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Post by Snottitude on Jun 27, 2003 20:14:39 GMT -5
To all members, If you have been using some sort of Pop-up blocker on this message board, please stop using them when you are on this message board. The company that provides this message board service might delete this message board if too many people use Pop-up blockers. Pop-up ads fund the provider of this message board and using a Pop-up ad blocker prevents them from making revenue. The only legal way that we can remove pop-up ads is if enough members willingly donate money to make this message board ad free. So please stop using Pop-up blockers. We don't want this community to disappear. Thanks. Sincerely, [glow=green,3,300]Snotty ;D[/glow]
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Post by Kee on Jun 27, 2003 20:23:31 GMT -5
Hi Snotty,
Certainly I wouldn't want to do anything to jepordize the board, but I'm just curious...how can they know?
Did you get some kind of notice or something?
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Post by CatholicChristian on Jun 27, 2003 20:25:05 GMT -5
That's my question. How would they know? Or, is it because there is a post on here leading to a site for a popup blocker?
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Post by Snottitude on Jun 27, 2003 20:31:55 GMT -5
They most likely have some sort of tracking system involved in there pop-ups. It counts the number of times that ad has been viewed. If that number is significantly below the number of times it should have been viewed, then proboards knows that a lot of people have been using some sort of program that blocks pop-ups. Setting up a counter like that wouldn't be hard to do. I don't know exactly how their counter works but I know they have one because I've heard of other boards getting shut down because people were using pop-up blockers. I hope that answered your questions. Sincerely, [glow=green,3,300]Snotty ;D[/glow]
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Post by CatholicChristian on Jun 27, 2003 20:33:55 GMT -5
Yeah, but Snotty, that wouldn't work because I NEVER click on a popup, EVER. How many people do you know that does?
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Post by DeliriumTrigger on Jun 27, 2003 20:37:27 GMT -5
Every time an image is viewed, it sends a "report" of sorts back to the server. If the amount of bandwidth being used by the images doesn't match up with the amount that should be used (proportional to the number of page views) it'd probably be pretty easy to notice.
Along the same lines... this is why, if you have a tendency to accidentally open spam in your email, you should disable HTML. If the picture shows up when you open the email, the spammer knows that the account is active and will continue to send messages, likely more than before.
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Post by Snottitude on Jun 27, 2003 20:38:59 GMT -5
It doesn't count whether or not you click. It counts whether or not the advertisement loads. Sincerely, [glow=green,3,300]Snotty ;D[/glow]
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Post by Cohdra on Jun 27, 2003 20:58:13 GMT -5
I post on quite a few free boards, so mine has been shut off since before I registered. They have to make money somehow I'm willing to put up with them; No prob...I love this board wohooo!! God bless
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Post by Shirley on Jun 27, 2003 21:43:59 GMT -5
I was blocking:( I unblocked-but only for this site. It comes with aol.
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Post by SueC on Jun 27, 2003 21:51:31 GMT -5
No problem, it's annoying yeah , but all it takes is a click of the mouse to get rid if em.
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Post by IamLight on Jun 28, 2003 0:27:29 GMT -5
It doesn't count whether or not you click. It counts whether or not the advertisement loads. Sincerely, [glow=green,3,300]Snotty ;D[/glow] They don't know if a page loads.
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Post by souledout4Jesus on Jun 28, 2003 0:39:53 GMT -5
Ohh Snotty, you should be glad I like these boards.
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Post by MacApostle on Jun 28, 2003 0:53:18 GMT -5
I can't stand pop-up adds so I guess I'll have to limit my time here. Have you considered using ezboards for the new forums. They only use banner adds which are much less irritating than pop-up adds . Their URL is: www.ezboard.com/Whatever you decide I wish you God's blessings and much success. It's sad that the orginal boards are closing down. God bless you all. P.S. I just got a pop-up add trying to post here! I definitely won't be visiting here very much. Those popups are just too annoying.
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Post by rosemarylynn on Jun 28, 2003 14:40:52 GMT -5
I got rid of the pop-up blocker. I don't mind the pop-ups. I've only got one that I can tell right now. Usually there isn't more than 8 at one time. No big deal. God bless us all. God bless you, Snotty, for starting this site for us. ;D
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Post by CatholicChristian on Jun 28, 2003 15:12:15 GMT -5
I got rid of the pop-up blocker. I don't mind the pop-ups. I've only got one that I can tell right now. Usually there isn't more than 8 at one time. No big deal. God bless us all. God bless you, Snotty, for starting this site for us. ;D Rosemary, I’m not getting rid of my popup stopper. I'm just disabling it when I am on this site! I like this new site too much to jeopardize it I still haven't gotten in on a good discussion - not debate - am looking for a good one. Any ideas?
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