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sl8

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2. I haven't noticed it within individual posts, ...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2024, 05:37 AM

May 2024

but I have noticed "blocks" of whitespace on some pages, e.g. the list of all posts on the "Latest" page. I'd seen something similar in the past, but not recently, until the past few days.

I suspect that the blank space is an artifact of a blocked ad, but I don't know what's changed recently that would affect the display.

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Is there now a "minimum OP length" that pads OPs with space if they're short? (Likely cause thought of) [View all] muriel_volestrangler May 2024 OP

What that looks like: muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #1

I haven't noticed it within individual posts, ... sl8 May 2024 #2

I did wonder about that, but with slightly longer OPs, the padding is smaller, so the total is the same muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #3

Got it. sl8 May 2024 #4

Now I've come back to this, the padding is now pretty much half the length. muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #6

I did one like that last week jmbar2 May 2024 #5

Nothing has changed at our end EarlG May 2024 #7

I don't use an ad blocker as such; I just add ad firms who delay pages loading to my hosts file muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #8