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[topgazza]

Accepting the case for ads the site has to pay for itself... anyone else finding they are reducing the display size of pictures posted as I am seeing them in at the top of a new thread in with the post and pictures and taking up 1/3rd of the width and squeezing the pics ? Is there an alternative ? Say £2 per month for no ads... they seem to be coming very obtrusive

 

[shotokan101]

...as long as you pay for me Gazza that's fine...

 

[topgazza]

The minimum I would expect to do Jim

 

[CFC1]

Hairbrained idea again Gazza ... but if you're gonna pay for me too, I'll support ya.

 

[bobbymax]

Firefox (Add block)

 

[topgazza]

Tried blocking but it persists in the cookies. I don't mind some ads on the website but not in my posts. They are tracking ads so are supposed to be based on websites visited and I haven't been on some of them. Issue for me is the sheer size of the ads.only seem to appear in first post so maybe just post a hello in first one and pics in the rest.

Annoying and putting me off AVForums

 

[topgazza]

Yep...text in first ad and then pictures works. Stops pictures being squeezed

 

[snerkler]

Not the first time AVF has had ads that ruin the site.

 

[topgazza]

Adblock stops it of course but I don't mind ads on the website as such... its when they appear in the thread box that it becomes an imposition. When it obstructs or diminishes my enjoyment of the site then its a problem. I used to think websites like this were about the members but there usually comes a tipping point where the site is more important than the members. AVF isn't there yet but its a danger

 

[spyder viewer]

Obviously, AVF is all about members but obviously it isn't free to operate. The management team are constantly trying to balance maintaining revenue whilst keeping it a friendly place to browse.

No mods were inured in the making of this post!

 

[topgazza]

And its still a great site

My only real irritation are the AdChoices tracking ads that have started to pop up in the threads themselves. they compress the pictures as they take up over a third of the width of the post. If ever there was a reason NOT to click on an ad being very annoyed is a sure fire guarantee. I'll post a request in the website questions thread to ask if they can at least be moved.

 

[shotokan101]

Obviously, AVF is all about members but obviously it isn't free to operate. The management team are constantly trying to balance maintaining revenue whilst keeping it a friendly place to browse.

No mods were inured in the making of this post!

...I'm still trying to work out if you are actually clever enough to have "done" that one or whether it was just a fortuitous typo..... I know which way I'm leaning at the moment though... but you have had your moments in the past.... and I don't mean Cadbury's....