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popups
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:11 pm
by ninja79
This is getting really annoying. For the past couple months TMW has been popups that somehow evade the popup blocker. This is really annoying and ultimately counter-productive. I classify popups in the same category as spam. Why has TMW stooped so low?
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:13 pm
by VermilionX
i got used to it. it's not very bad. 3 pop-ups at worst for me.
i think it's time for you to donate money.
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:15 pm
by Koss
And how do you suggest TMW should provide us with this free resource?
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:20 pm
by Sev
This thread doesn't really have a lot to with motorcycles does it?
That being said, considering the bandwidth usage, I'm surprised the Mike can keep the site going even with the ads he has. I hear the poor bugger lives on Ramen and whatever rodents he can catch in the back alley.
3 Pop-ups a day isn't that bad... is it?
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:36 pm
by Kal
Stands with Sev. Only times I've had a problem with popups here has been because I have accidently reset the date on my computer and confused the server.
My first post of the day I let the popups open and then close them straight down. Mike gets paid, I get TMW to be here when I want it or need it and the advertisers get to believe I actually care about what they are advertising - everyone wins.
By the way. A couple of months ago an unscrupulous company offered Mike a silly amount of money for our email addresses, Mike refused because he isnt interested in making a 'quick buck' out of us.
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:00 pm
by Sev
Something like $1.25 per registered unique e-mail address. Times 20 thousand peoples if memory serves.
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:05 pm
by Wrider
Yeah, there was a post about this somewhere in the Suggestions or Soap Box forums, because someone was getting annoyed... Those ads might be annoying, but definitely necessary. I know most people wouldn't pay to be on a forum, so we'd get a loss of information and help. Anyway, just deal with em, you'll live, I promise!
Wrider
Re: popups
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:23 pm
by rhd
ninja79 wrote:This is getting really annoying. For the past couple months TMW has been popups that somehow evade the popup blocker. This is really annoying and ultimately counter-productive. I classify popups in the same category as spam. Why has TMW stooped so low?
Gee whiz, what the guys' said - this is a great website and it's huge - the cost of and the time to keep it running is also huge. I don't see how Mike does it - and if it takes some advertising ... Mike really ought to be making a few bucks for all his efforts - I hope he does, he deserves to.
First thing I did when I signed on was to kick in a few bucks to be a site supporter. You might consider doing the same.
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:46 am
by DivideOverflow
Kal wrote:
By the way. A couple of months ago an unscrupulous company offered Mike a silly amount of money for our email addresses, Mike refused because he isnt interested in making a 'quick buck' out of us.
That's good. Because if that got out that would be the last time I would be on this site. One of the car forums I used to frequent did that and people found out.... I don't think that forum is up anymore. All the regulars just made another forum and migrated.
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:25 am
by Loonette
I'll move this to the "Suggestion Box". Even though there's really no good suggestion - just a complaint. But since it isn't "Motorcycle Talk"...
And as has been said, the topic has been done to death. A simple search on the site for "popups" would reveal that.
Loonette