There is no major redesign this time. Instead, this release cleans up a handful of things that affect reading, navigation and how fresh stories appear around the site.

Advertising And The Reading Experience

This release included early improvements to how advertising appeared across Reality Recap. The advertising setup has changed since v1.3.2, and ads may now appear for all readers, including signed-in members.

Membership remains free and continues to provide community features including comments, profiles, badges, followed shows and personal settings.

Ad Layout Tweaks

Article pages now have a dedicated desktop sidebar space for ads, which helps make better use of wider screens without changing the mobile reading experience.

The back-to-top button has also been moved higher on the page so it is less likely to clash with bottom ads.

There is also a gentle support message for readers using ad blockers, asking them to consider allowing ads. It is designed to be a reminder, not a hard block.

The site's privacy, terms and advertising disclosure pages have also been updated to reflect the current ad setup.

Fresher Navigation

The homepage and navigation dropdowns now refresh more often, so newly published stories should appear in key site areas sooner.

Pinned stories in the navigation dropdowns also now show a small pin icon, making curated stories easier to spot.

Some homepage and story-card images have also been tuned so mobile devices can load more suitable image sizes.

Bug Fixes

The Site Updates page has had a card layout fix too. Category labels, dates and read times should sit more neatly, instead of wrapping awkwardly across multiple lines.

As always, if something looks off, please let us know.