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New FA adblock method!!! ^.=.^
10 years ago
Ok this time I figured out how to block ALL the Google/IMVU ads (including the ones that show up in user ad spaces) and keep ALL the user ads. :D
Again, thanks go to
nelly and 
xarg for doing all the actual hard work on this awesome journal. The work they've accomplished is beyond me, and they deserve the credit.
I don't know if it'll work on mobile, but it should work on PC. :)
Update 9/19/2015:
It seems as though FA had recently updated their user ads and added an extra IMVU ad or two. I did the work to bring this adblock method up to date. For good measure, I also added a block against the Picarto TV ad as well, since that one's also kind of an eyesore.
I also added a "how it works" section, basically just for myself to get a handle on how it works.
1. Go to https://adblockplus.org/
2. Click on "Install for Firefox" to install the add-on. If Firefox blocks it, click "Allow".
3. A new window with a prompt will ask you whether or not you want to install ABP. Click "Install Now." You should now have Adblock Plus fully installed.
4. Go to FA. With Adblock Plus enabled, there should be no ads at all.
5. Click on the little "ABP" icon in the top right corner, and click "Filter preferences".
6. Click on the tab that says "Custom filters".
7. At the right edge of the window, there should be a little dotted line. Click that and it'll open a panel.
8. Click "Add filter group". Type "FA User Ads" and hit Enter/Return.
9. Copy the following:
@@||rv.furaffinity.net/www/delivery/*
Click "Add filter". Hit Ctrl+V/⌘V to paste. Hit Enter/Return.
10. Do the same for each line of the following (make sure you do each line separately):
furaffinity.net#@##ad-1
furaffinity.net#@##ad-2
furaffinity.net#@##ad-3
furaffinity.net#@##ad-4
furaffinity.net#@##ad-5
furaffinity.net#@##ad-7
furaffinity.net#@#.ads
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/bfc036c7a05655f593cacc5516cf5f5d.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/72e60e7ca1d9b68cae0eb7e72f9e2829.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c5b213ec2132a9e9d3c26186aa675ad9.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/6a15eda7e0de62e2462258805d1795bd.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/2cf25ded5c1de7aa9bd6e96ecc5af8f4.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ead2d411bce19dfb7a26477d1fe321c6.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c3ae66c7b529e75538f16d72be39a160.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ad651c5b2a3267bda50c82684f424357.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/1e18235c180895bf07439e34d72c3e91.gif
furaffinity.net###ad-extra-comments
11. Refresh the page. All non-IMVU user ads should display, and all Google/IMVU ads should be blocked.
1. Go to https://adblockplus.org/
2. Click on "Install for Opera/Chrome", and then click "+ Add to Opera/Chrome" to install the extension. This should happen automatically.
3. Go to FA. With Adblock Plus enabled, there should be no ads at all.
4. Click on the little "ABP" icon in the top right corner. This brings up a dropdown menu. Make sure it says "Enabled on this site". If it says "Disabled" in red, click it, and it will change to "Enabled" in green.
5. At the bottom of the dropdown menu, click on "Options". This opens a new tab.
6. Click on the "Add your own filters" tab and click on "Edit filters as raw text". This opens a new text field.
7. Copy the following text and paste it at the end of the text field.
@@|http://*.furaffinity.net
furaffinity.net#@##ad-1
furaffinity.net#@##ad-2
furaffinity.net#@##ad-3
furaffinity.net#@##ad-4
furaffinity.net#@##ad-5
furaffinity.net#@##ad-7
furaffinity.net#@#.ads
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/bfc036c7a05655f593cacc5516cf5f5d.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/72e60e7ca1d9b68cae0eb7e72f9e2829.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c5b213ec2132a9e9d3c26186aa675ad9.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/6a15eda7e0de62e2462258805d1795bd.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/2cf25ded5c1de7aa9bd6e96ecc5af8f4.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ead2d411bce19dfb7a26477d1fe321c6.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c3ae66c7b529e75538f16d72be39a160.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ad651c5b2a3267bda50c82684f424357.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/1e18235c180895bf07439e34d72c3e91.gif"]
furaffinity.net###ad-extra-comments
8. Click "Apply changes".
9. Close the tab and refresh the FA page. This should block all Google and IMVU ads, including the ones that take up user ad space, and leave the real user ads open.
Note that, when you first download Adblock Plus, by default all the ad spaces on FA are blocked. So first, the following sequence opens back up the user ad spaces (this is the part where I ripped off Nelly and Xarg):
furaffinity.net#@##ad-1
furaffinity.net#@##ad-2
furaffinity.net#@##ad-3
furaffinity.net#@##ad-4
furaffinity.net#@##ad-5
furaffinity.net#@##ad-7
furaffinity.net#@#.ads
Each one of these gets assigned to one of the user ad spaces. I'm not quite sure exactly how this part works, but it seems to be different for different networks. When I was using the network at the bookstore, "...ad-1" and "...ad-3" seemed to be in control of the two spaces in the header, but at home they seemed to be handled by "...ad-2" and "...ad-4" instead.
In any case, we have to include "furaffinity.net#@#.ads" in order for any of the ad spaces to open up at all.
Chrome and Opera also require us to include "@@|http://*.furaffinity.net" as well, and Firefox requires "@@||rv.furaffinity.net/www/delivery/*" - otherwise we get blank ad spaces without ads.
We leave out the ad spaces assigned to the Google ads of course, so that we can keep those blocked. So what we have open now are precisely the user ad spaces.
But now, the IMVU ads take these spaces alongside the real user ads. So now we have to target each one of the IMVU ads one by one.
That's what this next sequence does:
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/bfc036c7a05655f593cacc5516cf5f5d.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, not currently in circulation (was Banner ID 1203)
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/72e60e7ca1d9b68cae0eb7e72f9e2829.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, not currently in circulation (was Banner ID 1204)
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c5b213ec2132a9e9d3c26186aa675ad9.jpg <-- IMVU ad, large size, not currently in circulation (was Banner ID 1205)
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/6a15eda7e0de62e2462258805d1795bd.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, banner ID 1203
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/2cf25ded5c1de7aa9bd6e96ecc5af8f4.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, banner ID 1204
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ead2d411bce19dfb7a26477d1fe321c6.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, banner ID 1205 (was Banner ID 1206)
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c3ae66c7b529e75538f16d72be39a160.jpg <-- IMVU ad, large size, banner ID 1206
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ad651c5b2a3267bda50c82684f424357.jpg <-- IMVU ad, large size, banner ID 1483
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/1e18235c180895bf07439e34d72c3e91.gif <-- Picarto ad, large size, banner ID 1434
What each one of these items blocks is the actual image file pointed to by the banner ID, rather than the banner ID itself. This is helpful because later changes FA staff makes to the user ads may reassign different image files to different banner IDs, and we want to make sure each one of the IMVU ads stays blocked regardless of the assigned banner ID.
Finally, for some people, removing an ad doesn't remove the space, so it leaves behind a blank space. Adding "furaffinity.net###ad-extra-comments" removes the leftover blank space. Again, I think whether or not this extra step is needed in order to collapse the space depends on the kind of network you're using.
So now, what's left over is precisely the user ads themselves. No annoying irrelevant Google ads. And no ugly catgirl IMVU ads. ^w^
Again, thanks go to
nelly and 
xarg for doing all the actual hard work on this awesome journal. The work they've accomplished is beyond me, and they deserve the credit.I don't know if it'll work on mobile, but it should work on PC. :)
Update 9/19/2015:
It seems as though FA had recently updated their user ads and added an extra IMVU ad or two. I did the work to bring this adblock method up to date. For good measure, I also added a block against the Picarto TV ad as well, since that one's also kind of an eyesore.
I also added a "how it works" section, basically just for myself to get a handle on how it works.
Firefox
(If you already have Adblock Plus, skip to step 4. Otherwise, start at the beginning.)
(If you have Adblock but not Adblock Plus, start at the beginning.)1. Go to https://adblockplus.org/
2. Click on "Install for Firefox" to install the add-on. If Firefox blocks it, click "Allow".
3. A new window with a prompt will ask you whether or not you want to install ABP. Click "Install Now." You should now have Adblock Plus fully installed.
4. Go to FA. With Adblock Plus enabled, there should be no ads at all.
5. Click on the little "ABP" icon in the top right corner, and click "Filter preferences".
6. Click on the tab that says "Custom filters".
7. At the right edge of the window, there should be a little dotted line. Click that and it'll open a panel.
8. Click "Add filter group". Type "FA User Ads" and hit Enter/Return.
9. Copy the following:
@@||rv.furaffinity.net/www/delivery/*
Click "Add filter". Hit Ctrl+V/⌘V to paste. Hit Enter/Return.
10. Do the same for each line of the following (make sure you do each line separately):
furaffinity.net#@##ad-1
furaffinity.net#@##ad-2
furaffinity.net#@##ad-3
furaffinity.net#@##ad-4
furaffinity.net#@##ad-5
furaffinity.net#@##ad-7
furaffinity.net#@#.ads
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/bfc036c7a05655f593cacc5516cf5f5d.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/72e60e7ca1d9b68cae0eb7e72f9e2829.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c5b213ec2132a9e9d3c26186aa675ad9.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/6a15eda7e0de62e2462258805d1795bd.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/2cf25ded5c1de7aa9bd6e96ecc5af8f4.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ead2d411bce19dfb7a26477d1fe321c6.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c3ae66c7b529e75538f16d72be39a160.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ad651c5b2a3267bda50c82684f424357.jpg
||rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/1e18235c180895bf07439e34d72c3e91.gif
furaffinity.net###ad-extra-comments
11. Refresh the page. All non-IMVU user ads should display, and all Google/IMVU ads should be blocked.
Opera and Google Chrome
(If you already have Adblock Plus, skip to step 3. Otherwise, start at the beginning.)
(If you have Adblock but not Adblock Plus, start at the beginning.)1. Go to https://adblockplus.org/
2. Click on "Install for Opera/Chrome", and then click "+ Add to Opera/Chrome" to install the extension. This should happen automatically.
3. Go to FA. With Adblock Plus enabled, there should be no ads at all.
4. Click on the little "ABP" icon in the top right corner. This brings up a dropdown menu. Make sure it says "Enabled on this site". If it says "Disabled" in red, click it, and it will change to "Enabled" in green.
5. At the bottom of the dropdown menu, click on "Options". This opens a new tab.
6. Click on the "Add your own filters" tab and click on "Edit filters as raw text". This opens a new text field.
7. Copy the following text and paste it at the end of the text field.
@@|http://*.furaffinity.net
furaffinity.net#@##ad-1
furaffinity.net#@##ad-2
furaffinity.net#@##ad-3
furaffinity.net#@##ad-4
furaffinity.net#@##ad-5
furaffinity.net#@##ad-7
furaffinity.net#@#.ads
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/bfc036c7a05655f593cacc5516cf5f5d.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/72e60e7ca1d9b68cae0eb7e72f9e2829.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c5b213ec2132a9e9d3c26186aa675ad9.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/6a15eda7e0de62e2462258805d1795bd.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/2cf25ded5c1de7aa9bd6e96ecc5af8f4.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ead2d411bce19dfb7a26477d1fe321c6.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c3ae66c7b529e75538f16d72be39a160.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ad651c5b2a3267bda50c82684f424357.jpg"]
furaffinity.net##img[src="//rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/1e18235c180895bf07439e34d72c3e91.gif"]
furaffinity.net###ad-extra-comments
8. Click "Apply changes".
9. Close the tab and refresh the FA page. This should block all Google and IMVU ads, including the ones that take up user ad space, and leave the real user ads open.
Here's how it works! (as I understand it >w<)Note that, when you first download Adblock Plus, by default all the ad spaces on FA are blocked. So first, the following sequence opens back up the user ad spaces (this is the part where I ripped off
Nelly and Xarg):furaffinity.net#@##ad-1
furaffinity.net#@##ad-2
furaffinity.net#@##ad-3
furaffinity.net#@##ad-4
furaffinity.net#@##ad-5
furaffinity.net#@##ad-7
furaffinity.net#@#.ads
Each one of these gets assigned to one of the user ad spaces. I'm not quite sure exactly how this part works, but it seems to be different for different networks. When I was using the network at the bookstore, "...ad-1" and "...ad-3" seemed to be in control of the two spaces in the header, but at home they seemed to be handled by "...ad-2" and "...ad-4" instead.
In any case, we have to include "furaffinity.net#@#.ads" in order for any of the ad spaces to open up at all.
Chrome and Opera also require us to include "@@|http://*.furaffinity.net" as well, and Firefox requires "@@||rv.furaffinity.net/www/delivery/*" - otherwise we get blank ad spaces without ads.
We leave out the ad spaces assigned to the Google ads of course, so that we can keep those blocked. So what we have open now are precisely the user ad spaces.
But now, the IMVU ads take these spaces alongside the real user ads. So now we have to target each one of the IMVU ads one by one.
That's what this next sequence does:
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/bfc036c7a05655f593cacc5516cf5f5d.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, not currently in circulation (was Banner ID 1203)
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/72e60e7ca1d9b68cae0eb7e72f9e2829.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, not currently in circulation (was Banner ID 1204)
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c5b213ec2132a9e9d3c26186aa675ad9.jpg <-- IMVU ad, large size, not currently in circulation (was Banner ID 1205)
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/6a15eda7e0de62e2462258805d1795bd.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, banner ID 1203
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/2cf25ded5c1de7aa9bd6e96ecc5af8f4.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, banner ID 1204
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ead2d411bce19dfb7a26477d1fe321c6.jpg <-- IMVU ad, standard size, banner ID 1205 (was Banner ID 1206)
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/c3ae66c7b529e75538f16d72be39a160.jpg <-- IMVU ad, large size, banner ID 1206
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/ad651c5b2a3267bda50c82684f424357.jpg <-- IMVU ad, large size, banner ID 1483
rv.furaffinity.net/www/images/1e18235c180895bf07439e34d72c3e91.gif <-- Picarto ad, large size, banner ID 1434
What each one of these items blocks is the actual image file pointed to by the banner ID, rather than the banner ID itself. This is helpful because later changes FA staff makes to the user ads may reassign different image files to different banner IDs, and we want to make sure each one of the IMVU ads stays blocked regardless of the assigned banner ID.
Finally, for some people, removing an ad doesn't remove the space, so it leaves behind a blank space. Adding "furaffinity.net###ad-extra-comments" removes the leftover blank space. Again, I think whether or not this extra step is needed in order to collapse the space depends on the kind of network you're using.
So now, what's left over is precisely the user ads themselves. No annoying irrelevant Google ads. And no ugly catgirl IMVU ads. ^w^
Tell all your friends, and help save the user ads! ^w^
Which browser are you using?
1. Click on the ABP logo.
2. Click "Block Element".
3. Hover your mouse over the ad space and see if a yellow field shows up there. Click on the yellow field.
4. A pop-up window should come up titled "Add filter(s)?" Copy the code in the field and paste it in a comment to me and I can add it in to the method above.
5. Click "Add" and it should collapse the space.
furaffinity.net###ad-extra-comments
:D
Sorry for all the back and forth. xD
The user ads are still open with "furaffinity.net###ad-extra-comments" added in?
Yep. They still work. I think it might have been a momentary glitch. I will say that when starting up the browser, an ad wasn't blocked, but upon navigating through pages, it started working normally. o: So things are as they should be! :D
Yeah if you ever see an ad not show up in a user space, that's an IMVU ad that got blocked. ^^
Spread the word to all your friends. ^w^
If you disabled Ghostery for FA, removed all your current furaffinity-specific filters on Adblock, and then added the ones in the method here, does it work?
Which browser are you using? Also, are you using Adblock Plus or just the regular Adblock?
Thank you for sharing!
This actually works!
Fantastic!
Thank you!