Sentience Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) This criticism is not about money. And yet it is. I can fully understand the site owners wanting to try and cover costs with the latest providers allowing advertising, BUT, the staggering amount of commercial content is just unbelievable!! It has now become SO cluttered that it makes reading the content of any post devoid of any sense of flow. Ok, we are told that there is an option to 'Subscribe' and avoid this kind of content (blackmail)....at a cost. For a lot of us, NOT subscribing is NOT about money, rather a sense of security or other personal reasons. As I said, it's quite understandable to want to cover costs, but the amount of very intrusive ads is, frankly unreasonable IMHO. Forum owners, I believe you have been sold a very messy 'right pup'. Edited March 17 by Sentience 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 You don’t have to use Manx Forums. End of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentience Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 5 minutes ago, x-in-man said: You don’t have to use Manx Forums. End of. Now that's a valuable contribution.....well done. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 35 minutes ago, Sentience said: This criticism is not about money. And yet it is. I can fully understand the site owners wanting to try and cover costs with the latest providers allowing advertising, BUT, the staggering amount of commercial content is just unbelievable!! It has now become SO cluttered that it makes reading the content of any post devoid of any sense of flow. Ok, we are told that there is an option to 'Subscribe' and avoid this kind of content (blackmail)....at a cost. For a lot of us, NOT subscribing is NOT about money, rather a sense of security or other personal reasons. As I said, it's quite understandable to want to cover costs, but the amount of very intrusive ads is, frankly unreasonable IMHO. Forum owners, I believe you have been sold a very messy 'right pup'. Try paying to host a service like this. I do, it doesn't come cheap. The only real reason you have for not digging out some cash is that you're a tight-arse, many people do subscribe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Browser add-on software such as https://adblockplus.org/ will block most adverts. Adblock is "pay of you want". I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 42 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: Try paying to host a service like this. I do, it doesn't come cheap. The only real reason you have for not digging out some cash is that you're a tight-arse, many people do subscribe. If you don't want want to pay to host a service like this then don't. Nobody is forcing you to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Sentience said: This criticism is not about money. And yet it is. I can fully understand the site owners wanting to try and cover costs with the latest providers allowing advertising, BUT, the staggering amount of commercial content is just unbelievable!! It has now become SO cluttered that it makes reading the content of any post devoid of any sense of flow. Ok, we are told that there is an option to 'Subscribe' and avoid this kind of content (blackmail)....at a cost. For a lot of us, NOT subscribing is NOT about money, rather a sense of security or other personal reasons. As I said, it's quite understandable to want to cover costs, but the amount of very intrusive ads is, frankly unreasonable IMHO. Forum owners, I believe you have been sold a very messy 'right pup'. Quite a few people are not seeing these 'ads'. Try and see if you can install an ad blocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Just install an ad blocked. Very simple and makes the “issue” go away here and on any other website you use. Hardly worth a moan when there are so many quick and easy solutions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Or try the Brave browser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Or subscribe. Last time my subscription lapsed I was not using the forum much so I didn’t immediately re-subscribe. When I did dip in it was awful with the ads. Don’t know how you cope with them. Genuine question - how much does ad-blocker software cost, or is it ‘free’ and ironically paid for by certain ads it mysteriously allows to slip through its net? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Just now, wrighty said: Or subscribe. Last time my subscription lapsed I was not using the forum much so I didn’t immediately re-subscribe. When I did dip in it was awful with the ads. Don’t know how you cope with them. Genuine question - how much does ad-blocker software cost, or is it ‘free’ and ironically paid for by certain ads it mysteriously allows to slip through its net? Google has a script which defats ad blockers, so this could just be a sort-term solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 4 hours ago, Sentience said: This criticism is not about money. And yet it is. I can fully understand the site owners wanting to try and cover costs with the latest providers allowing advertising, BUT, the staggering amount of commercial content is just unbelievable!! It has now become SO cluttered that it makes reading the content of any post devoid of any sense of flow. Ok, we are told that there is an option to 'Subscribe' and avoid this kind of content (blackmail)....at a cost. For a lot of us, NOT subscribing is NOT about money, rather a sense of security or other personal reasons. As I said, it's quite understandable to want to cover costs, but the amount of very intrusive ads is, frankly unreasonable IMHO. Forum owners, I believe you have been sold a very messy 'right pup'. Just pay a subscription fee then tightarse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Bean Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 It’s outrageous. My disposable income has been hammered as a resident of this..in the last two weeks alone I’ve moved my mortgage, bought a fedora hat, ordered a years supply of vitamin supplements for my cat, and bought a toilet for an African village. I’m almost fecking skint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevlar Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 The ads are annoying. But on the plus side someone must be absolutely raking it in on Google advertising revenue. How much data do they mine from your browser? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Someone is posting anonymously on IoM news & politics facebook about moderators blocking their posts because they don’t like them! Assume it’s the multiple personalities guy recently banned 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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