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Rings Я Us

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Jul 3, 2017
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What the heck is going on? Why do I all of a sudden start getting links for Facebook and all these advertisements?

Did I just get tossed under the bus?
 
Don't understand what happening and I don't do facebook. I was on facebook but twice my account got hacked and some sh*t got started.
Luckily, just stupid cheap stuff, but I am now facebook free.
 
I noticed earlier that Jeff and Brian were both on and the SMF premier membership banner changed.
Then there's the fact that SYFY network is running a Twilight Zone Marathon as I type this...DeDeDoDo DeDeDoDo...
 
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Don't understand what happening and I don't do facebook. I was on facebook but twice my account got hacked and some sh*t got started.
Luckily, just stupid cheap stuff, but I am now facebook free.

I Once had Facebook hacked and the person caused all sorts of havoc.. I had to call friends and family too assure them that my Facebook was hacked and it wasn't me using the account.

Been Facebook free for around 5 years and its one of the best decisions ive ever made

Personally im starting to get tired of having to log in multiple times when visiting this site
 
I see said the blind carpenter as he picked up his hammer and saw.
No facebook here either.Ever
Guess you'll have to get a premier membership...
 
If you become a premier member, you have the option to turn off all the ads.
You are also helping to support this forum.
I'm sure it's not cheap to keep this place up & running!
Al
 
No facebook for me, either. And if you're not on the service, you can't see the content that people put there. I mostly don't care about that but sometimes it ticks me off, like yesterday when I was trying to update a link to a group. Their website was gone, their domain name had expired, a search shows their homepage is on facebook now and I can't see it unless I log in.

It's like a gated community.
 
Adds at top of the page....bottom of the page....below every fourth post in every thread..... every post that mentions a sponsers name contains a link to an ad. And your encouraged to pay a fee to get rid of it. There has always been ads but this is a little much. Like the new platform or not it has come at a cost to all members.
 
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I wouldn't mind so much, but there not even adds for smoking. Intervention Specialist, blackout survival bag - really.

Chris
 
Senior coupons.. Lol
Almost everything I do online is related to food or smoking.
All my advertisements are for food related stuff.. even 3 yearly subscriptions to food magazines for $5.00 ad on here.. lol
 
Pop up videos now. Nice.:mad:
Phone acting real slow now because bots are collecting data every keystroke. This blows!

If I mention something here chatting I see an advertisement related to words I say. Thanks Google ! :(
 
I have an issue, and it shows up at the end of bar where you would type in a website at .. shows that "this page is trying to load scripts from unauthenicated sources" , Not really liking this at all ... and sorta wondering if I can be eliminated from this site completely like i never was a member .. I don't want to be a victim of loosing identity ... never was there before all this advertising ...
 
If you are a premier member and getting advertising, let me know. This should not be happening.

Advertising is a necessity in order to maintain a website of this size..

This is why we set up a way for folks to eliminate the ads on a personal basis via the premier memberships.

As always, I value any and all feedback.
 
Ok.. I just signed myself up for premier membership status and I'm not seeing any ads anywhere on the forum. It's a wonderful thing.

As I stated earlier, if you are a premier member (you support the forum and I throw a few perks back your way) and you are seeing ads, let me know and we will look into this right away.
 
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