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- Thread starter Thief
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I don't see it. Things like that went away when I bought my discounted lifetime premium membership in RF awhile back.
Exactly.
I have never paid for anything on the internet ever. Not amazon, not an app, nothing, much less content. I have never entered a card or account number into a computer in my life.
If I ever did, RF would be close to the top of the list. But I live with inconvenience far larger than the ads to maintain my luddite purity.
Tom
I amortized my investment and my frustration at advertisements over the expected many, many years I expect to spend wasting...er...having an enjoyable time on RF and determined that a discounted lifetime membership to avoid ads (and related frustrations) was well worth the dilution of my luddite dinosaur purity.Exactly.
I have never paid for anything on the internet ever. Not amazon, not an app, nothing, much less content. I have never entered a card or account number into a computer in my life.
If I ever did, RF would be close to the top of the list. But I live with inconvenience far larger than the ads to maintain my luddite purity.
Tom
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Oops just made another thread bout it. Didn't notice yours.
To answer. Yep me too. Its starting to get ridiculous here. Looks like RF is heading to be an ad and link cesspool like Beliefnet is.
Maybe time is approaching to move on to a less intrusive site.
Yep, another bummer I'll adjust to. My onward march to provide greater wisdom will not be halted.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
That's all well and good by users, but visitors still can get put off by all this advertising and " sponsership" crap.I amortized my investment and my frustration at advertisements over the expected many, many years I expect to spend wasting...er...having an enjoyable time on RF and determined that a discounted lifetime membership to avoid ads (and related frustrations) was well worth the dilution of my luddite dinosaur purity.
I like "free" in general with some exception and internet forums just arn't on my list to pay to play.
I suppose it's only worth the hassle or just go for a straight out paid subscription to post here.
....then again, you may not....
I paused my ad-block to see what all the fuss was about and holy crap. I can forgive banner ads because they aren't big or bulky. But those "You may like" ads will keep my ad block on indefinitely. Sorry, but it is so large that I have to scroll past it every time if I am typing a quick reply and need to reference someone else. And it is huge, it takes up ~70% of my screen real estate from top to bottom. No thanks.
Perfect compromise. I have white listed the site, I would encourage others who haven't yet taken the plunge to do the same.
What does that mean?
Please type slowly and use only words that existed before 1980, please.
Tom
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Much better. =0)
I find the intrusivness of ads to be more of an issue than the volume, with exception to performance issues some ads may cause.
Sorry Tom, haha. I have a program that runs in the background that blocks ads from websites. This is great for places like CNN, Youtube or any other heavily advertised website. Well, for a place like this, where I don't mind ads in lieu of supporting the website, I add the website to what I call a "white list", which means the program ignores this website and displays ads as normal. Allowing RF to count my participation for whatever payment agreement they have with the ad company. Hope this helps.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
I suspect the owners have cave in to their monetary lusts
like preachers asking for donations
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
My issues lay with the lag mainly that results with some ads and pop ups that essentally kills the useability of the site.
I understand the reasons why ads are attractive for owners and administration
so I don't have anything against making money on something that a person creates and maintains but I do think that "lt" can get to a point where the frustration ads present gets too overbearing to continue posting.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Out of curiousity, anyone experiencing extreme lag due to all the ads and pop ups?
I am.
I am.