Poor User Experience with BHW as of Late (for numerous months, at least)

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Aside from the look and feel of BHW, I'm not entirely sure about what has changed internally on this once lovely platform, but since the new layout, I've been unable to post anything or even browse the website at all while on mobile, and on desktop, I can only see the page for several seconds before this extremely annoying popup appears, saying "AdBlock Detected". I've gone so far as to both uninstall adblock AND install a new adblock with the sole purpose of whitelisting BHW, but this damned popup continues to appear. After some time, I just said "screw it" and didn't return here for some time.

But I miss being on BHW. Some of my most fun online experiences (yes, I know how sad that sounds lol) have come from being on this platform. I've met some truly incredible people here and I'd like to see if I can regain those vibes. I've left my Jr. VIP active to support BHW, as the wealth of knowledge I've gained here is well worth the cost of membership, but still. It sucks to not be able to really contribute and otherwise enjoy it like I once have, and all because of this damned popup!

In fact, I'm typing this in notepad, just to copy and paste because I cannot type such a lengthy message on the platform because once that popup appears and I click the "I've Disabled AdBlock" button, it refreshes the page. It's annoying as hell!

On mobile, it's worse. Honestly, I don't know what to do. I'm just posting this here and wishing that someone will see it and fix it. :(

I'm only posting here in case any other users are experiencing the same. They can chime in if they'd like. I've raised a support ticket.
Support Ticket: 702735

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Are you using some sort of Ad Blocking DNS? Try using 1.1.1.1 instead
 
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Aside from the look and feel of BHW, I'm not entirely sure about what has changed internally on this once lovely platform, but since the new layout, I've been unable to post anything or even browse the website at all while on mobile, and on desktop, I can only see the page for several seconds before this extremely annoying popup appears, saying "AdBlock Detected". I've gone so far as to both uninstall adblock AND install a new adblock with the sole purpose of whitelisting BHW, but this damned popup continues to appear. After some time, I just said "screw it" and didn't return here for some time.

But I miss being on BHW. Some of my most fun online experiences (yes, I know how sad that sounds lol) have come from being on this platform. I've met some truly incredible people here and I'd like to see if I can regain those vibes. I've left my Jr. VIP active to support BHW, as the wealth of knowledge I've gained here is well worth the cost of membership, but still. It sucks to not be able to really contribute and otherwise enjoy it like I once have, and all because of this damned popup!

In fact, I'm typing this in notepad, just to copy and paste because I cannot type such a lengthy message on the platform because once that popup appears and I click the "I've Disabled AdBlock" button, it refreshes the page. It's annoying as hell!

On mobile, it's worse. Honestly, I don't know what to do. I'm just posting this here and wishing that someone will see it and fix it. :(

I'm only posting here in case any other users are experiencing the same. They can chime in if they'd like. I've raised a support ticket.
Support Ticket: 702735

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I recently encountered the same problem on my iPhone while browsing BHW. Even when I turned off the content blocker, the issue persisted, appearing like a bug on my phone. However, I found a solution. Whenever the popup appears again, just follow these steps, and it will be resolved permanently.

Click on the extension again left hand side on safari
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Click on "Hide distracting items" and select the popup to make it disappear.
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POV:- Sometimes, even after following this, you’ll still face issues. Just repeat the steps multiple times, and you’ll get rid of it permanently.
 
Hi. I am using Google Chrome.
Hi, Support replied to your ticket yesterday. Do you want to reply, and we'll look into this with you? By all means, review the suggestions made here too.

Such Issues tend to be user-specific, so we can run through a few checks. :)
 
Aside from the look and feel of BHW, I'm not entirely sure about what has changed internally on this once lovely platform, but since the new layout, I've been unable to post anything or even browse the website at all while on mobile, and on desktop, I can only see the page for several seconds before this extremely annoying popup appears, saying "AdBlock Detected". I've gone so far as to both uninstall adblock AND install a new adblock with the sole purpose of whitelisting BHW, but this damned popup continues to appear. After some time, I just said "screw it" and didn't return here for some time.

But I miss being on BHW. Some of my most fun online experiences (yes, I know how sad that sounds lol) have come from being on this platform. I've met some truly incredible people here and I'd like to see if I can regain those vibes. I've left my Jr. VIP active to support BHW, as the wealth of knowledge I've gained here is well worth the cost of membership, but still. It sucks to not be able to really contribute and otherwise enjoy it like I once have, and all because of this damned popup!

In fact, I'm typing this in notepad, just to copy and paste because I cannot type such a lengthy message on the platform because once that popup appears and I click the "I've Disabled AdBlock" button, it refreshes the page. It's annoying as hell!

On mobile, it's worse. Honestly, I don't know what to do. I'm just posting this here and wishing that someone will see it and fix it. :(

I'm only posting here in case any other users are experiencing the same. They can chime in if they'd like. I've raised a support ticket.
Support Ticket: 702735

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i had this same situation and left bhw year ago
 
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on desktop use Firefox and install ublock origin + ghostery addons (enable all filters on ublock origin) + make sure everything is up to date
works for me
 
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Same issues with Mozilla
Thanks for the heads up! Brave it is.
Hi, Support replied to your ticket yesterday. Do you want to reply, and we'll look into this with you? By all means, review the suggestions made here too.

Such Issues tend to be user-specific, so we can run through a few checks. :)
Hi. Thanks for the alert. I was in tunnel vision, working on a side project. I have replied to the ticket.
i had this same situation and left bhw year ago
Yeah, I don't know when it started, but BHW was unusable once it did. But I miss this place.
Welcome back!
Thank you! ^_^
on desktop use Firefox and install ublock origin + ghostery addons (enable all filters on ublock origin) + make sure everything is up to date
works for me
Great suggestion but I want to keep things simple. I prefer to have minimal extensions installed on the browsers I use.

So far so good, while testing with Brave. No popups!! Thanks everyone for your support. I believe that, since I was able to type this entire reply without the issue, we can resolve the support ticket. After what feels like at least 2 years, I'm finally back!
 
I'm also getting ad blocker pop-ups only when using Microsoft Edge, but not on Chrome or Firefox.
 
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I'm also getting ad blocker pop-ups only when using Microsoft Edge, but not on Chrome or Firefox.
How did you manage to evade it on Chrome? o.O
 
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