[NSC] Pop-up ads at bottom of page

[Chicken Run]

I can’t speak for others but I’d be happy to pay a subscription to NSC for ad free

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Would anyone pay say £1/month to go ad free? Or £5?

 

[Deleted member 37369]

I’m typing this on my iPhone 12 Pro and when I started typing the ad disappeared. Ooh … it’s just popped up but only a little bit.

It’s nowhere near as bad as the newspaper ads - free or otherwise. If it helps fund the site then I don’t have an issue with it as it stands at the moment.

 

[SeagullinExile]

I don’t like it. It’s really annoying.

 

[Frankie]

Won't Somebody think of the site owner it's very possible they may need a bigger desk

 

[zefarelly]

Same here on my Samsung galaxy.......had to check I was on nsc

Is that a Torblit? Or a phine?

 

[Perry's Tracksuit Bottoms]

It's awful. Thought I wasn't logged in and was surprised to see I was. The worst thing is that you click 'x' to get rid of it, but it pops up every time you load the next page. Keeps popping up and down again as you scroll. And it's really easy to accidentally click it while scrolling, which really confused me the first time. Pleeeeease make it stop

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

It’s annoying as appears exactly on the reply line (phone) so have had to delete it a second time before typing this.

 

[pb21]

What annoys me is that it's impossible to press the X without opening the ad

 

[jcdenton08]

I’m surprised this is necessary? I seem to remember a user leaving because the admins and owner of the board were making so much in revenue from their quality post content…

 

[BNthree]

No big deal really though would happily pay £2 a month to go ad free.

 

[sparkie]

It's really horrible on a mobile screen.

However, the lottery ad did prompt me to buy a ticket for tomorrow so if I win then I can't really complain.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It also shows up on an IPad but clicking on the X clears it, until you change the page.

Talking of pages, are we going to given the choice of 40 posts soon?

 

[GrizzlingGammon]

Use Brave browser. Blocks those pesky, annoying adds

 

[CHAPPERS]

It’s a little less annoying than people posting gifs, but only a little.

 

[BNthree]

It’s a little less annoying than people posting gifs, but only a little.

 

[BadFish]

Doesn't bother me that much. If Bozza needs to pay the bills and the mods are striking for more cash then we gotta do what we gotta do

Skilz to pay the Bilz

 

[The Brighton Ace]

NSC reminds me of a website from 20 years with the volume of ads - appreciate the appetite to generate more and more revenue but feels the extra £ has come at the cost of use experience. It is almost unusable as a guest with adds making navigation difficult.

That said, the content remains great and I’ll still be an avid user until a better alternative comes along.

 

[Sheebo]

Mine says ‘Hot Thai lady boy wives for sale pm Bozza’

 

[chickens]

I'm surprised the dissent took this long - I turned it on around 3:30!

It's just an experiment which I knew would be unpopular.

Ads now pay primarily on viewability so the regular banners deployed on the site are relatively poor payers are they aren't on screen often/for very long - c57%. In contrast the sticky bottom banner, which has been used for non-logged in users for a while, gets seen 88% of the time.

I thought it would be less intrusive on mobile, rather than desktop, but I wonder if the opposite is true.

That style of ad is used on a lot of sites, but maybe it's the way it appears, instead of being there when the page renders, which makes it more jarring.

I beg of you set up some Patreon tiers. This is, frankly, irritating. Is there supposed to be an actual advert? The ad itself is totally invisible if so, there is just a wavy line, and that’s annoying enough.

Mobile is where screen real-estate is at a premium, so if it has to be displayed I’d say desktop was the lesser of two evils, but I view on mobile so would say that. I think you’re right that if it was static it would be less annoying.