The Exiled Robin Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I've eventually got so fed up I decided to try and do something about it. So I wrote a letter. Quaint, I know, but I had a pair of responses so maybe it's a tactic that still works!I've reprinted it word for word in the blog, along with the gist of the responses I have received. I know this is a topic that many people get irate about, so interested to hear your views.http://exiledrobin.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/the-bristol-post-and-those-oh-so.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Not sure I even want to post this in case the lurking journalists find out and change it, but do yourself a favour and download the Bristol Post app. I cant quite believe it, but I dont see a single ad and stories are well formatted and in mobile friendly reader view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Good effort. For the rest of us - and in the meantime - there are plenty of adblockers that can be installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC TONY Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I also emailed a complaint about the exact same issue detailing how inaccessible and user unfriendly the site is. Its a joke viewing it on a mobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Totally agree, the chances of me buying a car or a bottle of fizzy sugar, because my reading got interrupted is zero. I look at the Post and Bath Chronic site a lot less now, so these ads are totally counter-productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 That publication and those that work for it are a disgrace in my opinion, in particular that jumped up drink driving moron of the highest order (Hi Andy ) they clearly have no interest in local news, that is obvious by the amount of crap they post about 'celebrities' who once took a piss in the horn & trumpet so they suddenly become a) local and b) newsworthy. I think a lot of them truly believe they are working for a redtop, however the standard of their articles wouldn't see them get a work experience job on a young enterprise project. What really disgusts me is how they make their ad revenue with these obtrusive pop-ups on stories that involve loss of life and true heartache to people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 The Evil Post is a shambles of a publication, and the pop ups make it unreadable on an iPhone. However, there really is no alternative, unless you include Bristol 24-7 which seems little more than a mouth piece of the Green Party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 That publication and those that work for it are a disgrace in my opinion, in particular that jumped up drink driving moron of the highest order (Hi Andy ) they clearly have no interest in local news, that is obvious by the amount of crap they post about 'celebrities' who once took a piss in the horn & trumpet so they suddenly become a) local and b) newsworthy. I think a lot of them truly believe they are working for a redtop, however the standard of their articles wouldn't see them get a work experience job on a young enterprise project. What really disgusts me is how they make their ad revenue with these obtrusive pop-ups on stories that involve loss of life and true heartache to people. its a local paper not the "times" you fat**** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I've eventually got so fed up I decided to try and do something about it. So I wrote a letter. Quaint, I know, but I had a pair of responses so maybe it's a tactic that still works!I've reprinted it word for word in the blog, along with the gist of the responses I have received. I know this is a topic that many people get irate about, so interested to hear your views.http://exiledrobin.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/the-bristol-post-and-those-oh-so.html Fair play. It's such a terrible website now and virtually impossible to read the local news anymore without the interuptions. Hopefully now they'll make improvements and get rid of the constant pop up adverts everytime you click on a story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I've been following their reporting of the Becky Watts case and I find the ads to be pretty insensitive. Trying to make money off of a tragic story basically.What they don't insert is I hate these adds so much it actually puts me off buying these products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbored Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Don't even bother with it anymore because of the ads, it seems as all these newspapers do this now as Gloucester citizen is the same . You really would think someone that works there would try using there own website and realise it's totally unreadable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 The effort you've made is much appreciated by many on here. I, like so many others don't bother with the Post online site for exactly the problem of pop-up adds. Call me cynical but I thought the purpose of these adds was two fold - firstly to increase the revenue stream and secondly to make the site so frustrating to use that it would encourage readers to go out and buy the paper. Fact is if I want to read a City related story then I simply do so at the point of purchase but I don't ever buy the paper.Only time will tell if the actions offered by those at the Post will actually happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I rarely go on there because of the adverts so they lose traffic/money, and I bet I'm not the only one. its a local paper not the "times" you fat****I'm not even sure it's local anymore. I'm sure I read somewhere that they have a couple of locally based reporters (and rely on freelancers) and the operation is based elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I rarely go on there because of the adverts so they lose traffic/money, and I bet I'm not the only one. I'm not even sure it's local anymore. I'm sure I read somewhere that they have a couple of locally based reporters (and rely on freelancers) and the operation is based elsewhere.It's owned by Daily Mail. . They don't really have reporters anymore. I went for a job there as a graphic designer and was told that where they used to occupy the whole building, they now only have one floor, and a lot of that is for advertising agents, editorial etc for other papers and magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 That explains a lot exAtyeoMax, The Mail is an embarrassment of a paper and the EP fits right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 That explains a lot exAtyeoMax, The Mail is an embarrassment of a paper and the EP fits right in.Yes it's appalling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbital Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 1: Go to the App store.2: Download 'Adblock Mobile'.3. Enable it on your device.4: No more ads pop up when you access the Post site. Simple and effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youwhat Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Block javascript on the desktop site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 It's owned by Daily Mail. . They don't really have reporters anymore. I went for a job there as a graphic designer and was told that where they used to occupy the whole building, they now only have one floor, and a lot of that is for advertising agents, editorial etc for other papers and magazines. Not since 2012 exAtyeoMax, when the Daily Fail Group sold Northcliffe Media.Hard to imagine but it could have been even worse - in 1990 David Sullivan tried to buy a controlling interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Not since 2012 exAtyeoMax, when the Daily Fail Group sold Northcliffe Media.Hard to imagine but it could have been even worse - in 1990 David Sullivan tried to buy a controlling interest! ah, who to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 The Evil Post is a shambles of a publication, and the pop ups make it unreadable on an iPhone. However, there really is no alternative, unless you include Bristol 24-7 which seems little more than a mouth piece of the Green Party. Bristol 24-7 had a total rework and they got rid of the editor. Since then it's been bland and shite. However it was a biased anti any development left wing stokes croft living nonsense before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Local World, who own The Bristol Post, has just been bought out by Trinity Mirror.Will be interesting to see what happens with the Post now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Local World, who own The Bristol Post, has just been bought out by Trinity Mirror.Will be interesting to see what happens with the Post now.It'll still be shit, but they'll be listening to your voice mail whilst you read. That's my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbsoldun Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Anyone using Android to access the BP? Installed Adblock browser and it works like a dream!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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