BWW Tech: Can you please do something about the ads on the boards?

You need to generate revenue so that you can keep BWW open. I get it.

BUT -- I do not enjoy the BWW experience when these ads disrupt it. On my PC, I was reading a thread for like 3 minutes when suddenly out of nowhere, as I'm scrolling down, a loud video ad for Swarovski suddenly starts playing on the bottom right side of the webpage. There is no way to mute it.

Earlier today, I was reading the boards on my mobile phone's browser, and when I clicked to read a thread, suddenly it redirects to an ad on Facebook and says that I have won and I need to click to claim my prize. It doesn't given me an option to close the ad or to hit the back button on the browser (it just reloads the ad), so I have to close the tab and open BWW again.

SO ANNOYING!

completely agree. And because of this I view this site less & less. The desktop version is almost unusable for me due to the ads & videos taking so long to load up. The mobile site isn't as bad, but the random ads that pop up while I'm reading something is very annoying.

greenifyme2 said: "The Facebook ad thing has also happened to me all day - no way to close it out and every time I go to the site on mobile web."

This happened to me as well on my iPhone 8 Plus, and it got so bad in the past couple of hours this site was all but unusable. I finally, and for the first time ever, downloaded an ad block app called AdGuard.

Updated On: 5/13/18 at 09:46 PM

They always give me targeted ads for Harry Potter, Spongebob, and Come From Away tickets. It's really annoying on my browser, considered it feels super invasive and I've already seen 2 of the 3 above. On the mobile, I can't browse the main page due to ads, which is a bummer because most of the time I am on the go On my computer, the video ads with volume annoy me to no end, to the point where I mute my volume before going on this website. So you can delete threads debating issues relating to Broadway, but can't solve your issue of bots spamming the boards and ads glitching the whole site?

I've had similar experiences to all of these above, and I'd also like to point out that this website is pretty much incapable of recognizing when an adblocker is disabled. I have both of my adblockers turned off for this site just to get rid of that annoying pop-up asking you to turn it off, but I still get the popup while they are disabled! It's usually pretty delayed as well, so I can be halfway down the page and then get redirected in the middle of reading to the stupid popup. I'm glad to turn off my adblockers to help generate revenue but at least make your site usable alongside the ads!

I do believe the Facebook prize pop-up isn’t an intentional ad from broadway world, but it’s an annoying malware that’s been more common recently, on android and iOS. I’ve noticed on other websites too, apparently it has something to do with Facebook access and websites your visit frequently. I remember reading that clearing the history should fix the problem, I’ve never done it because I like to remain logged in... which is probably part of the problem.

The one with the music is a different story however.



edit: I usually prevent the pop up one by switching to airplane mode, you can do it when you notice it’s about to happen... after a page loads, the bar on top will go active like it’s loading something else... just switch to airplane mode and you’ll be able to read without the interruption.

Updated On: 5/14/18 at 01:03 AM