Shouldnt be getting pop up ads, i met the requirements of reactions and posts and stuff to hit the rank to not get them. I will have to pay attention next time to see if it is another tab (i am on mobile). I just hit the back arrow at the bottom of my phone (android) and it is good for a while til i close out and come back hours later.
This is what I was worried about when I mentioned it potentially screwing up every single one of our notifications earlier. This site has always had the issue that, if you didn't check a watched thread when it notified you there was a new post, it would stop notifying you and you'd only be able to tell by going to your watched threads page.