Absolutely no ads for actual users of the site.Rand wrote: ↑ December 24th, 2024, 10:08I don't mind the occasional ad.
Maybe If you were to roll them in scale to the number of posts, taking into account the number of characters in the posts (and diligently delete spam), and cap it so that after, say 100 posts there is no more threshold at all?
Small ads in the top banner are pretty unobtrusive anyway.
Ads
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I don't care about ads because I never disable my adblock.
I do think, however, that any lurker that was fucking stupid enough to not use an adblock would've been a detriment to the forum and should be run off.rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ December 24th, 2024, 01:54Anything that gets in the way of bullying lurkers into signing up will be removed.
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Early evidence suggests the bullying of guests into signing up is working. 

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Maybe pay for a limited time custom banner message?

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For you, my friend, I will increase the rate of ads for free.
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Hehe, paypig quite fitting, there.
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I'm reallocating the tax payers money to a more worthwhile endeavorBobT wrote: ↑ December 28th, 2024, 15:13Hehe, paypig quite fitting, there.
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we've seen about a 30% increase in organic traffic since ads were enabled, as I guessed Google favors sites that it runs ads on.
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Rand wrote: ↑ December 24th, 2024, 10:08I don't mind the occasional ad.
Maybe If you were to roll them in scale to the number of posts, taking into account the number of characters in the posts (and diligently delete spam), and cap it so that after, say 100 posts there is no more threshold at all?
Small ads in the top banner are pretty unobtrusive anyway.

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Whatever works!rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ December 31st, 2024, 23:35we've seen about a 30% increase in organic traffic since ads were enabled, as I guessed Google favors sites that it runs ads on.
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You have 1800 posts.Jordy wrote: ↑ December 31st, 2024, 23:37Rand wrote: ↑ December 24th, 2024, 10:08I don't mind the occasional ad.
Maybe If you were to roll them in scale to the number of posts, taking into account the number of characters in the posts (and diligently delete spam), and cap it so that after, say 100 posts there is no more threshold at all?
Small ads in the top banner are pretty unobtrusive anyway.![]()
Only people with fewer than 100 would see them at all.
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I tend to be against evil even if it doesn't affect me.Rand wrote: ↑ January 1st, 2025, 00:10You have 1800 posts.Jordy wrote: ↑ December 31st, 2024, 23:37Rand wrote: ↑ December 24th, 2024, 10:08I don't mind the occasional ad.
Maybe If you were to roll them in scale to the number of posts, taking into account the number of characters in the posts (and diligently delete spam), and cap it so that after, say 100 posts there is no more threshold at all?
Small ads in the top banner are pretty unobtrusive anyway.![]()
Only people with fewer than 100 would see them at all.
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Rand wrote: ↑ January 1st, 2025, 00:10You have 1800 posts.
Only people with fewer than 100 would see them at all.
It's intended to monetize the hate-lurkers.
Redditors, and such.
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Yeah no qualms from me.Rand wrote: ↑ January 1st, 2025, 00:16Rand wrote: ↑ January 1st, 2025, 00:10You have 1800 posts.
Only people with fewer than 100 would see them at all.It's intended to monetize the hate-lurkers.
Redditors, and such.
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For guests: Latency is technically down because I ended up disabling some scripts for guests.
For members: nothing, the ad code is never included if you're logged in.
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adjews wanted us to censor the site, told them to eat shit, ads disabled for everyone
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Please elaborate. I find this interesting and potentially amusing.
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Just told we did a hatespeecherino and had to remove itRand wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:28Please elaborate. I find this interesting and potentially amusing.
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What absolute kike nigger twats.rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:29Just told we did a hatespeecherino and had to remove it
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How did they let you know what the offensive content was - show you the single post on this board they thought was okay?rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:29Just told we did a hatespeecherino and had to remove itRand wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:28Please elaborate. I find this interesting and potentially amusing.
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Linked to a page with content they deemed offensiveAcrux wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:52How did they let you know what the offensive content was - show you the single post on this board they thought was okay?rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:29Just told we did a hatespeecherino and had to remove itRand wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:28
Please elaborate. I find this interesting and potentially amusing.
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Only one page?rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:56Linked to a page with content they deemed offensiveAcrux wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:52How did they let you know what the offensive content was - show you the single post on this board they thought was okay?rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ January 22nd, 2025, 20:29
Just told we did a hatespeecherino and had to remove it
