March 22, 2004, 13:30
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I would like to charge for the use of space in my posts -- imagine the profits I can make!!
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March 22, 2004, 14:02
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King
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I was reading the About Aployton page and saw this in news.
The relevant words are emboldened.
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BOTTOM AMAZON ADS REMOVED, GOOGLE ADS EXPERIMENT
(21 March 2004, 10:05 | About) As their effect wasnt very important compared to the increase in loading time of pages, the bottom ads from Amazon and other retailers that showed up in the Default, Light, Default-Special and Light-Special styles of the forums, have been removed.
Also, as you might have noticed, we`re running a small experiment with Google ads in forum posts in the Off-Topic forum. They`ll stay for a few more days. If proven worthy, they might be in one of the styles as a partial replacement to pop-ups. - MarkG
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I guess it's a choice between the lesser of two evils. 
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March 22, 2004, 15:18
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#213
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btw, seeing what is going on at the SDMB (they are charging to use the forums), I'd much rather deal with the occasional post ad.
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March 22, 2004, 15:37
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#214
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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
The ads-in-posts suck worse than pop-ups. They are intrusive and can lead to people "endorsing" things they find personally repugnant. Not cool at all. 
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I disagree... Only the right-margin is a bit of a bother, but other than that, I'd much rather have post ads than pop-ups.
And as far as "endorsing" is concerned...  I really can't see this as being any more of a problem than with any other ads. It's an ad, I'm not endorsing anything. If anyone, MarkG would be the one doing the endorsing (considering he's the only one with any control over it).
I think it can even add a little humour, as Asher has clearly shown.
Edit: WTF!!11! I take that back! Anything but Civ3, I hate Civ3! 
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March 22, 2004, 15:42
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Deity
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I don't mind them, I barely notice them.
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March 22, 2004, 15:53
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I urge all OTFers to restrict their posts to under 150 words 
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March 22, 2004, 16:03
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King
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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
The ads-in-posts suck worse than pop-ups. They are intrusive and can lead to people "endorsing" things they find personally repugnant. Not cool at all.
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Maybe, but Asher seems to have an IPod ad stuck to ALL of his posts regardless of thread now, and that's absolutely hysterical !!
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March 22, 2004, 16:06
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But only if you're really easily amused.
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March 23, 2004, 05:52
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It was amusing for the first 20 posts or so. Mostly due to Asher's reaction to it (bitter parody).
One would expect the site owner to display the level of maturity he requires of other posters though.
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March 23, 2004, 07:56
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I love this thread.
Btw Firefox Mem usage pwns!! 15MB more than IE6! 
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March 23, 2004, 08:24
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Settler
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Originally posted by Kucinich
I don't mind them, I barely notice them.
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and also there're kind of funny
I was writing about israel and i get a "buy israeli art" next to my post. i write about byzantium and i get a "buy books about byzantium", this is pretty cool.
also when slowwhand was writing about that berserk gorilla he got an add to protect nature.
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March 23, 2004, 09:29
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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One would expect the site owner to display the level of maturity he requires of other posters though.
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the asher ad will be gone when the experiment ends in 1-2 days
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March 23, 2004, 09:32
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Settler
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Originally posted by BustaMike
Maybe, but Asher seems to have an IPod ad stuck to ALL of his posts regardless of thread now, and that's absolutely hysterical !!
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It is.
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March 23, 2004, 10:49
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Emperor
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Originally posted by Frozzy
I urge all OTFers to restrict their posts to under 150 words
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For MTG, this would be an impossible task.
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March 23, 2004, 11:03
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March 23, 2004, 14:52
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Emperor
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Originally posted by MarkG
the asher ad will be gone when the experiment ends in 1-2 days
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