good to know muji. I have seen the same on other boards.

as far as the ads, cause I really didn't understand, I went to google help.

https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7029660. you can also type in inappropriate ads and it will explain to you how to remove them.

another site that explains it as well as to delete some of them or make it possible to not being able to see them.

https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/targeted-advertising-behavioural-marketing.html

Sambod are you seriously suggesting that each member should do this?

Maybe read Cliffskat's reply?

We've confirmed that there are lots of adverts inappropriate on many groups - it's almost 50% of the ads that are inappropriate - you can't expect members to go off to find out how to do this - the level of computer literacy of many of our members means it is simply not a practical suggestion.

I simply put the articles on here for people to review fish. I am not seeing any of what you are seeing on any group and I've talked to a lot of people who are not seeing it as well. you yourself said you turned off ad blocker so this is maybe why you are seeing this.

https://www.dailystrength.org/group/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/discussion/site-ads?page=1

https://dottech.org/17516/block-ads-in-firefox-internet-explorer-chrome-and-opera-how-to/

Sambod - you are saying you are using ad blocker? yes that would explain why you are not seeing anything.

But DS has asked in the past for us not to turn off ad blocker - that is where the revenue is coming on. That is common practice on my sites.

If we now tell everyone to turn on ad block on then DS's revenues plummet and who knows what will happen.

Up until recently DS asked CLs and members to highlight inappropriate ads which occasionally appeared, click on the link and send it to DS so that that could blacklist it in the google feed.

What has happened is that we have moved from a very small number of inappropriate ads to something like 30-50% of very inappropriate ads.

DS controlled the ads before - obviously they now have a much larger task to block these ads (if they can).

I thought everybody was aware of this and understood the way the advertising worked on DS?

If you go into your profile pic you can click on 'My Groups"

TY Jesse for all that you do

I think this has been the best update to date!!

sigh, no I didn't say I used ad blocker . I don't. what I did suggest is that you are seeing these inappropriate ads because you had stated that you had turned your ad blocker off. So far, from what I am seeing from several boards is that no one is seeing what you are seeing. The majority have stated that the ads they are seeing is from their browsing history and two of the three article link that I posted in this thread deal with with ads and reasons people see the ads that they do. I also posted a link that tells about the different ad blockers for the different browsers should members want to use one which is their choice to do so. or they can go up to the ad that they don't like, click on that little blue x and it disappears. You have posted what you have seen. DS/ sharecare can take it from there and decide what they want to do with it.

DS is now a part of sharecare and Sharecare is choosing to run the ads. I really haven't seen people complain about the ads but Sharecare has to have the revenue from these for operations . the only other alternative is to make it a paid site which we all don't want.

The ads are not appearing as a result of browser history.

Mrs Fish is getting the same.

Maybe it is because we are in the UK.

It is clear why (free) websites present advertisements. Regardless .... the ads should be APPROPRIATE. I think that is the point Fish is making ... and I agree with him.

I prefer hot oriental ladies ... for some reason.

I'm with SunCloud, I think this update's been the best in ages. In fact, I'm kind of taking it as the answer to my hopes as a CL while holding out through the confusion since the big switch over from the old web site to the new one.

In my group at DS PTSD, members now are not reporting being upset by the ads or any other aspect of this update. It was the general suddenness of this update rattled them at first, as I reported to Jesse here at the start of it. Then, though, members during the rest of the week have quickly turned around and cheered the update's improvements, and a member from 10 years ago re-joined us.

Privately, I'd say that I'm the old timer still getting used to this update, but no big deal, I'll manage. I'd say it's looking good over all, I just have taken ill with bronchitis and need for my antibiotics to update my respiratory system before the Christmas holidays.

feel better soon muji. I agree. I've seen very few complaints and those that I have seen are the same ones who have complained for months now over the same things .

I'm seeing plenty of people on various boards making complaints about the changes who have not complained before - we should not dismiss this as being down to only those people who complained before. And we probably shouldn't be dismissive of that population either as they seem to be part of group who have kept a number of boards running. If they go then they will make it harder for those boards to keep going.

One of our US bipolar members has seen adverts for "Fillipino Cupid" on the bipolar site - this has nothing to do with their browsing history. So much for that somewhat distasteful inuendo.

So far it seems only to be us in the UK that are seeing the worst of the ads but I think it is still something that needs to be looked at because after all DS is supposed to be international.

I think alot of people use ad blocker which probably means DS revenues will be at the minimum because my understanding is that DS only gets money when people click on the ads - ad blocker means no clicks, no clicks means no revenue. At least that was how it worked on DS previously.

From that perspective surely it's better to get the ads right rather than tell people to use ad block and possibly trigger DS's demise?

I will continue to provide DS with the information regarding the "dating site" adverts and e-counselling and they will need to make their own decision.

If other Cls want to join in that's fine, if not, that's also fine. And if people don't like what I have to say I suggest they put me on ignore.

I am not looking to "chat with hot singles" nor have I been looking for "Russian Beauties" who for some reason want to chat with me now! Gosh! My browser history should be popping up such exciting stuff as Xmas tablecloths and slippers for my Mum in-law. Yeah, I live that kind of racy, exiciting life. Makes all those Russian Beauties wanting to chat with me now that much harder to fathom.

The ads are bad, the new font is harder to read, and I can't get even to my own board without a lot of effort, and oh by the way, here's what one of my members had to say - yet another angle on it:

"the newest changes to DS are intolerable. I post from my deceased husbands' OLD mac laptop. The nearest Apple store is 4+ hours drive away from me. New Ads take up almost half the forum page. I don't want to sacrifice my sentimental laptop to install Ad Blocking software. Funny, no other site has such issues.

I posted a new discussion topic today, but can not even see several of the sentences. nor can I access "reply" to answer what one member replied to my post. I clicked all over around the word "reply" and nothing clicks. kind of hard not being able to see line delineations or squares, etc.

Oh well, all things die or become obsolete eventually.

If this is not reversed it will eliiminate some members. I'm not the only 60+ yr-old widow here who may have to, for many intents & purposes, lose use of this site.

I have made one friend here who is in the same predicament. We may choose to correspond privately, off forum. That is not usually a safe option from such a public website. There are people here whom I consider "forever" friends, but not going to ask people to risk their private contact info in order to interact with me.

That is all for now. I will mostly glance at pages of other members posts for now. It's really "Not" adequate to post and be unable to follow up on other members replies. Oh well, such is life.

Good luck."

So apparently we have also introduced new problems for Mac users, too.

This upgrade sucks.