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Top Comments: Mobile Version Rant Edition [1]

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Date: 2022-09-06

Excepting for writing my Top Comments diaries (I still refuse to use the word stories), I almost exclusively read Daily Kos on my smart phone and thus use the mobile version of the site. Additionally, I use the old version of the mobile site. While the functionality is limited to reading diaries, commenting and recommending diaries and comments, it is much easier to read. There is so much white space and font size is way too small on the new version for reading on a smart phone. Also, I am able to access the diary listing the way it looked before the new site launched.

The old site typically loads when I switch to one of the three diary categories (Main, Recommended, Recent), but occasionally the new site will load instead. Sometimes I can get the old site back but often I have to switch from using one browser and use a different browser. After a bit of time passes, the first browser will go back to loading the old site. It is frustrating but nothing too bad. It happened again last week. However, this time I was only able to switch between the regular desktop version of the site and the new mobile version. After a few tries using my backup workaround, I was able to get the diaries to load under the old version except now I was seeing ads. I am a lifetime subscriber back from when DKos offered lifetime subscriptions and always had ads turned off. I first thought I got logged out somehow; but nope, I was still logged in. Weirdly, I would only see ads using the old version of the mobile site. I thought this was something designed to force people off the old mobile version.

I sent off an email to the help desk to inquire why I was seeing ads. I got a reply the next day telling me I should check to make sure ads are turned off and gave two ways to check. The last time I checked that was when I bought my subscription back during either version 4 or 5. I did do that and, lo and behold, view ads was switched to on. Considering I hadn’t been to that page in well over 5 years, I never thought to check. Turning the ads off fixed them problem. Now I can once again enjoy using the old mobile version on my phone like I love.

Hopefully this provides a good warning for those who like using the old mobile version. If you are a subscriber and start seeing ads unexpectedly, check to make sure something hasn’t changed the setting on you.

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Top Comments for Sept 6, 2022

No noms tonight. :(

TOP MOJO Sept 5, 2022

First comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo.

TOP PICTURES Sept 5, 2022

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