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minus-squaremercano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoFandom is getting more toxic. I scroll past three ads trying to get to the body of the article only to be stopped by a “View ad to continue” button. No thanks.
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 months agoUblock Origin blocks Fandom ads. I also have these additional filters in my list to get rid of other annoyances on Fandom pages to make them cleaner: fandom.com##.mobileDrawer fandom.com##.wds-mobile-drawer fandom.com##.global-explore-navigation fandom.com##.sitenotice-wrapper--visible.sitenotice-wrapper
minus-squareSpongeBorgCubePants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI just block fandom altogether
minus-squaretinkerings@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAggressive to the max. Even got past the ad blockers. The kinda fuckery needed to bypass these blockers is damn near rootkitting. Hideous.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWe need a federated alternative
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoOr if they all just switched to MediaWiki
minus-squaredata1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoTechnically, Fandom is MediaWiki, just used for its evil aims. Since Trek is nearing a big lull in activity in the next year or two, I think that might be the optimal time to start up a Memory Alpha fork.
Fandom is getting more toxic. I scroll past three ads trying to get to the body of the article only to be stopped by a “View ad to continue” button. No thanks.
Ublock Origin blocks Fandom ads. I also have these additional filters in my list to get rid of other annoyances on Fandom pages to make them cleaner:
I just block fandom altogether
Thanks!
Aggressive to the max. Even got past the ad blockers. The kinda fuckery needed to bypass these blockers is damn near rootkitting. Hideous.
We need a federated alternative
Or if they all just switched to MediaWiki
Technically, Fandom is MediaWiki, just used for its evil aims.
Since Trek is nearing a big lull in activity in the next year or two, I think that might be the optimal time to start up a Memory Alpha fork.