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[NSC] Pop-up ads at bottom of page
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Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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I can live with the wavy line it's just when the full page kept popping up every 10 seconds which hasn't happened since this morning luckily
What was on the full page? I've not changed anything since last night.
Kosh
'The' Yaztromo
I’ve had to disable Opera’s default ad blocker settings for nsc - and yes it was a bit messy this morning… to be fair this site must be a nightmare to administer, so I’m easy enough about ads providing they don’t ruin my ability to drop Deep Purple or indeed adventure book references into my best work.
As for paying a subscription, I’d like to think it’s something we (the community) should consider.
I’d go for a bronze, silver, gold (car wash model)
Gold being where long-standing legends like me are available for one to one ‘chats’ music recommendations and all round roll neck derived witty conversation… naturally I’d be on the pay roll and charge an hourly rate for my valuable interactions.
Bronze (the free version) is where you’d find the likes of Dave the Eagle, typing in colourful large font, pop up ads at every click that would bring an array of increasingly bizarre advertising , inappropriate content and Palace club shop discount vouchers…
Yep, the more I think about it a level based system is the way forward - silver could feature a end of level boss - Swansman, where to enter the golden hall of endless joy your task is to get him to agree that GP is a very naughty boy… oh yes, you’ll need your wits and an unstoppable enthusiasm to break him… can it be done ? Well, ask yourself this… is Kosh already in the Gold zone ? (ooohhh we could call it the goldzone ground…) well, what say you?
Obviously gold represents an ad free, free paradise where endless fountains of champagne and knowledge pour forth akin to a spring tide ‘neath the glow of a new full moon.
Golden in the sand indeed.
More herbal tea required.
As for paying a subscription, I’d like to think it’s something we (the community) should consider.
I’d go for a bronze, silver, gold (car wash model)
Gold being where long-standing legends like me are available for one to one ‘chats’ music recommendations and all round roll neck derived witty conversation… naturally I’d be on the pay roll and charge an hourly rate for my valuable interactions.
Bronze (the free version) is where you’d find the likes of Dave the Eagle, typing in colourful large font, pop up ads at every click that would bring an array of increasingly bizarre advertising , inappropriate content and Palace club shop discount vouchers…
Yep, the more I think about it a level based system is the way forward - silver could feature a end of level boss - Swansman, where to enter the golden hall of endless joy your task is to get him to agree that GP is a very naughty boy… oh yes, you’ll need your wits and an unstoppable enthusiasm to break him… can it be done ? Well, ask yourself this… is Kosh already in the Gold zone ? (ooohhh we could call it the goldzone ground…) well, what say you?
Obviously gold represents an ad free, free paradise where endless fountains of champagne and knowledge pour forth akin to a spring tide ‘neath the glow of a new full moon.
Golden in the sand indeed.
More herbal tea required.
Perfect!
Wrong-Direction
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OzMike
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What is the blue and white circle that appears on the bottom left hand corner of the display about.
Dare not click on it, in case it is an agreement to buy something or other !
Dare not click on it, in case it is an agreement to buy something or other !
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
I just clicked it and it said something about Admiral ads.
One-way is always active.
Click the blue circle to go two-way. And I'm NOT getting dressed for that.
Genuine
slimes
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Half my screen is of adds.. and then the pop up ones too. Getting ridiculous
Ludensian Gull
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Re the above two posts, seriously?
It won't be covering half your screen, and if it is covering too much, that changes as you scroll post the static ads. The screen grab is very selective.
And all that aside, how did you think websites happen? At the moment, masses of content is free for you because it is subsidised by ads. That's the pay off. If you don't like ads, or you block them, the sites you love will die.
So what do you suggest? I think subscribers could get an ad free experience, the rest, you pay the price by tolerating ads.
You can't have your cake and eat it.
It won't be covering half your screen, and if it is covering too much, that changes as you scroll post the static ads. The screen grab is very selective.
And all that aside, how did you think websites happen? At the moment, masses of content is free for you because it is subsidised by ads. That's the pay off. If you don't like ads, or you block them, the sites you love will die.
So what do you suggest? I think subscribers could get an ad free experience, the rest, you pay the price by tolerating ads.
You can't have your cake and eat it.
You mean some people choose one of these rather than the other? Never!
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Fundamentally, that's what it comes down to.
As I said somewhere further up on this thread, I know there are some people who despise any ads of any kind. There's no point me wasting my time nor there's by trying to have the discussion about why they are needed, as experience tells me they won't change their minds. Ads are evil and I'm fast-tracking my way to millionaire status through those thousandths of a penny that each banner may earn.
My intention has always been, and remains, to balance usability and bill-paying. The group I reference above will think I've got it wrong simply because they can see an ad on page. I don't always get it right, of course, and I'd never claim to. I think my tolerance for intrusive ads is pretty low which is why NSC doesn't have any I think of as intrusive, and I use the same setup with the same ads as everyone else.
There is one thing I'd like to improve, and I mentioned it in another post above, and that's how there can be too many ads on screen at the same time in certain circumstances, and that's when there are exactly 1 or 14 posts on a page, as those posts are followed by a banner and if there are no further posts when that thread is open, you also get the banner by the quick reply box. When a page has 5 or 18 or almost any other number of posts on the page, that doesn't happen. It's the task that is top of my list to look at this morning, and I will just as soon as I post this.
As for the new bottom banner on mobile, I found it jarring when I first put it on. A couple of days later and I don't even notice it. I scroll the site, with my eyes fixed above it. I've essentially already forgotten that it's there. Again, I appreciate not everyone will feel the same.
Agree on the bottom banner. First couple of days it felt very intrusive - not so much now.
