Lately, I'm seeing advertisements pop up INSIDE my posts.

[snot]

I find this extremely objectionable, since it looks as if I posted and/or endorse the ads, which I don't and won't if I can help it. Anyone else see this happening in their posts?

[dweller]

1. Not seeing ads in your posts

But as a star member I don’t see ads at all
Can’t speak for others who don’t have stars , they may see them in your posts






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[snot]

6. Thanks, @dweller. Fwiw,

when I've caught it trying to do that, I've backed the post out and re-done it, but I'm glad to know if no ads made it through.

[J_William_Ryan]

2. A VPN is your friend.

Everyone should be using a VPN – pop up ads or not.

[snot]

7. Agreed! You might be interested in this:

Governments in the West Are Turning Their Sights on VPNs As They Escalate Their Assault on Online Privacy and Anonymity
Posted on December 23, 2025 by Nick Corbishley

“Politicians have now discovered that people are using VPNs to protect their privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.”

More at https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/in-their-total-war-on-online-privacy-the-liberal-democracies-of-the-collective-west-are-now-turning-their-sights-on-vpns.html

[EarlG]

3. I checked it out and I am seeing ads showing up in lots of places where they shouldn't right now

I will look into this. Thanks for the report.

[EarlG]

4. Okay, that was easier than I thought

I *think* I fixed it. To be clear, ads are always supposed to show up in the top-right of OPs (on desktop), and below the OP there should be one ad, but ads should never show up inside replies.

After checking, I saw that there was a particular setting in our ad dashboard that seemed to be causing the issue, so I reverted that setting and now things seem to be back to normal. Let me know if you are still seeing ads inside replies though.

(FYI, there is likely to be more messing around going on with the ads soon, because we are switching our ad provider in a couple of weeks, which has the chance of causing a bit of disruption. I'll post more about that nearer the time though.)

[snot]

5. Thanks, Earl G.!

and Happy New Year!