Sundays game is the real test, but either way I have a plan.

Is anyone getting else getting ads between posts ?

Yes, welcome to supporting the forum! They’ve been there years!

Well the forum worked flawlessly at half time whilst using the sh*t CFC free WiFi and my posts go straight through no waiting time. Well done all, have a biscuit. 

Yep speeding along, hope it keeps up because I'm done staying up till 5am moving it every week!

Yep, best it's been in months. Posts are posting without delays and the forum didn't crash during the match.

A little bit of downtime this afternoon, but that was me trying something. I'll leave it alone now 

Tinkermod

why cant I use adblocker anymore? Pain in the ass....

25 minutes ago, ENygma said:

why cant I use adblocker anymore? Pain in the ass....

Because adverts make up the shortfall in income this forum needs to survive.

12 minutes ago, coco said:

Because adverts make up the shortfall in income this forum needs to survive.

Give people the choice at least. I prefer to use the internet without a bunch of ads in my face, but I find it annoying how more and more sites can detect an adblocker and just dont let you use the site without disabling it...

1 minute ago, ENygma said:

Give people the choice at least.

You have got a choice, plenty of them, put up with it, donate, leave, find another forum, start your own forum, turn the internet off, the choices are unlimited. Sorry if it sounds harsh, but surely you have some knowledge in basic economics.

You could offer the choice of a subscription service without ads if that would economically viable?

4 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

You could offer the choice of a subscription service without ads if that would economically viable?

It's not an option for @Mod Stark to choose from, as far as i am aware,?

Just a suggestion. I remember back in the day another forum (cfcnet I think) used to do it. It also got you access spare ticket part of the forum to help keep touts and various other degrees of w**ker at bay. 

The ads don’t bother me anyway as long as they don’t take over the whole screen. I know they’re a necessary evil!

We've always (since the start) been against any sort of subscription based thing where people pay to use the forum. I have seen its an option at other forums in the past but they mostly have been heavily overloaded with ads.

Have always tried to keep it as less intrusive as possible. Any sort of pop up or pop under or vignette, etc etc is never added. The pop ups the other week were actually an issue with an advertiser creeping around the way Google displays on their platform.

I dropped a media company earlier in the year because the ad's started to show pop-ups.

You're an absolute legend Mod. Thanks for all the work you on our behalf.

I've always told everyone you're a nice fella, Liam!

I've disabled adblock and noticed that Privacy Badger still blocks the ads, so I just see white spaces where the ads should be. Does it actually hurt the forum financially if I'm still blocking the ads? 

Is there much difference between seeing a white space or a deal on Chelsea Hospitality tickets, an Asian single or a nice pair of Nike trainers, thats the real question!

22 hours ago, coco said:

You have got a choice, plenty of them, put up with it, donate, leave, find another forum, start your own forum, turn the internet off, the choices are unlimited. Sorry if it sounds harsh, but surely you have some knowledge in basic economics.

I obviously meant a choice between having your adblocker turned on or off for this site you buffoon.

I see from the choice of not being a knob or being a knob he went for the latter. See kids, sometimes having a choice is not a good thing. 

6 hours ago, ENygma said:

I obviously meant a choice between having your adblocker turned on or off for this site you buffoon.

People who call Coco a buffoon are liable to wake-up the next morning in the same state as Mr Bobbit. I shall perform the operation long distance without benefit of anaesthetic.

3 minutes ago, moi said:

People who call Coco a buffoon are liable to wake-up the next morning in the same state as Mr Bobbit. I shall perform the operation long distance without benefit of anaesthetic.

You are right  - it's just slack use of language.  Every fool  knows he's not a buffoon,  he's a clown.

1 minute ago, yorkleyblue said:

You are right  - it's just slack use of language.  Every fool  knows he's not a buffoon,  he's a clown.

 

1 minute ago, yorkleyblue said:

You are right  - it's just slack use of language.  Every fool  knows he's not a buffoon,  he's a clown.

And a  very lovable clown too!