Hot Take Why does Sherdog do everything possible to run off users?

[DougieJones]

I might be done using this site, as much as I love conversing with all of you. The annoying "R U A HOOMAN?!?!" interruptions, and now these CONSTANT new popup ads!?!? Who in their right mind would visit this site and decide to sign up and deal with these things, when much simpler alternatives are available? Just in principle, I feel like whoever the management of this site is, simply do not care about the users and growing the site in any meaningful way, despite MMA's growing popularity/fanbase.


And I know this is not the correct forum, eat my butt

 

[jeff7b9]

I brought it up when they were jamming 2FA down our throats.

I was like - you know this is gonna chase away shit tons of traffic right?


They did it anyway.

Some dogs gotta bite their own balls to figure out it hurts

 

[squeezewax]

The are you human stuff is annoying. However i never get ads because i use the Opera browser.

 

[DalchaLungiambula]

I might be done using this site, as much as I love conversing with all of you. The annoying "R U A HOOMAN?!?!" interruptions, and now these CONSTANT new popup ads!?!? Who in their right mind would visit this site and decide to sign up and deal with these things, when much simpler alternatives are available? Just in principle, I feel like whoever the management of this site is, simply do not care about the users and growing the site in any meaningful way, despite MMA's growing popularity/fanbase.


And I know this is not the correct forum, eat my butt

How can you not be using uBlock Origin - boomer I guess?

Not only does it stop all ads and pop-ups on websites, but it massively reduces the chance of getting viruses as a result

 

[DougieJones]

The are you human stuff is annoying. However i never get ads because i use the Opera browser.

I don't think needing to use a certain browser to use a website effectively is a very good thing

 

[DougieJones]

How can you not be using uBlock Origin - boomer I guess?

Not only does it stop all ads and pop-ups on websites, but it massively reduces the chance of getting viruses as a result

Of course I am using adblock on desktop.... but on mobile I do not want to use a special browser just to post on a karate forum

EDIT: Also adblock does nothing to alleviate the human checks dingus

 

[Simple Southerner]

 

[Discjockeyshtud]

I thought this was just Australia

So weird first in over 20 years, inability to access the forum 1/2 the time because of weird 2fa and google ads now occupying the bottom right hand corner of the screen with chrome is making this thing a mission to use

I ain't rage quitting just yet

 

[italiamusica]

Of course I am using adblock on desktop.... but on mobile I do not want to use a special browser just to post on a karate forum

EDIT: Also adblock does nothing to alleviate the human checks dingus

I use the uBlock Origin ad block on Firefox and it gets rid of everything, as well as auto checking and skipping through the "are you human" bullshit.

But I agree, they ran off a lot of people with the 2FA stuff, and it seems like the constant glitches and other crap are making others leave, too.

 

[TCE]

The Brave broswer stops every pop up/ad. I feel for folks not knowing this.

 

[Iconoclast]

I've been on here 20 years and this is the worst it's been. I'm probably just going to get a paid account. It's the least I could do for all the entertanment this damn site and it's users has given me over the years.

 

[italiamusica]

I thought this was just Australia

So weird first in over 20 years, inability to access the forum 1/2 the time because of weird 2fa and google ads now occupying the bottom right hand corner of the screen with chrome is making this thing a mission to use

I ain't rage quitting just yet

You can get rid of the 2FA thing, and just try the uBlock Origin ad block, it seems to get rid of everything else.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Myself and @Zebra Cheeks are verified humans.

I thought you were, too, bud

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

what i dont get is how the 2fa just happened. anyone with a brain would have known that this was going to be a terrible idea from the get go. i know the mods do it for free, but how did no one seemingly speak up? what is there to lose? you can't mod over dwindling traffic, for free. reversing it, was just the icing on the cake.

can't be any money made off of this, have no idea what the end goal was. this has just got to be some glorified honey pot now.

any ways, use promo code "HAS BEEN" for 10% off DRAFT KINGS, where you rule!

 

[Leonard Haid]

It's free, it's fun, it's the best of its kind, everyone on here is passionate about the same thing...I can easily tolerate its imperfections. It's been real slow loading lately, but so effing what. I can wait.

 

[DougieJones]

Myself and @Zebra Cheeks are verified humans.

I thought you were, too, bud

Apparently not

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Apparently not

Still ok in my book, AI

 

[DougieJones]

It's free, it's fun, it's the best of its kind, everyone on here is passionate about the same thing...I can easily tolerate its imperfections. It's been real slow loading lately, but so effing what. I can wait.

I love it here too, but on principle I can't keep using a site that the owners of keep making worse and worse without care for the community

 

[DougieJones]

I love dealing with this on every single page (on mobile)....

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Sherdog mods have tried to make me quit.

Their cognitive dissonance doesn't allow for them to consider anything other than their viewpoint.

They may eventually ban me for life, but my ghost of truth will haunt them.