View Poll Results: What should we do with the spam?
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Intergrate it into the forums and have it on subject rather than off programming subjects.
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Just intergrate it into the forums and make it blend in.
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Have a quick popup in same window then goes back off screen.
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Have some members to choose if they want the ads in their signature of what they like.
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Just have the ads on subject.
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Just have the ads blend in to the site.
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Have a new window pop-up.
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Donate to the forums and kill the spam.
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Move to Chitchat forums and refuse to go back to vbForums until they get rid of the spam.
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Be spammed to death for one day so we wont need anymore for another month or so.
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Nov 25th, 2002, 03:31 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Hyperactive Member
Vbforums Spam Survey!
What do you want to do with all that spam? They do have to have it to pay for their server expenses.
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Nov 25th, 2002, 03:46 PM
#2
Fanatic Member
its not horrible....
think. it could be worse..
I just hate advertising .
Seahag
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Nov 25th, 2002, 03:49 PM
#3
Frenzied Member
I dislike it only because it is active x or java banners and my ie is screwed up right now so it gives me trouble (see my post in gen pc) other than that I understand we live in a capitolist society and people need and want to make money and I think this is a great community and would hate to have to pay the server bills
I'm off to GalahTech, hope to see you there.
If you don't like the rules they make, refuse to play their game. -- Steve Ignorant.
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Nov 25th, 2002, 03:52 PM
#4
At least:
1) It's at the top
2) It doesn't seem to be the "in your face" type of ads.
3) It isn't for a casino
4) Isn't FLASHING "Your a Winner!"
5) All the ads I've "seen" (when I did pay attention) have been technology based (IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, etc).
6) They don't look like stub dialog boxes that tell me my T1 "connection is too slow." and that I should "click here to speed it up."
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Nov 25th, 2002, 03:54 PM
#5
Frenzied Member
yeah, i don't find them offensive at all (other than the prob i have)
I'm off to GalahTech, hope to see you there.
If you don't like the rules they make, refuse to play their game. -- Steve Ignorant.
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Nov 25th, 2002, 03:56 PM
#6
Thread Starter
Hyperactive Member
Good point but it still pisses me off. If they are going to have ads why cant the members be interested in what the ads are about instead of the "click here so you can be spammed more" deal.
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Nov 25th, 2002, 04:02 PM
#7
Fanatic Member
are we talking about porn now.?
i mean its not that bad
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Nov 25th, 2002, 04:16 PM
#8
Banned
what's not bad? The banners or the porn?
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Nov 25th, 2002, 04:16 PM
#9
Fanatic Member
I don't particularly have anything against advertising, I just find the ones being used are too large - take almost as long to download as the 'real' content and are too distracting with all that animation.
I'm not sure how the guys who run the site get money from them but isn't it usually based on the number of click-throughs? If so just make sure you never click them (In fact I've never clicked a banner add in my entire life, have you?) and if they are recieving zero revenue from them after a few months they might be more susceptable(sp) to the suggestion of removing them.
Martin J Wallace (Slaine)
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Nov 25th, 2002, 04:29 PM
#10
Fanatic Member
oops.. i clicked it 2wice
Put your hand if you like change?
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Nov 25th, 2002, 05:23 PM
#11
Hyperactive Member
I'm still using a dial up connection and the pages are taking longer to load.
The one at the top looks awful, makes the rest of the page look like ****. The bottom one is alright though.
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Nov 25th, 2002, 05:36 PM
#12
There's one at the bottom??
Holy crap! There is! I never scroleld that far down before.....
We should count our blessings that the ads are at the top & bottom..... I've seen places that toss in an add every 10-15 posts... right in the middle of the pages!
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Nov 25th, 2002, 06:31 PM
#13
Hyperactive Member
Originally posted by techgnome
We should count our blessings that the ads are at the top & bottom..... I've seen places that toss in an add every 10-15 posts... right in the middle of the pages!
Shut up you fool!!! You'll only give them ideas.
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Nov 26th, 2002, 04:01 AM
#14
Banned
Originally posted by techgnome
At least:
4) Isn't FLASHING
Too bad. There is an ad from Sybase, and it's flashing black on white!
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Nov 26th, 2002, 03:49 PM
#15
Member
You forgot the "leave and go to galahtech... who will never have great big crappy animated ads in your face and all over the place...Option"
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Nov 26th, 2002, 03:55 PM
#16
Originally posted by Michael_Kamen
Too bad. There is an ad from Sybase, and it's flashing black on white!
I didn't say they weren't flashing at all... just that they weren't flashing "YOU ARE A WINNER!!!! Click Here!!!!!"
But that aside, I haven't seen that one.... but then I'm pretty oblivious to the ads, I've gotten to overloaded that I tune them out 99% of the time.
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Nov 26th, 2002, 03:58 PM
#17
Frenzied Member
Originally posted by techgnome
But that aside, I haven't seen that one.... but then I'm pretty oblivious to the ads, I've gotten to overloaded that I tune them out 99% of the time.
Thats what I've been trying to say all day long... nothing has changed but everyone is all freaked out and leaving... Even I regestered at www.galahtech.com today and hope that it will become what this once was.
I'm off to GalahTech, hope to see you there.
If you don't like the rules they make, refuse to play their game. -- Steve Ignorant.
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Nov 26th, 2002, 08:44 PM
#18
Frenzied Member
This forum oughta give you an option to contribute via PayPal or something. Then when you contribute you get a custom title.
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Nov 26th, 2002, 08:44 PM
#19
Frenzied Member
Oh and the advertisement goes away.
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Nov 26th, 2002, 09:55 PM
#20
Junior Member
Originally posted by techgnome
At least:
3) It isn't for a casino
Another one to cross off the list
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