🌐 This article has been translated from Korean for your convenience. If there is any discrepancy, the Korean version prevails.
- POSTYPE is a service visited by millions of people every month, and it requires significant resources to maintain and improve. This includes substantial server infrastructure and network traffic, payment systems, identity verification systems, and other operating and development costs needed to run the platform. To keep the service free, we inevitably display ads.
- Through ads, POSTYPE can stream higher quality images to creators and readers and continue improving the service so content is easier to discover.
- We understand that unexpected ads can be disruptive and are working hard not to harm your viewing experience.
- Full-screen ads that cover the screen are shown only in very limited situations when the screen changes, and we aim to keep their exposure to no more than about 1–2 times per day on average.
- To support creators’ stable earnings, full-screen ads are not shown on paid posts.
You can remove ads.
If you subscribe to Premium, ads disappear from all screens on POSTYPE. The ad removal feature is automatically applied from the moment you join Premium, with no additional settings required. However, reward ads you choose to watch yourself—such as the free charging station, Lucky Card, and Point Cat Catch—are not covered by ad removal. For details, see POSTYPE Premium.
I’m seeing strange ads.
POSTYPE automatically serves ads through multiple ad networks, including Google. Ads are displayed after each network’s review process and ad policies, and harmful ads are blocked in real time. POSTYPE also continually monitors ads and blocks any harmful ones as soon as we discover them.
However, because ads differ depending on your personalized environment, it’s difficult to monitor and block every single ad. If you see unwanted or harmful ads, you can take the following actions.
- For banner and other regular ads, click the more menu, [⁞], ⓘ, Ⅹ, or similar button at the top right of the ad and choose options like “Block this ad” or “Stop seeing this ad.”
- For full-screen video ads, you can close them by pressing the close (Ⅹ) button at the top right or top left of the screen. The close button appears after a certain amount of time from the start of the ad, so if you don’t see it immediately, wait a bit and then tap the close button when it appears. The position and timing of the close button may vary slightly by ad.
- If you had trouble closing an ad, please capture a screenshot or screen recording of that screen and contact us through Contact us. After checking, we’ll take action to block ads that disrupt your experience.
- For full-screen ads (interstitial ads) or point-earning video ads, you can report them directly to the ad platform via the platform logo or ⓘ, [!] button shown on the ad screen. Reported ads are reviewed by the platform that served them.
- If you have trouble finding the report button, or a harmful ad keeps appearing repeatedly, please send us a capture of the ad screen through Contact us. If you also include the visible advertiser or ad platform name, it will help us block it more quickly.
- You can report harmful ads. Reported ads are reviewed by Google, not POSTYPE.
- If you allow personalized ads on your device and optimize your ad experience, you’ll see more appropriate and comfortable ads. For how to allow personalized ads, see below.
I keep seeing a message saying “Please allow ads.”
- To maintain a consistent user experience and provide stable service, POSTYPE does not allow access using ad-blocking programs (AdBlock, Adblock Plus, etc.).
- If you see a message asking you to allow ads, please click the “I agree” button and follow the instructions to disable your ad blocker. After turning it off, click “Refresh page,” and the message will no longer appear.