New Policy On Ads?

[ozarkstom]

Forum URL: countryconservatives.proboards.com/

A member on our forum has asked about an ad appearing on the login page which is a little freaky.  It's for the credit union she belongs to.  I pay $12/month to keep our site ad-free, has Proboards change its policy?

[Michael]

Hi,

There is advertisements on the ProBoards dashboard but we don't have ads on login pages.

[ozarkstom]

Thanks for your prompt response.  This is what my member said:

Just thought I’d ask on this thread...lately every time I sign in, there’s an ad...the first one was from the bank I use, not a common name...then started all sorts of ads....
They always ask “ open or close”. Of course I didn’t open any. But it’s very odd how they would know the name of my bank. Anyone else having this new problem?

Any thoughts?

[Michael]

We don't have anything that I can think of that says "open or close".

Ads are commonly customized to the user and may appear to be familiar.

[ozarkstom]

Apr 15, 2021 17:54:38 GMT -8 Michael said:

We don't have anything that I can think of that says "open or close".

Ads are commonly customized to the user and may appear to be familiar.

Sorry, but I'm confused.  You do have ads on the login page, and they're customized to the member?

[Kami]

Apr 15, 2021 18:14:31 GMT -8 ozarkstom said:

Apr 15, 2021 17:54:38 GMT -8 Michael said:

We don't have anything that I can think of that says "open or close".

Ads are commonly customized to the user and may appear to be familiar.

Sorry, but I'm confused.  You do have ads on the login page, and they're customized to the member?

For clarity: There are no ads on the login pages. However, wherever ads do appear, these are generally customised to the user based on their internet activities.

It would help to see a screenshot of the 'login' page that these ads are appearing on so we can see if we're aligned on the terminology and are providing the correct context and information (sometimes, users use different terminology than the ones used by ProBoards which can cause confusion).

[Michael]

Apr 15, 2021 18:14:31 GMT -8 ozarkstom said:

Apr 15, 2021 17:54:38 GMT -8 Michael said:

We don't have anything that I can think of that says "open or close".

Ads are commonly customized to the user and may appear to be familiar.

Sorry, but I'm confused.  You do have ads on the login page, and they're customized to the member?

Hi,

There are no ads on the login page. Ads are commonly customized to the member. 

There are advertisements on ProBoards pages like the account switcher and the forum dashboard. If you are logged into an ad-free forum you will not see advertisements on the account switcher but they will remain on the forum dashboard unless the member has PB+ (unlimited personal ad-free).