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Old Oct 20, 2012, 10:00 PM   #51
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Is there some kind of program that blocks adds? Oh and is it free?

OH TPU is now my home page! Sick of them all! Adds and crap all over the place! NOT TPU!


I've always hated the anti-ad apps, none have worked properly for me. 95Viper recommended Ghostery a few posts above; and within 5 minutes I can tell you it's not like any I've used before. Very nice extension.
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In my case I only block those Flash based ads using on demand flash enable, they make page scrolling and load lag like %&/$$# here. I hope some day Flash ads are gone forever.
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I've always hated the anti-ad apps, none have worked properly for me. 95Viper recommended Ghostery a few posts above; and within 5 minutes I can tell you it's not like any I've used before. Very nice extension.
Oh yeah been got this dude

It is not about pop ups or any thing like this, There is a bigger issue such as in the web pages them selves. Things you can not change, You are forced to read/look at.
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Things you can not change, You are forced to read/look at.
Oh, now I got you... You are speaking of the stuff from the website itself.
Like, msn.com's polls, what's new, today's gossip, and banners.
That would need something that would filter the individual elements from msn.com, and not like msn.com in general.

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You would need to change the corporate world's focus from profit to customer happiness as the number one priority. Don't see that going over well.


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Oh, now I got you... You are speaking of the stuff from the website itself.
Like, msn.com's polls, what's new, today's gossip, and banners.
That would need something that would filter the individual elements from msn.com, and not like msn.com in general.

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You would need to change the corporate world's focus from profit to customer happiness as the number one priority. Don't see that going over well.

Yeah, Now you get it. Yeah the number one reason TPU is now my official HOME page. I spend 99% of my time here any way the other 1% is just porn.
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So an image of that spoiled and pampered wench Ann Romney would have been ok? Yeah I really don't want to talk politics or even the economy here but you if you think the GOP really gives a crap about your poor long-term unemployed ass you are in for a sad reality check. That's not to say the Democrats have any better ideas or action plans to actually get you or anyone else back to work.
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So an image of that spoiled and pampered wench Ann Romney would have been ok? Yeah I really don't want to talk politics or even the economy here but you if you think the GOP really gives a crap about your poor long-term unemployed ass you are in for a sad reality check. That's not to say the Democrats have any better ideas or action plans to actually get you or anyone else back to work.
Yes. And that is my point, Why is it they are even promoting any one? Or any ONE product? Inundating me with adds and there opinion. Then there is the brain-wash effect by manipulation. I think a neutral stance is some thing I am looking for.
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Since some weeks youtube serves me scientlogy adds before their videos!!! Now THAT sucks rats ass!!! They should be in prison, no, hanged.....
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i don't have a homepage. Ironbrowser i use just shows a white page with a square block saying "web store". so i guess that's my homepage.
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Since some weeks youtube serves me scientlogy adds before their videos!!! Now THAT sucks rats ass!!! They should be in prison, no, hanged.....
Odd, I've been getting Mormon ads on youtube...
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I have been a very loyal fan of MSN for my home page now for over 8 years now, Today has just put the lid on the jar for me though. I found that for the last 4 weeks or more MSN has been advertizing for Obama, Using the First Lady today! I am no longer going to use MSN for my Email or my Home page. This just has me disgusted! It seems that MSN is a left wing media out let and really I do not want my Home page to be political at all. Yes give me news but be far be balanced do NOT push me to view your political views, Am I right? How do you feel about your HOME page and would you change it and your Email if this is what you see?
Use Fox News if you would like. Didn't they say they were "fair and balanced"? It has to be true then! Yahoo is the liberal media I tell you! If they sell ad space to the liberal groups they are evil! They are gonna take away my guns dammit.

Its all over TV too. Its an election year. It will pass. Don't get too bent out of shape. Its mud slinging on both sides with very little substance.

Both sides are just pandering while throwing mud. It is standard American politics. I have worked in a few campaigns.

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I don't even know what my homepage is, the second my browser opens I'm clicking something on my favorites bar.

I'm with you on yahoo; all those big news sites are no better than TV news which is no surprise seeing they tend to work together on a lot of things. Repub or Democrat, there is a lot of biased news from both sides promoting politicians who will do nothing to help us. Most of these same sites are the ones that were pushing SOPA through while doing everything they could to keep it out of the public eye, so they get no love from me.

Yahoo actually banned me from their news section for a few months, not for being un-politicly correct or speaking out against them like I usually do but for bashing Scientology. The next day there was an article about Scientologists finding new methods to censor their opposition. Some weird shit going on over there.
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I don't even know what my homepage is, the second my browser opens I'm clicking something on my favorites bar.

I'm with you on yahoo; all those big news sites are no better than TV news which is no surprise seeing they tend to work together on a lot of things. Repub or Democrat, there is a lot of biased news from both sides promoting politicians who will do nothing to help us. Most of these same sites are the ones that were pushing SOPA through while doing everything they could to keep it out of the public eye, so they get no love from me.

Yahoo actually banned me from their news section for a few months, not for being un-politicly correct or speaking out against them like I usually do but for bashing Scientology. The next day there was an article about Scientologists finding new methods to censor their opposition. Some weird shit going on over there.
Just my point. Why is it that they have to try to brain wash us? Why is it that people put up with it so much as to make them Billions of dollars? It just makes no sense at all. The fact that I get enough of that crap from the TV isn't enough? I get to have it when I go online? Yep I am happy with the change and I am staying with it too. TPU forever!
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