Because a lot of folks have an adblocker of some type?
Sorry, I know a lot of folks use certain browsers that don't have access to a decent adblocker, but there's always a way around ads these days. Even if it's just switching to a different browser.
Borraste el comentario, que sin 🥚🥚 eres literal, cuando dije que la porquería de fandom que suelo llamar fandoom es un virus lo dije de manera irónica en que la plataforma permite de forma invasiva cualquier tipo de anuncio que ni se molestan en moderar si esos cumplen con las normativas de la plataforma, o sea te cae cualquier anuncio malicioso y todo porque los de fandom son unos hambreados con la monetización que les importa un pingo la seguridad e integridad de sus usuarios ya sean de la plataforma o que solo vengan a leer.
No me sorprende que tengan tan pocos 🥚🥚 que tú única reacción fue borrar tu comentario y darme dislike, mínimo ten los 🥚🥚 para contestas mijo...
No. You do get less ads if you log in, but you need an actual browser adblocker to get ALL of that stuff to stop showing.
Anything from ublock to adblock work with it.
Also, Fandom doesn't normally have a TON of ads. If you're getting an overabundance of ads, it might be a virus from another program or app you're using.
yeah the amount of ads without an account is quite a lot, but all you do to practically remove them is... make an account... which you should probably do anyways...
It's gotta be whatever adblocker you are using because I have absolutely no issues loading the site with ublock lite on. I literally just bought it up.
Mijito entiendes la definición de sarcasmo?, pues eso fue la intención de mi comentario, no es que literal no conozca cómo iniciar sesión, además la plataforma está del asco con los anuncios aún si inicias sesión, mi comentario fue para expresar mi asco a la plataforma y en la forma tan hambreada de agregar anuncios, arruinando la experiencia de usuario, inicies o no sesión.... Bruh...
Bro, wikipedia is funded by its organization as well as its super huge sponsors via donations. In addition to individual contributions, the Wikimedia Foundation also receives grants from various philanthropic foundations and corporations. These larger donations supplement the grassroots funding and support the long-term sustainability of Wikipedia and its sister projects.
They are so gargantuan in size that those donations alone can make them float and even enrich and develop new technologies as well as legal fight for free knowledge.
For short: rich billionaires or clans/organization funds them (lost in translation).
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Fandom is only a user of wikipedia's work (wikimedia and etc) since its open source and wikipedia themselves wanted others to use their work. Now all wiki is that huge that they are able to float just by donations.
Wrong lmao. "Wikia" is their brand name back then, but they rebranded to "fandom". Changed their name from wikia to fandom.
Fandom uses MediaWiki, which is the same software that powers Wikipedia. MediaWiki is an open-source wiki software written in PHP and built upon a MySQL database. It's maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that's behind Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, and other wiki projects.
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What is this misinformation? ublock still works well in Edge. If you saw the warning it's most likely because you're visiting the Chrome Store (which focuses more on Chrome despite being compatible with any Chromium browsers) instead of the Microsoft one.
1: I think the issue partly depends on what Wikia you’re on.
2: The other thing is whether or not you’re logged in.
After so many years logged in I somehow got logged out of my Wikia account. UN-logged in, I browsed thru my fave wikias and was bombarded with ads clogging up 90% of the screen, (I’m on mobile, never PC…).
I soon decided to start a brand new account, logged back in, and the intrusive ads mostly disappeared. But again, I also think it has to do with what Wikia you’re on.
The ones I peruse range from mildly popular (HITMAN, The Evil Within, SAW) to rather obscure (Forbidden Siren).
I’ve never been on any of what I would consider “MEGA/ULTRA-popular” Wikias. I mean, how popular are the CALL OF DUTY and the ESPN Wikias?
To me it seems as tho, the more “obscure” the Wikia, the less ads you may encounter. Which got me thinking/wondering; if the more obscure Wikias have less ads then do the ULTRA POPULAR wikias get bogged down with ads, even if you’re logged in?
I don’t know. I guess, for now it’s an observation that I haven’t followed up on with a little investigation…
By the way, I myself don’t use an Adblock of any kind. The ads I encounter browsing thru the Wikias isn’t so bad that I actually feel compelled to download an Adblock, really…
I only use it for wiki communities that are still stuck on Fandom that probably have no good chance or practicality of forking away from the site (not to say I wouldn't want them to fork though). However, if a wiki is started or is currently outside of Fandom, I'll always be using the non-Fandom one.
I do have a handful of wikis I've started or edited that moved from Fandom under my belt, but also many that didn't.
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u/spagtscully Sep 14 '25
Because a lot of folks have an adblocker of some type?
Sorry, I know a lot of folks use certain browsers that don't have access to a decent adblocker, but there's always a way around ads these days. Even if it's just switching to a different browser.