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PSA: Please disable ad-block for steamgifts!

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bobofatt

As we all know, the site has had some trouble lately. I saw that cg said in the chat room that it's just simply not able to keep up with the load on the current servers. The next step up is about 2.5 times more expensive than the current plan.

I'm sure a lot of us just install ad-blockers and never think about them... but if it's a site you love like steamgifts (and steamtrades, steamgamesales), please whitelist in your ad-blockers (I had to do it in AdBlock, Ghostery, and Disconnect).

It only shows one ad, at the very bottom of the screen. I don't even see it most of the time because you have to scroll all the way down for it.

Let's give more than just games, let's give our ad revenue too!

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aksn1p3r

Adverts support a site and by using Adblock you are just as good as a freeloader. :)

12 years ago
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Bloodycrow

But some ads actually are actually intrusive and can be dangerous, or are simply annoying and bothersome. Feel free to disable them on sites you go to all the time, but whenever you're browsing around in unknown parts of the web (not just Facebooking and Tumblring), an Adblock can make a difference.

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aksn1p3r

Report them.

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Bloodycrow

You don't seem to understand. You'd have to be submitted to those ads first, to know their bad, to report them. Blocking them prevents any possible trouble completely.

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Angel9RakouCobra

Did it almost as soon as I joined the site (after realizing there even were ads and who was running the site/how the site was being run). They're 90% gaming ads anyways, when you even notice them. Don't see a problem at all in letting them load.

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Jams

Never had mine enabled.

12 years ago
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WaterDude

Disabled. Sorry SteamGifts. :(

12 years ago
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aksn1p3r

You will notice, the more extensions you have in Chrome, the more Chrome.exe processes are created and some are usually so chunky memory hogs that your own browser starts causing the internet to fail. :P

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Sinovera

Oh wow. I had adblock before I found out about SG so I had no idea this site had ads... Thanks for this. I'd definitely be up for whitelisting it

12 years ago
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q00u

Disabled. Thanks for reminding me! I normally never even think about ads. I hope this helps!

12 years ago
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Fogfrog56

Good Idea. Thanks

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nagleator

I have always had the adds on and they dont annoy me

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AgeOfArmageddon

Didn't even think about it - done!

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bobofatt

Just thought I'd bump this to see if we can get just a few more people to do it.

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lonerunner

i surf with google chrome on this website so no ad blockers are running.

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Raxius

Whitelisted. But I don't even see any ads at all.

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squeakyrubberducky

honestly, even without adblock, i had no clue there were adds here, i dont often go to the bottom of the page

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Closed 12 years ago by bobofatt.