Author Topic: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs  (Read 9122 times)

Offline Watts

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Is this legit or a scam? I try to avoid clicking on pop ups just in case but would appreciate knowing if this is genuine or not, only started a couple of days ago. Cheers!
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Offline jv

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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #1 on: 17 May 2026, 16:33 »
I turned that on yesterday.

It should only show it once every 7 days.

It's something like 6 seconds of advert.

Guest usage has gone crazy on here over the last couple of months - probably being scrapped by AI - so I thought why not intercept a bit of that.

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Offline Watts

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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #2 on: 17 May 2026, 17:43 »
Okay thanks, makes sense.
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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #3 on: 19 May 2026, 07:40 »
It makes me do it every day, it's quite annoying plus I'm a bit dubious about clicking unknown links.

Offline MinchCS

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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #4 on: 24 May 2026, 21:33 »
Every day here too. And there are some odd ads that make me think I should not be clicking on them.
Is there not a way guests get it pop up, but registered members don't?
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Offline Adam T7

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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #5 on: 25 May 2026, 05:21 »
Annoying, I had to do it 4 times before it disappeared.
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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #6 on: 25 May 2026, 12:57 »
It's definitely set to only show once per 7 days. Unfortunately the '24 hours access' message isn't linked.

Yes it's crap but no-one, I mean, no-one clicks on the banner adverts on the site.

Lets see how it goes for a bit.

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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #7 on: 25 May 2026, 13:49 »
Mine worked fine for 7 days. A minor irritant for what we get back.
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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #8 on: 25 May 2026, 14:01 »
Annoying, I had to do it 4 times before it disappeared.

My comment sounds worse than the intent, in fairness, clicking a button a few times is hardly a life changing exercise.
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Re: Having to watch an ad to access the site for 24 hrs
« Reply #9 on: 31 May 2026, 16:21 »
A bit torturous today, I don’t want a golf holiday package, buy a Honda, buy an electric bike or sell a static caravan🤷
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