About the ads that are being put into our posts:

[Redstone]

I got a bit honked off when I first saw them, maybe because it was a surprise (though there may have been an announcement that I missed, because I don't pay attention very well).

Now that I've given it some thought, here is my conclusion: While DU is a pleasant diversion / eater of time for us members, it's a business for the admins; they depend on the revenue from DU to feed their families. I think that we members lose sight of that most, if not all of the time. So the ads are OK with me.

(Though I still resent the fact that I get ads when I get my e-mail. Given that I actually PAY every month for AT&T to be my ISP, and they have the deal with Yahoo for me to get my mail, I don't think I should have to live with the ads the same as the people who have free Yahoo mail accounts do.)

Redstone

[taterguy]

1. What ads?

Says the smug poster who conned someone into giving him a donor star.

[TexasObserver]

2. I'm completely oblivious to ads on DU.

I never even look at them. When people post about them, I never know what they're talking about, because I don't ever see them.

I agree with your point, however. The place has costs, and ads pay costs. I don't care who DU sells ad space to, as long as the admins are happy with the revenue stream.

[Redstone]

3. About the ads that are being put into our posts:

I got a bit honked off when I first saw them, maybe because it was a surprise (though there may have been an announcement that I missed, because I don't pay attention very well).

Now that I've given it some thought, here is my conclusion: While DU is a pleasant diversion / eater of time for us members, it's a business for the admins; they depend on the revenue from DU to feed their families. I think that we members lose sight of that most, if not all of the time. So the ads are OK with me.

(Though I still resent the fact that I get ads when I get my e-mail. Given that I actually PAY every month for AT&T to be my ISP, and they have the deal with Yahoo for me to get my mail, I don't think I should have to live with the ads the same as the people who have free Yahoo mail accounts do.)

Redstone

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. I was told that if I donate I see less ads

[blondeatlast]

7. After donating you need to go to "Options" and turn the ads off. nt

[Obamanaut]

6. Why is the OP a response to the OP? nt

[Redstone]

8. Damn if I know. I've never seen that before.

Redstone

[Obamanaut]

10. Neither have I. Duplicates quite often, but one always immediately

follows the other.

Just looked strange, and my confusion index is lower than it once was.

[Sal Minella]

5. I make a small monthly donation

and use Firefox as a browser, and never see any sort of ad on DU.

A few years back, working a part-time, minimum-wage job, which was the only job I could find, I could not have afforded to donate to DU -- which was okay, then, because I couldn't afford internet access or a computer then either.

:) . . . I'm always unpleasantly surprised when people mention the ads on DU.

[L0oniX]

9. Use Kasperski Internet Security ...it blocks all those ads.

This is all I see:

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