What is with the "AD" at the bottom of the screen now?

[MOMFUDSKI]

It is semi-transparent but annoying as hell. Am I just a crabby old lady or what?

[Ocelot II]

1. I don't see it. What kind of device is it showing up on?

[MOMFUDSKI]

4. It is on my Dell desktop.

It doesn't have the "X" thingy in which to delete it. Just stays there in a semitransparent state. Eventually it will disappear of its own accord.

[John1956PA]

2. I started noticing it this afternoon.

My ads are blocked. Maybe DUers whose ads are not blocked are seeing advertising in that bottom margin space.

[MOMFUDSKI]

6. EZOIC

and a place to click on 'report this ad'. Scary stuff. And it is asking for $$$

[Xavier Breath]

7. I have it too

and I don't use an ad blocker. I'm just seeing the same transparent panel as the op.

[John1956PA]

10. I right-clicked on the semi-transparent margin and chose "inspect."

I got a bunch of code regarding Ezoic.

[EarlG]

11. Ezoic is our ad provider

We’re testing a new ad placement.

[MOMFUDSKI]

13. Thanks!

Not a crabby old lady. Just a confused old lady. Wouldn't mind the ad at the bottom as long as there is an 'X' to get rid of it. Test away . . .

[ChazII]

21. We share the same opinion regarding the 'x'.

Being a creature of habit I like the ad at the top.

Agree with test away

[Effete Snob]

16. Privacy Badger is informative

It's a fun plugin published by the EFF. It's interesting to see how many trackers and things some websites can spawn. DU is relatively lightweight.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

27. Thanks for sharing. I just added it to Firefox (available at "Ad-ons and Themes" page).

Said it had blocked two potential trackers from DU's site but I'll disable it for DU.

KY.......

[Effete Snob]

30. Go somewhere dodgy and watch it light up

Try one of the popular pr0n sites. I think my record is somewhere in the 40's.

[panader0]

3. Get a star. Those of us with a star can't see what you're referring to.

[malaise]

20. Yep

Star power😀

[ornotna]

5. No flies on me

Star power!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=star

[MOMFUDSKI]

14. Thanks for that.

I will mull it over.

[EarlG]

8. It's an ad

We’re testing a new ad placement. To remove it (and every other ad on DU) please see:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/star

[Effete Snob]

17. 75% of the readership uses multi-focal lenses

So, seeing a blurry band at the bottom of the screen is kinda normal anyway. It's just that this one stays blurry if you move your head up and down to "move the line", lol.

[MOMFUDSKI]

23. That is funny!

Old fart syndrome for sure. Talked to my 53-yr-old son yesterday and he was complaining about his vision and achy joints. I said how funny that I now have to talk to my KIDS about getting old. Yikes.

[Grolph_]

18. I see the same add on the top, the side, the middle and now on the bottom

I didn't click on it in the first three places, but YES, now that it is transparent across the bottom of the screen I desperately want Joe Biden removed from office. (sarcasm)

Come on man.

[Effete Snob]

22. lol

[LoisB]

9. Thanks, I thought it was just THIS crabby old lady who is annoyed by it.

[MOMFUDSKI]

15. lol

We are kindred crabby old ladies! BUT - another mystery solved!

[brettdale]

12. I thought it was just me

and firefox or something.

[MOMFUDSKI]

24. Gonna

do it.

[Effete Snob]

25. Doesn't work

There's a strip joint between me and the post office.

Those ones are going to have a tough time making it there.

[Golden Raisin]

28. Crabby old coot here. Also have the semi-transparent ad running along bottom of screen (laptop).

[Raine]

29. I use DuckDuck Go browser and it blocks ALL ads, I never see them 🙂

I learned about it from fellow DUers so many THANKS to them.

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. What annoys me about it (and 90% of the web, these days) is it breaks correct scrolling

Part of the vertical space in your window is used for this ad; but it doesn't allow for that in the amount that a 'page up' or 'page down' command (whether from a click on the scroll bar, or the keyboard) does. So a line that is underneath the ad then disappears off the top of the screen when you scroll down, and you never see it. It's usually banners at the top of pages that screw this up.

Why has the internet design community, over the past decade or so, just ignored this glaring user problem? There really ought to have been an agreed fix by now.