| Somehow I see very few ads, mostly one bar per page. Rarely two. What is wrong with me? |
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Tulicloure said: Am I the only one who still gets the blue banners sometimes, even though I have Adblock disabled for MAL? If I'm going to keep getting them anyway, I'd rather block everything... I have them too, but only for the ones displaying at the bottom of forum thread or in the middle of anime page, but still not always. Sometimes there are adds, and other there are blue banners about add-blocking. |
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wolfslice said: No, it's not. Looks like you don't understand the major difference. Anime, manga/manhwa/manhua & light novels are non-interactive medium. VNs, on the other hand, are interactive and much closer to games in this (which is why the majority of people are still usually call it "Japanese games" while it's incorrect). And this is not mentioning VNs with strong game elements, i.e. VN-game hybrids that are very common (usually it's strategy or RPG). There are even just straight games that some people labeling as VNs just because it's story mode strongly resemble this of typical VNs.The different medium argument is meaningless when the site already has manga. |
There is such thing as shit taste. Only idiots think that every "work of art" should have the same value. Oil and nuclear are civilisation saviours. Deal with it. |
| MAL's ads and their placements are very in-your-face and intrusive, which is why I'd rather not disable my adblocker. I have been a very active member of this website for almost 7 years now and I would love to support you guys in a different way. Why don't you add a "premium" member service, which makes the website ad-free (and blue banner free, because those are very annoying as well. Especially when there are 6 or 8 of them on a single page.) I know MAL used to have donations yeeeaaars ago. So why hasn't this been considered yet? |
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| "For every ad blocked, Domo-kun eats a kitten... " What is wrong with you people ?! leave those kittens out of this !!! |
BurntJelly said: I block all 3rd party requests, not just ads. If you want me to see ads, you need to host them yourself. Is this real? I've never seen the site look like this. I guess I'm blocking the script that does this? LMAO The only acceptable ads for this site would be "X anime on your list is on sale!" It's actually not that bad. I was shocked as well at first, but when I disabled adblock, the actual ads are overall less annoying than these blue "please diable adblock" boxes. I do admit the ads are overdone on the animeseries/manga pages, espeically around the recommendation-field: there's ads between "backround" and "characters", between "characters" and "reviews", bteween "reviews" and "recommendations", to the left of the reviews and at the very bottom of the page - a total of 8 ads on a single page. That's way too much. On the other hand, on the users profile there's just two ads at the very bottom of the page and therefore barely noticable. Some of the changes were pretty nice ideas. The anime steaming for example. The only problem is this: It's not really doing much me... |
kennikittyJun 14, 2016 12:50 AM
| Took off adblock again. So far, no signs of audio ads (without mute) and inappropriate ads. Keep it up. |
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| Protip for making users stop using adblock software: become a part of the acceptable ads manifesto thing here https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads#application. Studies have shown a lot of adblock users don't mind some ads, which is what the acceptable ads program is about; making ads an acceptable part of the internet. I for one don't like seeing ads that are clearly distracting by playing a video or being something like a gif (such as ones on this site), and I especially hate it when it's hard to tell whether it's a site feature or an ad. One more thing I hate about your ads is that there are ads placed in the middle of specific anime/manga pages. There are 2 below the background section, 2 below opening/ending theme songs and a fat one below the reviews. They really set me off being in the middle of the page, and I see no reason to not use adblock while they are still there. |
teubert2Jun 15, 2016 1:49 AM
When people tell me to stream anime on CR instead of downloading from fansub sites.  |
wtf is this???????? |
| same with above >.> |
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| • What is your biggest complaint with MAL's advertisements? A bit annoying that the adds that cover the left part sometimes follow as you scroll up and down, other than that, not much. • Which aspect of MAL's ad experience do you think doesn't need improvement (i.e. is good as it is)? The anime pages seem good as they are. • Are there any pages on MAL where you don't mind the ads? Are there any pages where you really mind them? I generally don't mind them anywhere (except my lists, of course) • Would you prefer well-placed, in-content advertisements? Or advertisements on the top, sides, and end of the page? The latter. • Which kind of advertisements do you like to see? And conversely, don't? The Japanese ads tend to be funny, conversely I'd rather not see Hentai ads outside of Hentai pages. • If there were an option to subscribe monthly/yearly (by paying money) to both hide advertisements and support MAL, would you? For those two reasons? Yes. But only for a reasonable price (or a custom amount). • Any other comments/concerns/suggestions? You're doing a great job as it is, but I kinda feel like implementing general chats (i.e. I place a general topic for a chat and all that join are free to discuss it with me). • Please let us know your country (or NA/EU/AS, if you don't want to say). Portugal. |
| I'd rather donate a couple bucks a month than watch ads and have the site slowed down by them, honestly. I'll still turn ABP off now. |
Adam_R said: I'd rather donate a couple bucks a month than watch ads and have the site slowed down by them, honestly. I'll still turn ABP off now. Just opened this thread to say exactly the same thing. Like 99% internet ads are terrible, on MAL included. But I want to support MAL, I'll gladly by premium for ad-free experience or, hell, just donate few bucks every month to not feel bad about using adblock :D I'm sure the revenue from ads per-user is even less than 1$/mo... |
| I'm here for you. |
| Offer, say, $4.99 a month subscriptions to remove ads. Add some other 'premium' features (usually little-used specific things, or server intensive things) and I'm sure there will be plenty of revenue from there to offset the naughty, naughty people who 'block dem ads'. Like me... I'd be happy to pay, but I refuse to sit through irritating, annoying ads that are totally irrelevant to the website subject! And your 'anti-adblock' ads can take a hike as well. |
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| If MAL repeatedly ignores user feedback then why should I disable adblock to support something like that? |
| maybe you can run on donations instead of ads? |
| As long as ads have sound, I will continue to keep adblock enabled. That simple really. |
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Kineta said: If there were an option to subscribe monthly/yearly (by paying money) to both hide advertisements and support MAL, would you? Stop being creative with that blue disable adblock notice text and just let me pay you to have that box shut up and go away. |
ArcxivJun 23, 2016 3:45 AM
redemption024 said: Kineta said: If there were an option to subscribe monthly/yearly (by paying money) to both hide advertisements and support MAL, would you? Stop being creative with that blue disable adblock notice text and just let me pay you to have that box shut up and go away. ^ This. I tried disabling adblock, all it took me was to visit one anime page to enable it again, I could barely use the page because of how slow it was. I'll not disable it, I prefer to pay a certain amount each year than use the site this way. |
| Here's the thing: if MAL hosted the ads on their own server, then adblock wouldn't even be able to block them. However, a lot of these third party ads contain malware, so MAL doesn't want to expose themselves to that risk, but they want us to shoulder the burden so they get their money. MAL, take responsibility for the quality and trustworthiness of the ads, host them on your own server, and the problem goes away completely. |
Drunk_Samurai said: That is a good point.If MAL repeatedly ignores user feedback then why should I disable adblock to support something like that? felipekorbes said: Exactly the same experience I had.I tried disabling adblock, all it took me was to visit one anime page to enable it again, I could barely use the page because of how slow it was. |
| "In the end the World really doesn't need a Superman. Just a Brave one" |
Jenguin said: Just like I said earlier in this thread - ADblock is useless outdated shit, use Ad Muncher and/or uBlock Origin, it doesn't have such problems.Here's the thing: if MAL hosted the ads on their own server, then adblock wouldn't even be able to block them. |
| There is such thing as shit taste. Only idiots think that every "work of art" should have the same value. Oil and nuclear are civilisation saviours. Deal with it. |
| • What is your biggest complaint with MAL's advertisements? The speed, with adblock ON the page loads almost instantly, without adblocker the pages sometimes take more than 10 seconds and the pages crash. • Which aspect of MAL's ad experience do you think doesn't need improvement (i.e. is good as it is)? Well the ad content isn't that bad. Ads don't affect me in anyway as long as they aren't animated, play sound OR slow down the loading time by more than 1 sec. • Are there any pages on MAL where you don't mind the ads? Are there any pages where you really mind them? Not really either way. • Would you prefer well-placed, in-content advertisements? Or advertisements on the top, sides, and end of the page? Well I prefer well-placed best of all but my well-placed-not-disrupting-the-flow approach doesn't seem like the one most companies use. I.e. good ones are, like an extra button or an image together with the other images to help them look like an even amount or other non intrusive approaches. • Which kind of advertisements do you like to see? And conversely, don't? Don't really mind any, other than nsfw when on non nsfw sites that is horrible. Me: "I'm just surfing normally, nothing indecent here." *Screen filled with sexy girls posing everywhere* Friends, family or coworkers: "Ehhh we don't think so..." • If there were an option to subscribe monthly/yearly (by paying money) to both hide advertisements and support MAL, would you? Eh I'm a student so honestly I don't think I would, but I think a lot of people would if it were to support the site. If it were something like 1 USD or less per month, well sure I wouldn't mind then though. • Please let us know your country (or NA/EU/AS, if you don't want to say). Sweden, EU. |
OsyxJun 26, 2016 10:28 AM
| It's quite hypocritical. How come my GIF sigs are "too much" but ads aren't? |
| End Zionazism |
Mikasa said: It's quite hypocritical. How come my GIF sigs are "too much" but ads aren't? We have the option to disable sigs with no repercussions or drawbacks... |
_Dazzle_ said: Mikasa said: It's quite hypocritical. How come my GIF sigs are "too much" but ads aren't? We have the option to disable sigs with no repercussions or drawbacks... Yes but my gifs are cool no one will wanna turn that shit off. |
| End Zionazism |
_Dazzle_ said: Mikasa said: It's quite hypocritical. How come my GIF sigs are "too much" but ads aren't? We have the option to disable sigs with no repercussions or drawbacks... Heh, now I want to see a "For every sig blocked, Domo-kun eats a kitten..." signature banner. |
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| A lot of ads are super laggy on Chrome |
| For some reasons, such websites as anime-planet don’t have these annoying ads and they are still able to improve their websites. MyAnimeList, however, hasn’t shown yet any helpful improvements that would make this website better. There were a few good things, yes, but it is not enough; you should spend time only on things that are needed. Kineta said: Due to the massive drama surrounding review voting lately and the opportunity presenting itself, I have asked Xinil to code me the ability to see which user accounts vote on which reviews. I do not currently have an ETA on when we will see this change, but I hope it will be within the next few months. Since this is now in progress, I would like to ask that all reviewers/readers: • Stop making new accounts to up/down vote reviews immediately. Please do not contribute to the problem and my workload. • Private message me with the accounts that you have already used to up/down vote reviews. If you take responsibility for your actions now, it will be much less painful than if I need to forcefully encourage you to stop. • Do not accuse other reviewers of up/down voting reviews. Please do not contribute to the drama. Once the change is pushed, I will open a request thread in the Support board for requesting your reviews to be checked for down votes. Where is this ability? Where? Ah, yes, we have a new layout and we can watch anime on MyAnimeList. [sarcasm]This is so kewl~[/sarcasm] Not saying that you don’t care about helpful suggestion that would make this website better than it is now. I don’t think that it is that difficult to at least leave a reply that this feature might, or might not be implemented on this website in every thread. With that being said, I don’t have a desire disable my adblock. (I don’t want to even spend a dollar on nothing either.) |
BilgameshJun 27, 2016 3:33 AM
kitsune0 said: adblock is more than efficient enough. I've never had any issues blocking what I needed to easily enough with adblock. So you're just talking out of your ass.Jenguin said: Just like I said earlier in this thread - ADblock is useless outdated shit, use Ad Muncher and/or uBlock Origin, it doesn't have such problems.Here's the thing: if MAL hosted the ads on their own server, then adblock wouldn't even be able to block them. |
Koby said: Relax, kid, I just knew a lot more about the problem than you. Typical "women's logic" in it's worst - "I don't have such problem so you're lying". Just couple of easy questions - can that oh so mighty & powerful ADblock of yours block ads in uTorrent? 0r jetAudio? 0r any other program that is not browser? And sure it doesn't have any of this obnoxious "non-intrusive ads" program affiliated with? Su-u-ure?adblock is more than efficient enough. I've never had any issues blocking what I needed to easily enough with adblock. So you're just talking out of your ass. 0h, and questions are purely rhetorical, I already knew all the answers. |
| There is such thing as shit taste. Only idiots think that every "work of art" should have the same value. Oil and nuclear are civilisation saviours. Deal with it. |
kitsune0 said: I don't utilize bad software that requires blocking ads in them.Koby said: Relax, kid, I just knew a lot more about the problem than you. Typical "women's logic" in it's worst - "I don't have such problem so you're lying". Just couple of easy questions - can that oh so mighty & powerful ADblock of yours block ads in uTorrent? 0r jetAudio? 0r any other program that is not browser? And sure it doesn't have any of this obnoxious "non-intrusive ads" program affiliated with? Su-u-ure?adblock is more than efficient enough. I've never had any issues blocking what I needed to easily enough with adblock. So you're just talking out of your ass. 0h, and questions are purely rhetorical, I already knew all the answers. and you're seriously going to sit there and call a 'browser addon' outdated shit just because it doesn't work outside of the browser it's an addon for? Lol Alrighty then. Have fun with such logic. |
KobyJun 27, 2016 10:39 AM
Koby said: A-a-and... behold, mods & trolls, just like I predicted it! No answer about "non-intrusive ads" (i.e. paid off to be whitelisted) program, calling Cowon's jetAudio a bad software - shit taste as well as absolutely zero knowledge in software detected - and also trying to avoid answering. Ah, kids these days. Well, they are the same any other given day, so I'm not surprised. Trying to look "kewl" and talk like adults about things they haven't a slightest idea about.What idiot uses utorrent in this day in age that isn't 2.2.1? Okay. I don't utilize bad software that requires blocking ads in them. and you're seriously going to sit there and call a 'browser addon' outdated shit just because it doesn't work outside of the browser it's an addon for? Lol are you an idiot? Don't answer that. |
| There is such thing as shit taste. Only idiots think that every "work of art" should have the same value. Oil and nuclear are civilisation saviours. Deal with it. |
| Yeah kitsune0 clearly is trolling on a subject he doesn't comprehend... ...Seriously going to sit there and call a 'browser addon' outdated shit just because it doesn't work outside of the browser it's an addon for? Lol Alrighty then. Have fun with such logic. I ain't got time for kids trolling and it's always fun to be called a kid by someone younger. |
KobyJun 27, 2016 10:56 AM
Koby said: Just as I thought - no arguments at all, no knowledge about how software work, who's and how developing it, while it's not that hard to find these days, but still trying to play smart and talk about it.Yeah kitsune0 clearly is trolling on a subject he doesn't comprehend... ...Seriously going to sit there and call a 'browser addon' outdated shit just because it doesn't work outside of the browser it's an addon for? Lol Alrighty then. Have fun with such logic. I ain't got time for kids trolling and it's always fun to be called a kid by someone younger. And also can't even check profile birth dates, yare-yare~ |
| There is such thing as shit taste. Only idiots think that every "work of art" should have the same value. Oil and nuclear are civilisation saviours. Deal with it. |
Max said: By the way, if anyone visits the site from iOS device(s), here are the relevant settings I use: General > Privacy > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking (enabled) Safari > General > Block Pop-ups (enabled) Safari > Privacy & Security > Do Not Track (enabled) Safari > Privacy & Security > Block Cookies > Allow From Current Website Only Safari > Privacy & Security > Fraudulent Website Warning (enabled) Polychrome said: >Moderator. That's coming from me as a user. I only became a moderator a month or two ago, and it's not like it pays. That sounds like a complaint, or could sound like one. |
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Kineta said: [color=#545454]MAL has seen more development in the last 1.5 years than it has in over 5 years. Our dev team at DeNA have put a considerable amount of work into fixing ancient bugs and adding desperately needed features, and are committed to keep doing so. But dev time isn't paid with leaves. MAL is a free service. And we'd like to keep it a free service for everyone. This means we need advertisements to support site development. However, a very large percentage of our community is currently using adblock, which negatively impacts how much dev time we can get. Blah-blah-blah, dev, bla-blah-blah, senpai please donate/ disable adblock. Did you perhaps forget to mention this? [quote=Nashetania message=42701494] DeNA said: We are seeking native English speaking writers for creating interesting anime and manga related articles. Anime knowledge is a must. We are offering $0.03/word, and expect articles to be over 1000 words each. We will give direction on the content/topic of the articles. This is a long-term project with flexibility in the number of articles you write and when you write them, however we expect regular contact and communication. Please send us an email for more details. To be considered for the role, you must have watched at least 15 anime series. Please include the names of 15 anime series you have watched when you contact us, including any of the anime listed below: Ushio to Tora (TV) Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace Junjou Romantica 3 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz! Nisekoi Black Rock Shooter Lucky Star So we should disable adblock for more "awsum" articles, right? I am not trying to say that they all are bad, by the way; however, as I have already mentioned, you don't deserve even a cent, because you will invest it in some worthless crap again. |
BilgameshJun 28, 2016 3:49 AM
| Awwwww, is it just me or are they trying to bypass adblock, at least with the banners? |
Play League of Legends here! Autocrat said: Hitler was good, objectively. |
Immahnoob said: Awwwww, is it just me or are they trying to bypass adblock, at least with the banners? So it isn't only me, nice going MAL. If anyone knows how to bypass their bypass pls let me know. |
 "One must die and one must live. No victory, no defeat. The survivor will carry on the fight. It is our destiny... The one who survives will inherit the title of Boss. And the one who inherits the title of Boss will face an existence of endless battle." |
BigBoss said: Immahnoob said: Awwwww, is it just me or are they trying to bypass adblock, at least with the banners? So it isn't only me, nice going MAL. If anyone knows how to bypass their bypass pls let me know. I don't think there is a way to bypass them. |
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