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Jul 18, 2016 10:35 PM
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I don't mind ads personally, and I normally disable adblock on sites that I frequent. In this case though, you guys have these big intrusive messages that cover up links/images and it is really obnoxious. This doesn't make me want to disable adblock, if anything it encourages me to keep it on.

Link if you don't know what I mean by "covering up": http://imgur.com/Ex5F7Dc
Jul 19, 2016 2:37 PM

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waalex11 said:
Taz_ said:
On second thoughts, fuck ads. Whenever I'm on my phone, sometimes I randomly go to these weird sites that put a pop up saying shit like "LOOL YOU DOWNLOADED ILLEGAL PORN YOU FUCKING CAPITALIST PIG NOW PAY ME $300000 AND YOU HAVE A VIRUS SO GET THIS SHADY SOFTWARE NOW"

FUCK that. When I find a way to block that shit on my phone, I will. Until then, I won't disable my Ad Block on my PC until shit like that stops.
MAL doesn't have pop ups. Just put it on your whitelist. This goes for everyone.


If it didn't, then I wouldn't be mentioning it here.
Jul 19, 2016 5:40 PM

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waalex11 said:
I've been a user for years and only started using adblock this year. Right when it showed me the notice that ads help you make more $$$ and the site live OBVIOUSLY I put it in my whitelist.

I got you MAL.


You're supporting a site where the admins don't care what the majority of users think.
Jul 19, 2016 11:06 PM

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Taz_ said:
waalex11 said:
MAL doesn't have pop ups. Just put it on your whitelist. This goes for everyone.


If it didn't, then I wouldn't be mentioning it here.
That's weird. I don't but I noticed other comments do. I got Windows 10 & Google Chrome. Maybe that's why?

Drunk_Samurai said:
waalex11 said:
I've been a user for years and only started using adblock this year. Right when it showed me the notice that ads help you make more $$$ and the site live OBVIOUSLY I put it in my whitelist.

I got you MAL.


You're supporting a site where the admins don't care what the majority of users think.
And? We all got lives. At least some can care. And I disagree either way.

Mod edit: Combined double posts
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Jul 19, 2016 11:25 PM

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waalex11 said:
Taz_ said:


If it didn't, then I wouldn't be mentioning it here.
That's weird. I don't but I noticed other comments do. I got Windows 10 & Google Chrome. Maybe that's why?

A lot of things can change what ads each person gets: what kind of sites they visit, what products they buy online, what they type in search engines, where they live, what browser they use, etc.
Jul 20, 2016 12:28 AM

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Tulicloure said:
waalex11 said:
That's weird. I don't but I noticed other comments do. I got Windows 10 & Google Chrome. Maybe that's why?

A lot of things can change what ads each person gets: what kind of sites they visit, what products they buy online, what they type in search engines, where they live, what browser they use, etc.


I don't like my porn interfering with my anime
Jul 20, 2016 2:08 AM

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I lifted the Adblock. Now it's time to fulfill your end of the deal. Give me my 300 kb and 300 pixels of Signature.
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Jul 20, 2016 10:08 AM

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What is your biggest complaint with MAL's advertisements?

The ones that play sound and interrupt me while I'm trying to watch anime. If it wasn't for that, I'd leave adblock off at all times... but with that in place, I'm keeping adblock enabled.
::End of Transmission::


Jul 20, 2016 5:37 PM

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The profile change is undesireable but torelable.

It's only a matter of time until the list change becomes mandatory, right?

I have adblock disabled entirely because I can still use the classic lists.
Jul 21, 2016 12:32 AM

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I have ads that are trying to auto download stuff onto my computer. This is the only site I experienced that in and that was after I had turned off adblock. It was claiming to be an adobe flash update, but frankly if I want an update I'll go to their site and do it myself, not have it shoved on me.
Jul 21, 2016 12:51 AM

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waalex11 said:
Drunk_Samurai said:


You're supporting a site where the admins don't care what the majority of users think.
And? We all got lives. At least some can care. And I disagree either way.


Your post makes no sense at all. What does having a life have to do with not caring about your userbase?
Jul 21, 2016 3:21 AM

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I finally decided to disable adblocker for MAL. On the first page that I loaded with ads, I got a malware trojan attack. Not cool.
Jul 21, 2016 8:58 PM

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I got a threat from your site that was blocked by Avast Security that tried to access Google Chrome. This is not acceptable and I'm very disappointed. I love MAL, but I need to know this site won't give me viruses. Adblock re-enabled.
Jul 22, 2016 1:57 AM

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This is a big deal. I want to support MAL, but I also want to know that I'm safe.

I won't whitelist MAL again until I get a promise of security. That MAL only uses reputable advertisers that won't try to hack my computer.
Jul 22, 2016 2:05 AM

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I added MyAnimeList in my adblock whitelist :)
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Jul 22, 2016 10:32 PM
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Cmon, MAL, get your shit together. After rereviewing the ad complaint thread and finding reference to at least ten cases of malware redirects that attempt to infect users computers, you really think people won't start switching back to Adblock?

Sites attempting to infect a user's computer are not an acceptable form of ad, no matter what the case, and the advertising services using these should be properly informed and even scrutinized for doing so. In the meantime, please report or do your best to clean the fucking things for those who've willingly disabled this software for you, they deserve better than exploitive hooey like this. Or change goddamn ad providers.

Know this isn't a vent thread, but all the same, have to state this. Malicious ads are the reason why most of us use Adblock in the first place, if you can't ensure the safety of your ad providers, and if you refuse to do anything about the aforementioned advertisements- how and why the hell do the users owe you anything?
Jul 24, 2016 2:39 AM
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Had the same issue as McWafflez in the past 2 days, ad blocked again until it gets fixed
Jul 24, 2016 1:28 PM
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I've disabled adBlock for a few months, but now I have enabled it because I'm visually impaired and the ads seem to be all over the place with vibrant colours that distract me.

If only I could enable adblock on certain anime streaming sites
Jul 29, 2016 12:08 AM
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I tried whitelisting this page on adblock, but the site started running extremely slowly. I don't know if this is an issue with this site or with the adblock extension itself and I don't really care. I'm willing to whitelist pages, but I'm not willing to uninstall software just for your sake.
Jul 29, 2016 2:56 AM

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I wouldn't mind the ads if they didn't play sound all the time. It's annoying trying to watch something and having an ad louder than it. Then to find the ad to shut it up, only for it to start a couple minutes later.


Jul 29, 2016 10:12 AM

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I just had an ad pop up for a sleazy hook up site. I find this kind of stuff really disgusting and would really appreciate you removing it. Adblock's going back on thanks to that.
Jul 29, 2016 7:41 PM

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Just throwing my name in with other users that've had issues.

I've had MAL whitelisted for most of my time with it, but regardless of the specs of the PC I use, having ads enabled on MAL eventually causes intense lag and eventually crashing of plugins and the tab.

I'd love to have your site on my whitelist, hell I'd donate to remove ads if that were an option, but as long as it interrupts my usage of the site, I'm not going to deal with it.
Jul 29, 2016 11:41 PM

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Most ads were in video format which almost eats up most of my bandwidth and I'm not interested in seeing an egg boil. Please, no more video ads. They slow up the process of loading as well.
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Jul 30, 2016 12:43 AM

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These side panel ads.... please no
Jul 30, 2016 8:34 AM
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Please as long as they aren't so obtrusive, I would whitelist MAL. But this is not the case. The ads are everywhere.

Maybe at the end of a page and not on the sides 'cause I have a small screen.

And please not on my profile page or on pages of anime and manga. The rest is fine.
Jul 30, 2016 8:43 AM

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Wtf is with these side panels?

"The sun is my enemy, but the moon has been good to me."
Jul 30, 2016 11:14 AM

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What's up with these ugly ass Naruto side ads? I was completely fine with the mini ads but this is really annoying. I can't even block just them because it makes the whole thing go black.
Jul 30, 2016 1:59 PM
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For some reason the adds lag out my firefox, keep getting plug-in container hangs and freezes; I literally can't use this site without adblock now. I don't know which ad is doing it, but it happened some 95% of the time.
Jul 30, 2016 6:07 PM

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i dont mind disabling add block on this site but.... when i try to i still see the banners
im using opera and its built in ad block i added mal to the white list but its not working ;/
Jul 31, 2016 7:39 AM
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these naruto side panel ads are sooo annoying, i was perfectly fine with the other ads but now this? really?
Jul 31, 2016 10:23 AM
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Dunno which ad it is but MAL loads slow as hell when I whitelist it. Opening more than five tabs of MAL causes them all to crash too, and this is on a hefty rig

Supporting MAL is great except when supporting it means I can't actually use the site ¯\(ツ)/¯
Aug 1, 2016 3:32 AM
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Yeah I have to back up all the speed complaints too.

I did some testing and with Adblock enabled, pages finish loading and displaying in 13.74 seconds average. With Adblock disabled it averages over 1.1 minutes.

Nobody likes ads but I do not really care about seeing them. I have never clicked on an advert and never will. I have Adblock enabled for MAL because the site is painfully slow without it.
Aug 2, 2016 12:23 AM
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I tired whitelisting the site and ended up getting malicious redirects to another site trying to push a bogus Chrome update on me. I'm not nearly stupid enough to fall for it, but MAL will no longer be whitlisted!
Aug 3, 2016 6:09 AM

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I usually don't mind whitelisting sites that deserve ad revenue support, MAL was an example of that. But recently, the adverts are so obnoxious, I had to resort to using a Stylish script to hide them all completely.

Let us know when the adverts aren't over the top and throughout every possible frame like this...
Aug 3, 2016 1:25 PM

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does anyone think i can use the code that blocks ads on here for other sites as well? or will i need to completely make new codes?
Aug 7, 2016 3:35 PM
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What is my complaint about ads on MAL?

That more than 90% of the time, the ads do not relate to anime at all.

I did not whitelist the website all the way, but I allowed ads on the forums, the homepage, and I believe certain anime pages as well.

Not only are they 90% of the time not about anime, but if they are, it's the same one.
There is no variety at all.

So, do I care about the ads? Not if they were anime related and appropriate.
Aug 8, 2016 7:37 AM

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I don't mind the side banner ads, I don't mind the flash video ads and I don't mind that there's quite a lot of ads on MAL overall BUT I do mind being forwarded to critical, possibly virus infected porn or spam sites like these while opening my profile without clicking anything at all once I landed on my profile page:

https://www.sunmaker.com/de/online-casino-und-sportwetten?aff=100027_KEaBgaAcEABA2016080810000107851658
http://date-for-adults.com/?u=gvdkd0x&o=5emg9u1&t=tgf0#

Will turn my Adblack back on for the moment will check this thread and the Advertisement Complaint Thread again in couple of days to see if there's any change to these issues.
Aug 8, 2016 12:57 PM

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MAL doesn't care. They don't even check this thread.

They're just here for the paycheck from the ads. So what if their visitors get viruses.
Aug 9, 2016 4:47 AM

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TomDay said:
does anyone think i can use the code that blocks ads on here for other sites as well? or will i need to completely make new codes?

Not sure if this will help, but try using a browser add-on called uBlock Origin. You can manually pick whatever ads you need to block.

Aug 9, 2016 9:28 AM

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LiadainRiley said:

Not sure if this will help, but try using a browser add-on called uBlock Origin. You can manually pick whatever ads you need to block.


thanks. i'm not an expert on manual blocks, so i'll need to be taught somehow though :/

Koby said:
MAL doesn't care. They don't even check this thread.

They're just here for the paycheck from the ads. So what if their visitors get viruses.


they barely care about anything in their community. after all they are the mods we are simple peasants.
Aug 11, 2016 1:11 PM
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Ads slow down the site, they slow our internet, they can give you viruses, etc. Trying to make a free website profitable in 2016? 2006 called, they want their business model back. Instead, do what MODERN service websites do and offer a premium service. Sell some hats. Whatever it takes, because there is a reason Google, the interweb king, doesn't give a shoot about ad-blocker, even on YouTube. Because anybody who uses ad-blocker... would rather use a different site than deal with annoying ads.

So no, most people will not disable Ad-blocker, but thanks for making your site more ugly, now I feel less compelled to visit as often.
Aug 12, 2016 6:49 AM

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In the beginning I turned off my adblocker but then, sometimes, the whole site changed into porno-advertisement or other adverts.
Eventually, I turned it on. I like supporting websites like this one, but if the adverts are soo annoying I can't turn it off, sorry.
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Aug 14, 2016 6:04 AM

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i don't even need to turn on my adblock and the ads already blocked... AYYYY
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Aug 15, 2016 8:48 AM
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Whitelisted on my adblock and ads still blocking themselves automatically.
Aug 15, 2016 12:00 PM

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Since pausing addblock for this site, MAL constantly sends me to other sites without me even clicking anything (I've been sent to some kind of Facebook win-contest two times today already).
Aug 15, 2016 7:33 PM
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I don't mind ads but:

- animated ads because it takes the user's attention away. This is a forum so a user's attention should be on the text when reading, not on the ads.
- sound ads because it's always automated play and no one wants a music playing out of nowhere. I even experienced an ad with a girl moaning. Not here in MAL though. It was an awkward experience for me and the people around me.
- video ads because it takes bandwidth (with sound too)

I don't mind hentai ads as long as it's not explicit. The ad placement is fine either.
Aug 16, 2016 4:04 PM
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I'll continue to block ads until the API doesn't suck ass and get the attention it deserves. AnimeDB API and AnimeDB in general is incredibly antiquated and is weirdly esoteric given what options for API development are available. I would rather use MAL for all my anime needs and not have to switch to hummingbird or tvmaze, which are both far more modern than MAL in terms of technology.

* API should have the ability to retrieve anime by an ID, and not just via searching.

* JSON in addition to XML output

* Improve searching. Searching for stuff without colons when the MAL show name has colons yields 0 results. (i.e. Code Geass: Lelouch vs Code Geass Lelouch)

* Proper rate limiting; maybe have service levels where you can pay more for a higher number of requests per hour/day


* Proper authenticated endpoints and not relegating users to using some random php script someone found that gives you access to your list. Adding/deleting/updating sucks in its current form and needs to be brought up to date

I'm actually a little annoyed at how bad the API is. MAL is one of my favorite sites and I use it pretty much daily, but it irks me to no end that I can't use the information contained within the MAL database to its fullest.

I also don't appreciate the logger that sends a request when adblock is detected that contains your username and a timestamp of when you blocked ads.
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Aug 16, 2016 5:53 PM
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I really want to help you guys, but the ads are just unbearable. They make the website lag so much it's unreal. I've had occasions where I had to wait 10-20 for a page to open and sadly this isn't all that rare.
I'm using Firefox, I'm on a PC and I'm in the U.S.
Aug 16, 2016 7:04 PM

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I just have adblocks coz of the pop-up ads or voice overs ads
Aug 16, 2016 7:52 PM
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Changed from Adblock to uBlock Origin, no more ads and no more blue boxes.
Also changed my list to "classic", MAL is looking better now.
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