Anyone else experiencing popup ads making DU nearly unusable?

[Girard442]

It's nearly a DDOS attack.

[Skittles]

1. no

pony up a few bucks and get a star to avoid the ads

[CTyankee]

7. I would like to second that motion!

Life on DU is easier without those ads and DU deserves our support!

[Skittles]

13. DU has had a lot of fundraisers in the past ten years or so

you'd think someone would......catch on

[Figarosmom]

2. No but i had a bad gate notice

[Ms. Toad]

3. Chip in a few bucks and get a gold star. n/t

[J_William_Ryan]

4. Everyone should be using a VPN.

The internet is a sewer.

[Beringia]

6. You might want to try Adblock, it works for annoying GIFs on DU too

https://getadblock.com/en/

[1WorldHope]

8. Did you accidentally get logged out of DU? nt

[Talitha]

10. Yeah, I'm a Star Member and have seen the ads after 'being logged off' for some reason.

Probably a result of an update from somewhere?

[niyad]

11. Periodically, one is automatically logged off DU and required to log iin

again. .EarlG explained once, but I forget why. Just log back in again.

[Arthur_Frain]

9. Star membership

The only way to fly here. It is worth every penny.

[Donkees]

12. EarlG has notified the ad provider of their error, and has worked on solving the problem ...

Posted in the community help forum:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/125629845

[Girard442]

15. Much better now. TY.

[Raine]

14. No l use duckduckgo as my browser, it's great ... NO ADS and

it's free!