Non-Intrusive Ads… for a Short While

[panzerkampfwagyu]

No, I use a custom one, though I made sure it uses the same colors it detected on the site before it deleted everything and repopulated it with those custom ui-cards (though that's an oversimplification). That is also why I do not experience the ad in "latest updates" section, as they placed it inside the updates-area that I am replacing.
I find the default one to be really bad, due to having flaws such as paging, and not showing alternate titles, and not showing description, and not having a button to log [to the console] all the metadata for the title and chapters for closer inspection.

As for the footer, I will leave it be. Eventually they are going to realize it is bugged and keeps reappearing immediately, and fix it. Though if I would get fed up, I would simply ublock that element

Though aside from that part about how the ad interfaces with custom themes, this is quite off-topic. So I will avoid posting more followups on this [off]topic after this

Ah, I noticed that you provided an Imgur embed.
Didn't seem to work before, also couldn't open it in my browser, but I have chromium for compatibility issues.
Anyway, for the actual review of your theme... It kinda manages to be both boring and cluttered at the same time. The background colours are dull and suck out the life, and all the additional text is rather distracting and clutters up the relevant information.
I am aware that I'm much further in terms of how much saturation I prefer, but I have quite a lot of trouble comprehending how so little colour can be tolerated nowadays. Even the standard theme uses more variation.

The Footer is a hostile design in my view, with it forcing an interaction by blocking the input on the sides of it. This is why I consider removing it to be absolutely valid. The Dex-Chan in the corner is already linking to the Donation Subscription site, so it is also pretty redundant.

With the Data meanwhile, Description, alternative titles, author names... I think it would be better if they were in a hover menu instead of always being there, that is negative clutter.
I personally like paging, as it makes it possible to check older content easily, infinite scroll also tends to cause a lot of trouble with the site position moving.

 

[JVick]

Ah, I noticed that you provided an Imgur embed.
Didn't seem to work before, also couldn't open it in my browser, but I have chromium for compatibility issues.
Anyway, for the actual review of your theme... It kinda manages to be both boring and cluttered at the same time. The background colours are dull and suck out the life, and all the additional text is rather distracting and clutters up the relevant information.
I am aware that I'm much further in terms of how much saturation I prefer, but I have quite a lot of trouble comprehending how so little colour can be tolerated nowadays. Even the standard theme uses more variation.

The Footer is a hostile design in my view, with it forcing an interaction by blocking the input on the sides of it. This is why I consider removing it to be absolutely valid. The Dex-Chan in the corner is already linking to the Donation Subscription site, so it is also pretty redundant.

With the Data meanwhile, Description, alternative titles, author names... I think it would be better if they were in a hover menu instead of always being there, that is negative clutter.
I personally like paging, as it makes it possible to check older content easily, infinite scroll also tends to cause a lot of trouble with the site position moving.

I'm in pure awe with the fact that your theme, the manifestation of a pure skyzophrenic fever dream, is something you're really using, and not a joke.

 

[OisE]

A Duolingo ad to start learning japanese.

 

[JVick]

A Duolingo ad to start learning japanese.

Funniest thing would be a mangaUp ad, like "Come read your manga legally filthy pirate".

 

[Bartolumiu]

Funniest thing would be a mangaUp ad, like "Come read your manga legally filthy pirate".

Y'know, you can make that happen~

 

[anasnaufal]

At first, I did saw an ad that advertises OperaGX.

But then, it's gone. And I'm like,"Huh, I guess it is for a short while?".

Until I realized, I've been using an adblocker.

Oh well.

Hopefully MD does not force users to turn off adblockers when using their sites.

 

[BestBoy]

Bold of a scam bot to post in Announcements.

 

[Angry_Panda]

Oh really? Big fat liars aren't very good at lying.

1. Bring receipts, son.

2. Terms and rules #1 (bolding/underlining mine):

Don't engage in objectionable behavior towards others such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, religious discrimination, personal attacks, particularly distasteful jokes, and so on, at the discretion of moderators.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

 

[Koneko_Nyaa]

Hopefully MD does not force users to turn off adblockers when using their sites.

...then it'll be time to add it to the ad-blocker blocker blocker.

 

[HaikenEdge]

...then it'll be time to add it to the ad-blocker blocker blocker.

Or find a userscript or adblocking rule that prevents that element from loading.

 

[IdanaHamz]

Funniest thing would be a mangaUp ad, like "Come read your manga legally filthy pirate".

I mean, most of manga aggregator sites I've seen in the past had multiple ad slots for the official English version of Renta! ...

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Or find a userscript or adblocking rule that prevents that element from loading.

A css Editor can just change the Css to Display:none, yeah

 

[finalm]

1. Bring receipts, son.

Regardless of the veracity of your issues, he did. The fact that his comments with "retard" etc. get flagged, while yours, arguably even worse ("parasite") are not, isn't doing you any favours.

They also clearly show that whoever is doing the flagging is a failure as a mod to a hilarious extent. Mod-bro, if you're reading this, take the grass guy's advice and find a better way to live, for everyone's sake.

 

[finalm]

Or find a userscript or adblocking rule that prevents that element from loading.

There are various Tampermonkey extensions for preventing anti-adblock measures and they work pretty well, from my experience.

 

[finalm]

...then it'll be time to add it to the ad-blocker blocker blocker.

You mean you haven't already? The future is now, old man, get to it

 

[Angry_Panda]

Regardless of the veracity of your issues, he did. The fact that his comments with "retard" etc. get flagged, while yours, arguably even worse ("parasite") are not, isn't doing you any favours.

The 'parasite' statement wasn't mine, so try again. I'm well aware of what I said.

They also clearly show that whoever is doing the flagging is a failure as a mod to a hilarious extent. Mod-bro, if you're reading this, take the grass guy's advice and find a better way to live, for everyone's sake.

Referring back to the rules:

2. Be respectful towards staff.

1. Don't dispute moderation actions in public.​

 

[finalm]

The 'parasite' statement wasn't mine, so try again. I'm well aware of what I said.

Right, after checking again, it was indeed pussy-sensei that rebutted with that. Sorry about the confusion. My second point stands though, which brings me to...

Referring back to the rules:

Haven't we already been through this? Respect (as I'm sure you'll agree) is a two-way street, just like responsibility. One does not get to dump all responsibility preemtively on the other party, or demand unilateral respect no matter their actions. Not to even mention "don't dispute mod double standards in public". It's insane that you'd even suggest this is a valid thing to do. Though on second thought, you did previously say that everyone should just stop talking about the issues at hand, so maybe it's not that strange for you. As for myself, hard pass.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

 

[hazzack]

Rule 3.5: Don't derail threads with what can otherwise be discussed privately in DMs or in a separate thread.

what?! derailing is a crime now?!