Annoying ad issue when using DU on my phone

[Tommy_Carcetti]

While I usually post on DU over my desktop, I frequently use my phone to browse on it (and occasionally post).

Today I started coming across an annoying issue when looking at DU on my phone.

Basically there are now banner ads that obscure the top quarter of my screen. I can click an arrow to minimize it but every time I refresh or look on a different page it comes back and it’s extremely annoying.

This just started today for me. Does anyone else have this problem?

[The Figment]

1. Yes

I was wondering what gives

[blur256]

2. I was just about to post this same thing

I only look at DU on my phone because I'm usually doing other stuff on my computer.

[JDC]

3. I use my iphone almost exclusively. Do not have that issue

[fleur-de-lisa]

14. It happens to me when I access DU on my phone but don't log in.

[Control-Z]

15. It will happen if you're not logged in

because there is no way of knowing you're a star member and not just a visiter.

[WhiteTara]

4. your star must have just faded?

You might want to polish its shine a bit and then, you're golden!

[Flaleftist]

11. It's more than the star.

Something about the way ads display changed.

[uppityperson]

5. Looks like you lost your star. Time for a donation again

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Not just a matter of ads, but looks like a different format for ads

I wonder if DU switched platforms or what have you.

It’s annoying whatever it is.

[Kajun Gal]

6. Yes. And I don't like it!

[Kajun Gal]

7. Getting ads on Kindle. Maybe a google thing? Or the upgrade that happened?

[Skinner]

9. We are updating the ad codes on the site.

If the ads are covering the content on mobile, you need to load the most recent mobile stylesheet:

1) on a page that is not rendering properly, click the refresh button on your mobile browser.

2) If that doesn’t work, open the mobile stylesheet directly, and then click refresh on your browser. The mobile stylesheet is here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/styles/style-mobile.css

3) of course, you can also make the ads disappear by becoming a DU subscriber: https://www.democraticunderground.com/star

Not sure if the desktop site has been updated yet. If there are problems with desktop a shift+refresh should fix it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. As an ad platform it's horrible. However...

...as a membership solicitation tactic, it’s ingenious.

Well played.

[Flaleftist]

10. The same thing started happening to me today.

I thought maybe it was some kind of malware/adware on my phone. It must be something else.

[NightWatcher]

13. I think the ad format is new, but I had to renew my star today and saw it as well

Pitch in a few bucks and it goes back to normal. I promise.