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I do not think this is a good thing at all
In fact I think it is bad enough to cause the club to consider using a different forum service.
Ad blocking software is an essential way that people control their experience of the web, and is also important as a security measure. Unless we have a veto against the kind of ads put on the site I do not think we should accept ads being forced on us.
So I request that the committee look into this matter as a matter of importance and urgency. _________________ http://woogledesigns.livejournal.com
I've been experiencing the same, and only on one particular advert at present (it's fine usually, and then it'll bring up the error, and then if I refresh the page I wanted to see enough, it stops bringing up the error).
There are several free forum sites that do so without adverts, or at least without adverts that don't like ad blockers, like ucoz. _________________ ~Yea, Tho I Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil~
Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 1911 Planning: Pathfinder Society
Location: Great Sutton
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject:
The club has been considering using a different forum service for several years. The main issue has always been that people want to keep the old messages rather than starting from scratch, and to do that would need us to pay the current forum host £60-70 for a database export. _________________ Matt / paz
Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 407 Running: Mage: the Awakening
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject:
I've been having the same problem. I wouldn't mind starting afresh to be honest. It'd be slightly awkward in the transition but eventually would right itself. In my opinion at least.
I've seen it done before. If any of us had any threads we wanted/needed to keep (stickys, posts about events currently being organized, etc.) we were encouraged to keep a record of text (say in a word document) and restart it as a new thread. You lose replies but you can always make a note of any important points raised in a new post.
So yes the transition is a little awkward but doable and it does clear a lot of clutter in that no longer relevant threads are left out.
That's just my opinion though. Perhaps this should be raised at the AGM. _________________ I'm here to kick ass and take names! If that's okay with everyone...
Excellent plan. It is still worth people considering what they would like to see happen, but yes a decision on this can be considered and made at the AGM. Rather convenient timing for it really!
If someone could raise it at the AGM I think that would be a good idea. I may not be able to attend, due to working hours, but I'd happily submit things in writing. _________________ http://woogledesigns.livejournal.com
My view is always one that prefers to keep things simple on the advertising front.
As for adblockers, they will be the end of the internet as a place where services can be free at the point of use.
No one should be surprised if posts promoting them get removed, I don't welcome people who want to wreck our business let alone them thing the support forum is somewhere where they can promote that kind of free loading.
I don't even want to have a debate on that aspect of things happening no one will learn anything new from it, and as I say advertising is the revenue model that keeps most of the internet viable.
So I would say to people try and use services that use advertising in a relatively benign way, and avoid those that don't. ...
Pricing info on no-ads/exporting the database here:
Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 943 Playing: Pathfinder Society Planning: Aces and Eights: Shattered Frontier
Location: Northwich
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:50 pm Post subject:
I have added this item to the AGM.
It does occur to me that we can kill two birds with one stone here, by getting rid of excess club funds and also solving the aforementioned problem in the thread, so I am all in favour of this.
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