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Thu May-25-06 04:39 PM
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I say to thee, yea verily, quit whining about the ads. |
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Edited on Thu May-25-06 04:40 PM by asthmaticeog
This is one of the most unobtrusive ways to have REVENUE-GENERATING ads on a site - no blinking banners, no Flash, no popups - and do you remember when DU used to HAVE popunder ads? It wasn't THAT long ago.
God, the people making a big stink about such trivial shit boggle my mind. Oh god, the sky is falling - someone wants to sell me a Pink Floyd DVD when I'm trying to glean nectar-drops of wisdom in this critically important chemtrails thread...
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Thu May-25-06 04:40 PM
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1. Yeah, but did you have to imply I was a head wound! |
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Thu May-25-06 04:42 PM
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Of this offense, I am wholly innocent.
Though I'm not ruling the "you're a head wound" theory out entirely. ;)
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Thu May-25-06 04:42 PM
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Thu May-25-06 04:43 PM
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8. Shell Beau is such a freaking head wound, I swear... |
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kidding aside, I would point out that there's a good reason for this.
Goal for last fund drive -- 1200
Amount achieved in last fund drive -- 1184
If DUers are pissed about the ads, they can blame themselves before they blame the admins.
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Thu May-25-06 04:42 PM
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2. and they are playing with the look right now |
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Thu May-25-06 04:42 PM
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when someone is trying to sell me chemtrails when I am trying to glean nectar-drops of humour in the critically important Pink Floyd thread. I hate when that happens. :argh:
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Thu May-25-06 04:43 PM
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7. I would hate that too - chemtrails are FREE, for the PEOPLE! |
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Thu May-25-06 04:42 PM
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5. Who clicks on these ads? |
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Seriously. How does this generate revenue?
I sure as hell am not clicking on ads, no matter what site they're on--they are fucking annoying, and I've always found them pretentious.
:grr:
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Thu May-25-06 04:44 PM
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9. Eh on one hand I agree with you |
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I hate ads on the page.
On the otherhand I understand D.U trying to find ways to generate revenue. So I can live with it for the time being just to see how it goes.
If I am to understand correctly this is just a trial run?? (Someone correct me) so we'll see from there.
In anycase yes it annoys me . . but after Doing nothing but filling up drums, lifting up drums, and setting up drums for eleven hours today over and over and over and over again . . . maybe I'm just not up to complaining ;).
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Thu May-25-06 04:45 PM
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What, pray tell, is the pretense?And for someone who generates as much pretension as YOU, it sure is funny that you don't seem to know what the fuck the word means.
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Thu May-25-06 04:46 PM
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11. They're just annoying....Assuming that someone wants to buy something. |
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I hate to be solicited.
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Thu May-25-06 07:32 PM
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24. I'd hate to be you trying to make it through the day. nt |
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Thu May-25-06 04:47 PM
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12. If I understand internet advertising |
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the advertiser pays a fee for the ads simply being there, and an additional per-click fee. They're generating revenue just by being there.
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Thu May-25-06 04:48 PM
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13. And they're spreading again.... |
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Thu May-25-06 04:51 PM
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14. I would prefer they not be |
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in the middle area with the names of all the posts. I know they are smaller and say "google ad" but it still seems slimy to me to camoflage them like that.
But I also know somebody has got to pay the bills.
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Thu May-25-06 04:55 PM
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Thu May-25-06 04:55 PM
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16. I hate them blinking ads |
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Edited on Thu May-25-06 04:57 PM by Robb
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Thu May-25-06 04:58 PM
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17. Holy crap, the ads are far less intrusive |
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than the 18 minutes of commercials we get per hour on our favorite teevee shows. (at least 9 minutes of which are for boner pills)
The ads are small drops of water in a very large DU ocean. If they can make EarlG and Skinner some money, more power to them. If Rush Limbaugh is worth $40 million per year, then the DU guys are worth about $964 quadrillion. If some of that $964 quadrillion comes from Google ads, so be it.
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Thu May-25-06 05:02 PM
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18. chemtrail thread. hehehehehe |
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I haven't seen one of those in a while.
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Thu May-25-06 05:10 PM
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19. Maybe that's just what they WANT you to think! |
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:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:
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Thu May-25-06 05:50 PM
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20. I don't remember the popunders. |
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I've used pop-up blockers for a long time.
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Thu May-25-06 05:52 PM
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21. I don't mind them anymore. |
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Because I don't see them anymore...thanks to adblock. :)
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Thu May-25-06 06:36 PM
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22. This is definitely worth another thread... |
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...so we can hear whining about whining.
Extra threads about Fitz or Leopold will get locked, but the all-important topic of Pink Floyd is pinned.
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Thu May-25-06 07:16 PM
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Maybe it's just because I visit other boards that are about a brazillion times worse than this in terms of ads, but I'm not bothered at all.
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