New Ad Format Coming to Mac-Forums

Tanner31593 · May 26, 2008

Leaving, over a tiny ad?
Does it really cause THAT much drama?
It's not even that bad for me, and i'm on dial up!

The forum's gotta do what the forum's gotta do to make sure M-F remains the great (and free) site it is.
I don't think it's that bad.
This forum in general is pretty reasonable as far as ads. I would say that out of all the forums i'm a member of, this one loads the fastest.
It's not all fancy glittery backgrounds and annoying pop-ups and animated mumbo jumbo.

I like it.

Hate to see someone leave!

does this AdBlock only work for Leopard anyone?

dtravis7 · May 26, 2008

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27897

Works on Tiger, Panther, Leopard.

I do not use it here as I want to support the forums, but it does work and blocks all ads if they really bother you.

Mac O Licious · May 26, 2008

I feel ya bro. I just come less than usual. Then i guess it becomes tolerable.

Tanner31593 · May 26, 2008

dtravis7 said:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27897

Works on Tiger, Panther, Leopard.

I do not use it here as I want to support the forums, but it does work and blocks all ads if they really bother you.

Maybe i'll download that eventually. Not really for M-F, but for some other sites.
I don't think the ads are bad here. I like how they're often mac related.

I like the Wenger Media ones even though they like never change.
If my dad decides to upgrade my brothers Macs, i'd go straight to that Wenger Media ad at the top. That's not a bad price for eMacs, is it?

eric · May 26, 2008

yeah, i kind of like the wenger ones too.

anyone ever use them?

JohnTheMacGeek · May 26, 2008

dakineyj said:
Wow, I've been around this forum for over a year now and I have never seen this ad-block mentioned before. This is great, just installed it and no more adds!! Glad I didn't leave the forum, heh heh.

If you have a Gmail account, go to gmail.com and see how different it looks without the ads! Amazing!

thedood · May 26, 2008

I've never seen ad's here either?

MinaMACMan · May 26, 2008

Its a bit too extreme don't you think... actually I think extreme is understatement.

But whaterver floats your boat!

Since when Ignoring something became so hard. its been so easy to just tune out those Ads that I don't feel any annoyance from them...

heh, I guess thats just me. Oh well.

Sorry to see ya go, but hope u change ur mind.

Cheers

Mina

mudpuppy · May 26, 2008

Addblock Plus and NoScripts. Kills all ads and background java scripts related to ads. Pages load faster.

iRye · May 26, 2008

I just use Adblock. it's so nice. install it and come back? it's free!

fyrman22 · May 26, 2008

Awesome!! Good heads up on the adblock. Works like a charm and no setup just install and no more ads.

PinkLemonade · May 26, 2008

eric said:
yeah, i kind of like the wenger ones too.

anyone ever use them?

LowEndMac recommends them, so I'd say they're pretty legit.

dtravis7 · May 26, 2008

PinkLemonade said:
LowEndMac recommends them, so I'd say they're pretty legit.

Cool then. I have a lot of respect for Low End Mac.

coach_z · May 26, 2008

websites thrive on ads, it is how they remain free of charge in the internet world...you shouldnt block them entirely....but they also should not be intrusive. i have never been a fan of the 'ad after the first post ad' and have stayed away from forums that use it. it stinks that as finally have time to devote some parts of my life back to M-F they put these ads up....oh well, ill still browse every so often
-chris

seroph · May 28, 2008

Adverts

Hello everyone,

I understand that there are certain requirements to running a community forum, however I simply don't like to see things like this, when browsing a community forum.

No offense, but these sort of ads make me feel uncomfortable.

Discuss

Eric559 · May 28, 2008

seroph said:
Hello everyone,

I understand that there are certain requirements to running a community forum, however I simply don't like to see things like this, when browsing a community forum.

No offense, but these sort of ads make me feel uncomfortable.

Discuss

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I don't see why you had to start a completely new thread about this. Go post your thoughts in the thread that is already going. Discuss there.

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106942

milessthomas · May 28, 2008

I'd have to agree. The new ads are really getting annoying and everyone shouldn't have to install adblock just because of this, since adblock blocks some things that aren't ads, or it had been doing so before I got rid of it.

milessthomas · May 28, 2008

JohnTheMacGeek said:
If you have a Gmail account, go to gmail.com and see how different it looks without the ads! Amazing!

I don't have any ads on gmail, with or without adblock?

Do other people have them?

Mac O Licious · May 28, 2008

I guess I would say complaining does not help any since just being opposed to it gets people negging your rep or sending messages saying you have been reduced on some point system I care nothing about.

I've learned to ignore it & just find another forum with more support & less ads.

seroph · May 28, 2008

Eric, becuase that post you linked to is a forum announcement, it seems unbecoming to post this sort of topic there.