Adverts are totally ruining the forum experience on mobile

Actually, rather than ruining my experience of the forum, I quite enjoy looking forward to what the algorithms think might tempt me to click ..... It's a bit like a weird form of Russian Roulette .....:D


Rik
 
A couple of months ago I was looking at pictures of trams in Sofia on the work computer, with in hours I was receiving spam from sofia@ weight loss/how to improve my business/how to improve bedroom activity/woman that would like to meet me etc. I have often pondered the idea about producing a booklet of spam mail subject titles.


Earlier this year I used my wife's tablet to look up victorian tram user attire, lets just say she wasn't impressed at the suggested website she was invited to join :rofl::D
 
A lot of the things advertised I haven’t a clue as to what they are. I do recognise things like shipping containers but haven’t room for one in the garden.
 
I did look at getting a container..
Distance from the road, so cranage and insurances (it would have to be lifted over other properties) killed the idea..

PhilP.
 
ge_rik said:
Temu seems to have a very strange understanding of what might interest me ......

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Let me Guess Rik,

#Your a Grandad,
#Who likes comfy shoes (Clarks Knock offs)
# and are conscious regarding what the news keeps telling you about the environment and heating bills.
#had long hair in the 60s before becoming a respectable teacher
#you often wonder what that plane is circling above and landing at Chester Airbus factory
# and maybe have a few old Camcorder tapes in the loft of railway adventures that need to be converted to digital, but first to VHS.
# The women in tight cloths, well it know your a HE, HIM, THEY so they throw that in for all males for lurid distraction and to try and catch a glance at he the crap. !

Howd I do, the next Betty Wainthropp investigates ?
 
DickyC said:
Let me Guess Rik,

#Your a Grandad,
#Who likes comfy shoes (Clarks Knock offs)
# and are conscious regarding what the news keeps telling you about the environment and heating bills.
#had long hair in the 60s before becoming a respectable teacher
#you often wonder what that plane is circling above and landing at Chester Airbus factory
# and maybe have a few old Camcorder tapes in the loft of railway adventures that need to be converted to digital, but first to VHS.
# The women in tight cloths, well it know your a HE, HIM, THEY so they throw that in for all males for lurid distraction and to try and catch a glance at he the crap. !

Howd I do, the next Betty Wainthropp investigates ?
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Grandad = No (not yet)
Comfy shoes = Partly ( I usually wear sandals (with sock in the winter))
Environment = Big tick (I already have PV panels and solar thermal)
Long hair = Tick (Longish)
Planes = Tick ( my 50th and 60th birthday treats were microlight flights)
Camcorder tapes = Big tick (I have a drawer full of them
Women in tight clothes = No comment

Rik
 
dutchelm said:
A lot of the things advertised I haven’t a clue as to what they are. I do recognise things like shipping containers but haven’t room for one in the garden.
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I would live a shipping container in the garden but like PhilP PhilP I worry about the need for cranage and space in the garden. If you have a big area at the side to allow lorry access I am not sure a crane is required as they can be removed from the truck by raised legs. Though planning permission (UK) may be required in certain circumstances.
 
DickyC said:
we all know your secret now
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So I'm the only one that sees this? I don't even want to know what 25% is supposed to be off in the photo on the bottom left.

Surely there has to be a filter that if Etsy is going to display marketing content to end users it is at least of some level of suitability?
 

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The mechanic said:
So I'm the only one that sees this? I don't even want to know what 25% is supposed to be off in the photo on the bottom left.

Surely there has to be a filter that if Etsy is going to display marketing content to end users it is at least of some level of suitability?
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I've had similar, but it seems to have diminished lately. I now get other more useful and interesting stuff mixed in with the scantily clad ladies. I wonder if only we older guys get Samantha Fox.

Rik
 
I shudder to think what you’ve been looking at/searching for in the past that results in algorithms producing that!

Suggestions……. NEVER, EVER use any google product. Always instruct apps ‘not to follow’. Use a search engine like Duck Duck Go. Use a browser like Safari. Oh, and……NEVER, EVER use any Google product. …..and if you have Gmail, be VERY careful what you put in emails.

;-)
 
I just checked how to pay to upgrade membership to remove the Sam Fox adverts.

19 of His Majesty's finest pound sterling.

As a newbie to the site, I'd be happy to pay 5 quid, maybe even a tenner a year, to remove the adverts and so contribute the running of what is a great forum.

At £19 though, it's a bit steep and I will suffer Sam Fox in a swimsuit.

I'd imagine at a lower rate more members might subscribe? Just my thoughts.
 
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