Queue magazine ad???

BuzzLY

What's the deal? Now we have to put up with ads in posts? Whatever happened to just having an ad up at the top of the page? jstarkey, is this a new trend?

stolzyboy

all the mods were notified about this the other day, it is necessary to generate money to keep this happy community rolling

jayant

just have them over there wont help phpbuilder get some bucks. we will need to click those.

Mordecai

Oi... why is it a sticky in every forum, too? Couldn't it be an anouncement?

stolzyboy

that's the way they want it, and most likely phpbuilder is getting money simply for having it there, and then more for click thru's

if we don't have the ads, we won't have a place to whine about these adds, boo hoo

also, sticky or announcement, it will still be at the top of the forum

BuzzLY

Well... I guess you have to find a fine balance... something like this might annoy some people enough to make them leave. Annoy too many, and you don't have anyone posting after a while. Annoy few, and you can't pay for the server. I certainly understand the reasoning -- but I don't like it. I just feel that it's a little too "in your face." Pop-ups are annoying, too -- and many people won't give your site the time of day nowadays if you have pop-up ads.

In my own personal opinion, ads should be informative and inviting. When an ad gets to the point of annoying you or even trickery to get you to click, it's too much.

stolzyboy

well once everyone knows about it they won't click on it anyway, and most wouldn't in the first place anyway

if someone wants to pay for the operating costs i'm sure phpbuilder wouldn't care, but pony up, until then, we may have to put up with ads

hey, at least it isn't spyware 😃

epimeth

actually... I read somewhere that Queue magazine has nanotech cameras threaded into the pages. make sure to put it in a box when not reading it...

Weedpacket

Originally posted by epimeth
actually... I read somewhere that Queue magazine has nanotech cameras threaded into the pages. make sure to put it in a box when not reading it...

Why on earth would the publishers have a burning need to see my couch springs?

jayant

Originally posted by epimeth
actually... I read somewhere that Queue magazine has nanotech cameras threaded into the pages. make sure to put it in a box when not reading it...

huh! were you paid by them to say this 😉

epimeth

damn... good idea, I should write them!