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muriel_volestrangler

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8. I don't use an ad blocker as such; I just add ad firms who delay pages loading to my hosts file

Reply to EarlG (Reply #7)

Mon May 6, 2024, 09:58 AM

May 2024

redirecting their URL to 127.0.0.1, ie my own PC. If it is just an extra ad, that's fine; I wondered at first if there was something strange going on.

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Is there now a "minimum OP length" that pads OPs with space if they're short? (Likely cause thought of) [View all] muriel_volestrangler May 2024 OP

What that looks like: muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #1

I haven't noticed it within individual posts, ... sl8 May 2024 #2

I did wonder about that, but with slightly longer OPs, the padding is smaller, so the total is the same muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #3

Got it. sl8 May 2024 #4

Now I've come back to this, the padding is now pretty much half the length. muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #6

I did one like that last week jmbar2 May 2024 #5

Nothing has changed at our end EarlG May 2024 #7

I don't use an ad blocker as such; I just add ad firms who delay pages loading to my hosts file muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #8