When Will Ads Completely Obscure Our Screens?

[Just Weird]

Thaivisa seems to be heading in the direction of making the forum nothing more than one big advertising hoarding. 

 

I realise that the entire point of Thaivisa is to make money and nothing more (and that there have always been ads, thankfully, ads that can be ignored) but, so far, I'm getting very frequent VDO.IA ads in the bottom right of my screen obscuring almost 25% of the screen accompanied by another (Google Ads?) strip across the bottom of the screen which takes up another, near as dammit, 10%.   Yes, I've measured them. 

 

These ads cannot be ignored as they appear on top of what I actually want to read.   Obviously, they are designed that way so that on many occasions trying to hit the "X" to delete the ad results in a bad aim and the real, unwanted, ad comes up in place of the forum and, I suppose, hey-ho, another ka-ching to keep the owners smiling.

 

So, there's not that much more of the screen to go, Thaivisa, any idea when you will be covering the entire screen?

 

I hope you're enjoying annoying the nuts off your members! 

 

PS.  If having this opinion contravenes any forum rule, or risks another suspension, please delete it, with my apologies.

Edited March 1, 2020 by Just Weird

[faraday]

I think that tvf/The Nation, forgets that we are the customers, and somehow we can be inconvenienced by the ads, but hey, "never mind".

 

 

[puchooay]

Slow loading too. Making it almost impossible to view the forum on a smart phone.

Edited March 1, 2020 by puchooay

[luckyluke]

 

3 minutes ago, faraday said:

I think that tvf/The Nation, forgets that we are the customers, and somehow we can be inconvenienced by the ads, but hey, "never mind".

 

 

They have plenty of readers and posters, why should they care.

I don't expect a significant amount of posters will stop posting or reading for this reason.

Anyway there are ways to avoid those ads and pop-ups.

I installed a system today, a very easy way, as at 71+ I am not at all computer minded. 

 

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

I think the videos are most annoying.

TV is definitely most overloaded with ads compared to any other website I visit.

[Just Weird]

15 minutes ago, faraday said:

I think that tvf/The Nation, forgets that we are the customers, and somehow we can be inconvenienced by the ads, but hey, "never mind".

Don't forget, though, we are not customers really, we are here FOC!

[stevenl]

7 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

 

They have plenty of readers and posters, why should they care.

I don't expect a significant amount of posters will stop posting or reading for this reason.

Anyway there are ways to avoid those ads and pop-ups.

I installed a system today, a very easy way, as at 71+ I am not at all computer minded. 

 

 

 

Do they? Since it is near impossible to delete an account, the numbers do lie.

[faraday]

Just now, Just Weird said:

Don't forget, though, we are not customers really, we are here FOC!

I've contacted tvf advertiser's in the past....

Who else are the ads aimed at then?

 

[Just Weird]

9 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

Anyway there are ways to avoid those ads and pop-ups.

I installed a system today, a very easy way, as at 71+ I am not at all computer minded. 

Is the one you used a secret?

[William Osborne]

Total waste of time on a phone....

 

[Just Weird]

4 minutes ago, faraday said:

I've contacted tvf advertiser's in the past....

Who else are the ads aimed at then?

 

You're quite right, we could be customers of the advertisers but we sure aren't Thaivisa's "customers" (in the accepted sense of the word) unless we click on an ad and put money into the forum's pockets. 

[luckyluke]

3 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Is the one you used a secret?

Not at all, i found it easily by Googling.

However not sure I can divulge it here without mod repercussion.  

[FarFlungFalang]

27 minutes ago, puchooay said:

Slow loading too. Making it almost impossible to view the forum on a smart phone.

Does the same thing on my macbook pro and only happens with this site.On the last thread about this problem a few days ago a tech support guy posted he was trying to do something to fix it and asked if people could post or send him screen shots to help him sort out the problem.  

[Just Weird]

44 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

...accompanied by another (Google Ads?) strip across the bottom of the screen which takes up another, near as dammit, 10%.   Yes, I've measured them. 

Measured it wrong, that ad actually takes over 16% of the screen.

[GeorgeCross]

greedy sites are the reasons ad blockers are so popular

 

its a vicious cycle

 

sites lose revenue because of ad blockers so put on more ads

 

more users get upset so install ad blockers as well 

 

and on and on.

 

maybe thaivisa should be behind a paywall

 

 

[keithsimmonds]

14 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

Not at all, i found it easily by Googling.

However not sure I can divulge it here without mod repercussion.  

Come on give us a clue....an anagram perhaps.....come on.????

[Yinn]

Charlie say the moderator are volunteer= not get paid. 

 

1)TVF get the news free from other place, free.

2) And topics free from member. Eg Thai music we love. Very popular.

3) The moderators is free. (Surprise about that)

4) And ad is online = do nothing. But get money.

5) Is about thailand, but 0 thai staff. Free.

 

= a very good business. Good idea! Clever. Easy money. Everybody, member and mod do the work. 

Smart boss get all the money!! 55555

 

 

Edited March 1, 2020 by Yinn

[Don Mega]

What adds ?

[lust]

4 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

What adds ?

Numbers, normally.

[Happy Grumpy]

55 minutes ago, faraday said:

I think that tvf/The Nation, forgets that we are the customers

How much do you pay for the service? 

[Just Weird]

28 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

Not at all, i found it easily by Googling.

However not sure I can divulge it here without mod repercussion.  

You're right, thanks, Rule 25.

[Happy Grumpy]

11 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Smart boss get all the money!! 55555

After paying $2 million dollars.

 

 

The smart boss left with the cash. ????

[Just Weird]

12 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Charlie say the moderator are volunteer= not get paid. 

 

1)TVF get the news free from other place, free.

2) And topics free from member. Eg Thai music we love. Very popular.

3) The moderators is free. (Surprise about that)

4) And ad is online = do nothing. But get money.

5) Is about thailand, but 0 thai staff. Free.

 

= a very good business. Good idea! Clever. Easy money. Everybody, member and mod do the work. 

Smart boss get all the money!! 55555

 

 

What?

[URMySunshine]

2 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

You're right, thanks, Rule 25.

Correct and don't forget the Rule preamble

 

Thaivisa.com is a privately owned commercial website and reserves the right to remove or block any user, user created content or files from the Thaivisa forums without reason at their discretion.

 

We're all pretty clued up on the rules - nothing like a light spanking to keep you on your toes. 

[Fab5BKK]

What adds? None on my screen ???? 

 

Lots of solutions available: browsers, extensions, etc. Sorry, can't tell much more publicly

[URMySunshine]

17 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

What adds ?

A straight 25er I'm afraid. 

[Don Mega]

3 minutes ago, URMySunshine said:

Correct and don't forget the Rule preamble

 

Thaivisa.com is a privately owned commercial website and reserves the right to remove or block any user, user created content or files from the Thaivisa forums without reason at their discretion.

 

We're all pretty clued up on the rules - nothing like a light spanking to keep you on your toes. 

lol as if they are gunna block content... its all about the clicks.

[Just Weird]

7 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

lol as if they are gunna block content... its all about the clicks.

It does happen.

[Salerno]

 

35 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

maybe thaivisa should be behind a paywall

Didn't realise you hated TV so much that you'd post suggestions to basically guarantee its demise 

[Airalee]

It’s getting to be pathetic.  I will be needing an attorney for two things in the near future.  A condo purchase (I know...stupid) and a will.  I will be contacting the attorneys that advertise here in order to let them know just why I won’t be using their services.