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Post by coke & comics on Jul 24, 2014 16:11:03 GMT -5
Only takes 17 hours for a thread to get bumped off the front page.
This is a chatty bunch. The old boards were way easier to keep up with.
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Post by coke & comics on Jul 24, 2014 16:13:04 GMT -5
It's those kinds of things why I use adblock. I see the need for pages to raise revenue with ads, but trying to read the news at Der Spiegel's spiegel.de gives me a headache without adblock. So many different animated ads on one page, sometimes one of them with sound... I just cannot do it. One of the reasons I went with proboards for hosting this site is that I think their use of ads is tasteful and restrained. I don't use an ad blocker, and I never find their ads invasive. I'm also always intentional about clicking on ads that have any interest for me, as it then allows the software to fine tune and provide you with ads that you're more likely to find informative. Most free sites barrage you with really intrusive advertising. One small banner at the top, and one small banner at the bottom, with an option to get rid of them completely if you pay $6 a month (which, by the way, any user here is able to pay) is a pretty good deal for the service with which they are providing us. Out of respect for that, I turned off adblock for this site. As long as the ads don't annoy me, I will keep it that way.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 24, 2014 17:18:59 GMT -5
Heard from Nathan again. He's in Normandy. He saw the Bayeux Tapestry. He's been to the beach but not to any of the Landing zones yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 17:25:24 GMT -5
I'm a technology nut, even though I don't actually own any of that cool stuff I read about online. One day when it's common and everyone has it and they're giving it away like last years iPhone.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 24, 2014 18:41:53 GMT -5
Heard from Nathan again. He's in Normandy. He saw the Bayeux Tapestry. He's been to the beach but not to any of the Landing zones yet. Now that's one good comic. It's even got Conan in it.
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Post by Jasoomian on Jul 25, 2014 0:09:52 GMT -5
Was in a low mood yesterday due to a cold I have come down with, so visited some bookstores. Ended up buying a stack of Superman kids books, some of which I will keep and some which I will give to charity. Also bought a computer magazine to read; its amazing but a little scary too, how far technology has advanced in recent years. Just don't give your cold to charity.
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Post by Jasoomian on Jul 25, 2014 0:13:05 GMT -5
One small banner at the top, and one small banner at the bottom, with an option to get rid of them completely if you pay $6 a month (which, by the way, any user here is able to pay) is a pretty good deal for the service with which they are providing us. HINT HINT, Y'ALL!
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Post by Jasoomian on Jul 25, 2014 0:15:30 GMT -5
Wow, I just got an awful loud auto play video ad on this site for...women's undergarments? Huh? This is the first time I've gotten a super invasive ad here, and I can't see any way to turn it off short of closing the page or turning off my sound. I listen to music on the computer while I work, so that's not great. Is it possible you left the cursor(/mouse) hovering over the banner ad? I've noticed that happen to me on other sites where you usually only see one tasteful banner ad. You leave the cursor there too long and it suddenly takes over the entire webpage.
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Post by coveredinbees on Jul 25, 2014 0:16:33 GMT -5
My ad is for deviled eggs.
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Post by kurrgomaul on Jul 25, 2014 6:14:58 GMT -5
most of the ad banners for me are for audio books.... how come I don't get the one for ladies underwear? haha
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Post by Jesse on Jul 25, 2014 6:36:23 GMT -5
♥ AdBlock Plus
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Post by impulse on Jul 25, 2014 8:57:03 GMT -5
It's those kinds of things why I use adblock. I see the need for pages to raise revenue with ads, but trying to read the news at Der Spiegel's spiegel.de gives me a headache without adblock. So many different animated ads on one page, sometimes one of them with sound... I just cannot do it. I usually use Adblock on my PC, but I was using Safari on my Macbook. I also try not to block ads on sites like this that I want to support as long as they aren't too annoying. I'm surprised by this as I've never had an ad on any proboards site (including this one) play a full streaming video nor make sound. Is it possible you've got malware? It's unlikely I have malware, but on further thought, it is very possible I made an errant click or hover while multitasking. It seems odd to me that I would had one and only one annoying ad like this and that nobody else has gotten on. In hindsight, it was probably user error. Is it possible you left the cursor(/mouse) hovering over the banner ad? I've noticed that happen to me on other sites where you usually only see one tasteful banner ad. You leave the cursor there too long and it suddenly takes over the entire webpage. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking now. most of the ad banners for me are for audio books.... how come I don't get the one for ladies underwear? haha So...you're saying the advertisers were being nice to me?
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ironchimp
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Post by ironchimp on Jul 25, 2014 9:39:53 GMT -5
most of the ad banners for me are for audio books.... how come I don't get the one for ladies underwear? haha i think the ads on websites are user specific (based on your browsing / search history?) impulse has obviously been using the internet for what it is intended whereas you... for shame... audio books indeed
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 25, 2014 9:57:56 GMT -5
most of the ad banners for me are for audio books.... how come I don't get the one for ladies underwear? haha i think the ads on websites are user specific (based on your browsing / search history?) impulse has obviously been using the internet for what it is intended whereas you... for shame... audio books indeed I got an ad for Listerine. I think my computer is trying to tell me something.
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Post by impulse on Jul 25, 2014 11:13:44 GMT -5
i think the ads on websites are user specific (based on your browsing / search history?) impulse has obviously been using the internet for what it is intended whereas you... for shame... audio books indeed It was also for a movie. I think they know I'm married...get the wife some underwear and take her out.
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