You may see a blue underlined word in a post or title. Right now Kathy's post has the word single in blue however I have noticed it changes each time you refresh or change screens...
@shadesofgrey
I can't see any words in blue, except the normal site links (ie. people's names, which link back to their 365 profiles, as they always have done). How strange.
@kjarn Look around for anything blue and underlined, then put your mouse pointer over it and a pop up should appear....you might have to dig around a bit till you see it. It doesn't appear that any word is off limits, titles, dates, etc.
You sure it's not a browser plugin you've added accidentally, or you've been infected with a virus or something? Just disabled AdBlock and I'm not seeing anything here...
So I took Dr. What's advice and checked my plugin's....I disabled everything that I didn't recognize so I can't pinpoint exactly what it was but it has stopped!
@nikkers Not sure what I disabled but I right clicked the main border around the page and selected task manager (google chrome) and un checked all the ones I had no idea of...hope this sends you in the right direction
Facetheme and Shockwave are the two plug ins I found
@shadesofgrey hi, this is 100% definitely not anything to do with 365 project, I would never put any intrusive trickery like that on the site, if you can provide a screenshot I'll take a look, email me at ross@365project.org
Sounds like you've got a virus on your computer to me, have you tried a different web browser or a totally different computer?
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Yes. As others have said, it sounds like it's something on your browser, rather than in the site... Perhaps try downloading a new browser (which one are you using now?) and see what happens then.
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and have come across this on comments on my photos and also even on the line where the date is posted.. ugh
I can't see any words in blue, except the normal site links (ie. people's names, which link back to their 365 profiles, as they always have done). How strange.
@kjarn Look around for anything blue and underlined, then put your mouse pointer over it and a pop up should appear....you might have to dig around a bit till you see it. It doesn't appear that any word is off limits, titles, dates, etc.
So I took Dr. What's advice and checked my plugin's....I disabled everything that I didn't recognize so I can't pinpoint exactly what it was but it has stopped!
@nikkers Not sure what I disabled but I right clicked the main border around the page and selected task manager (google chrome) and un checked all the ones I had no idea of...hope this sends you in the right direction
Facetheme and Shockwave are the two plug ins I found
Sounds like you've got a virus on your computer to me, have you tried a different web browser or a totally different computer?
Yes. As others have said, it sounds like it's something on your browser, rather than in the site... Perhaps try downloading a new browser (which one are you using now?) and see what happens then.