Seriously, WTF Jalopnik?

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt)
12/06/2018 at 14:57 • Filed to: Spam, frontpageproblems, shitty ads, Ads suck, Frontpage, Jalopnik

I ain’t got time fo dis shit

I whitelist Jalopnik and keep the AdBocker off, and this is what I get? Since when did the FP start allowing shitty mid 2000s p ro n site popups?

DISCUSSION (16)

Aremmes > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 15:04

Kinja uses an unhealthy number of ad/tracking services:

adsafeprotected.com

adsrvr.org

amazon-adsystem.com

chartbeat.com

cxense.com

doubleclick.net

google-analytics.com

googletagservices.com

imrworldwide.com

krxd.net

quantserve.com

samba.tv

scorecardresearch.com

skimresources.com

There’s no way that Kinja can keep a handle on dishonest ads popping up through these. Better to keep the ad blocker enabled always.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Aremmes
12/06/2018 at 15:06

Yeah but the Ablocker( Ublock Origin) screws up comments completely. keeps loading or disables them completely. And I don’t want to change Adblockers because it works beautifully everywhere else.

Chariotoflove > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 15:08

The problem is that the Kinja blogs as a whole are as sketchy as always, and Jalopnik can’t do anything about it.

Urambo Tauro > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 15:10

Have you tried just unblocking “cxense.com”? I’m not 100% comfortable letting it through, but i t’s the only way I could get comments to work right.

Urambo Tauro > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 15:10

“ SpeCiAl aLeRt FroM mIcROsOfT” *frantically scrambles to hit the close button*

Aremmes > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 15:13

I use uBlock Origin with uMatrix. The latter allows granular control over what's blocked. The issue with the comments being broken is because uBO blocks the requests for scripts to third-party CDNs (lazy-ass web developers can't be arsed to host the scripts on their own servers) -- uMatrix allows you to whitelist these with a couple of clicks.

Urambo Tauro > Chariotoflove
12/06/2018 at 15:14

Buggy as Kinja gets sometimes, its still my favorite commenting platform. But as much as I’d hate to lose Kinja , Ja lopnik deserves better than Fusion/ GMG/Univision .

lone_liberal > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 15:14

I updated to the latest version of Chrome yesterday and turned AdBlock off for the FP. So far it’s been fine, but the first time I see that crap it’s being turned back on.

Stef Schrader > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 15:17

Oof. This should NOT be happening! Definitely send this issue on to the Kinja helpdesk. I think this is it, but I’ll let you know if I hear of a better address: https://kinja.desk.com/

I know a few other people ran into the same issue so I think they’re working on a fix, as again, this isn’t something that should happen. Definitely don’t click it.

MonkeePuzzle > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 15:17

wat if... it’s not jalopnik, but your browser that was infected when you were browsing “shitty mid 2000s porn sites” and is not about their page, but about your browsing ? :D

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > MonkeePuzzle
12/06/2018 at 15:26

Kinja'd!!!

Stef Schrader > Stef Schrader
12/06/2018 at 15:49

My apologies—this should be the correct form for Kinja issues: https://kinja.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000106393

Thanks for pointing it out!

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 16:02

I use uBlock with very aggressive filtering and have almost never had a problem with Kinja’s comment system. Usually it’s just that the comment system itself has broken, not my filters breaking it.

Chariotoflove > Urambo Tauro
12/06/2018 at 16:10

No argument there. Kinja is still easier to use than many older platforms.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 17:54

I’ve been getting that pop up too. Usually on Splinter (I know, but it’s a bad habit I can’t break), not so much on Jalopnik or Oppo.

facw > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
12/06/2018 at 23:41

Yep, I got something similar last night:

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

Clearly somewhere they are dealing with a disreputable ad networ k (almost certainly not directly, but somewhere down the chain someone is letting these malicious ads run ) .