WTF is up with the redirects to hot?

[luv2sixtynine69]

Does the board earn enough money from referral clicks to hot.com to justify being incredibly annoying to the patrons of it?

[eyecu2]

Ooh I know....I know...because "it's annoying as fuck."

[bambino]

It’s been a problem on Eccie forever.

[luv2sixtynine69]

The referal click rate is at best 1/10th of one cent per click. Pennies add up but there’s a balance between pissing off the people that patronize your site and the $34 you are on track to earn sometime in 2035.

[TwoHandGirth]

I don't get the redirects. What are you clicking on that redirects you? I may have a solution, but would like to verify before I post it.

That being said, I've never been able to get past the warning on STG. So my "solution" may cause other issues.

[Typo]

I only get redirects or pop-ups when I'm not signed in.

[Chickie]

I get it first once then none afterwards.

[Hematoma]

Agreed...the pop-up is very annoying. I tend to hit it by accident when I'm quickly checking eccie on my phone.

[mulletman66]

adblock is your friend here.

[paintedbynumbers]

I went a few months without seeing the ad but now it's out there more than ever. So annoying.

[onawbtngr546]

Originally Posted by mulletman66

adblock is your friend here.

+ pihole


What's an ad? Haven't seen one for years. Not here, nor anywhere. And if one slips through, takes less than a second for me to add it to the block list.

[Wetnwild6969]

Problem is, you can turn it off, but then it turns off all redirects such as links in posts, they won't work anymore. So it's a super annoying thing to me knowing I can turn it off but then I will have to copy every link, open another window and paste it and hit go, so click link auto back button is easier

[laserface]

Right-clicking on the link and "Open in new window" (or new tab) does work.

[Lexxxy]

I've literally only been back on this board for a few hours and I've been redirected at least 12 times 🙄