Can we get pogiharold1503 banned?

[daredemonai]

Not only does pogiharold1503 use spammy image hosts (a subject I have complained about many times), he now includes an extremely large ad for a spammy website in his signature. I don't think AO users should have to hesitate to click on a thumbnail or an image in a user's signature, but the current reality is that we have to because there are so many posters here who use AO as a cash cow.

 

[CoolKevin]

I never had a problem with his image host, it works fine for me and other mods

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[CoolKevin]

to be fair it was reported, and I was the first to respond, I never had a problem, so I asked others, again no problem,

 

[daredemonai]

I never had a problem with his image host, it works fine for me and other mods

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coolkevin, thank you for responding to my request and having pogiharold1503 remove his signature. I respectfully disagree with your characterization that his image host "works fine." This is what happens when I click on one of his thumbnails.

First, I get a black screen with a message in the center that forces me to choose between "Quick View" and "X."

Needless to say, there is no correct choice here. No matter which you click, pop-up ads will appear. Just for laughs, I clicked on "Quick View." These are the three pop-up ads I got:



Okay. Now guess what happens when I click the "X"? That's right! Another ad pops up.
But you know what doesn't happen? The original black screen does not disappear. No, it forces me to click the "X" again. And guess what happens when I do? If you guessed, "Another ad pops up," you are correct.
Finally, I am presented with the image I am looking for. NO WAIT. I'm not quite there yet. What we have here is a medium-sized thumbnail.

Naturally, to see the full-sized image, I have to click the medium-sized thumbnail, and when I do, I am presented with one final pop-up ad.

coolkevin, you are a great moderator and I very much appreciate your contributions to the community here, but with all due respect I must say that this ordeal is not my idea of "working fine."

What works fine is the new AO's wonderful "Upload a File" button, which I used to paste these obnoxious images into this message. I could have chosen to use thumbnails, but that would not convey how obnoxious and annoying this whole thing was.

For what it is worth, I am using the latest version Firefox on a MacBook Air using the latest version of Yosemite. I have "Block Pop-Up Windows" checked in the Firefox preferences, and I also have GlimmerBlocker installed. Perhaps there are other things I could install that could have prevented all these ads from popping up, but I do not believe I should be forced to log in to AO as if I am suiting up for battle.

Once again, for the record, I submit my request that image hosts be banned from AO.

Thank you.

 

[daredemonai]

I would like to comment post in this one, thank you Sir Mod Coolkevin for defending me.

And to daredemonai isn't is to obvious that you target me specifically? i'm not the only one who uses an imagehost here I think you should have respected members of the community here. If they have problem with my post they have already reported it and I will be banned long time. Instead, they like and replied to my post. Be fair sometimes and have a bit of respect. But thank you for being one of the commenter in my every thread.

Oh, poor, betrodden Pig Harold! Why won't I just let this poor man spam in peace?

He's just trying to make some money by tricking community members into clicking his thumbnails and forcing them to deal with pop-up ads and viruses!

Well, congratulations, Pig Harold! Apparently AO will let you do that!

But I do not believe that AO is going to force me to show "respect" for spammers who have no respect for anyone at all. No, I'm afraid I will go on calling you Pig Harold and harassing you on your threads, and reducing your income by posting the images that you refuse to post yourself. I will do this in part to spare fellow members your pop-up ads, but I will also do it just so that you get a taste of the annoyance to which you subject AO members with your goddamned spam.

 

[shinigamie]

Mac

 

[C00Lzero]

i'm here on a mac too...

unfortionately daredemonai is right.
(but it's not a mac problem, but the massive ads on this site - yes.
my add-blocker blocks 11 elements and missing out the X-Button and an ad on the right.

if i remember right, the reported thread was about s.th. with a small preview-image (which wasn't a problem for me)
the second one, was about the singature, which coolkevin took care of

we could just blacklist the services (so that it automatically will censor the links), but that's probably way to much.
but - the x will require a click, which is prohibited by the rules
->http://www.akiba-online.com/threads/rule-16-cash-links-banned-links-updated-feb-2014.1202528/

Imagehosts with redirects, delayed links and any other mechanism that does not allow a user to see the image on the first click of the thumbnail are not allowed and will be added to the banned list as they are found.

thus, i will add this service on the blacklist

@pogiharold1503
please use another image-hoster for your upcoming posts.

there should be even hosters, that exceed the 4$ CPM that this hoster has.

and for the banning request: don't see why we should

 

[daredemonai]

Thank you, C00Lzero, for taking the time to look into this. I would be much less inclined to harangue spammers who followed the rule to which you linked.

 

[CoolKevin]

ok it is banned, I run a system where I do not have that problem

gallerynova.se

if they remove the pop ups, I will remove the ban

 

[Ceewan]

Well played. This is an important thread in that it helps members visualize what is unacceptable in an imagehost and what to do about it.