Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Forums... again

On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 12:27 +0200, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> Hi Drew, *,
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:05 AM, drew <drew@baseanswers.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 10:44 +0200, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Augustine Souza <aesouza2008@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> > In general I would like to see the ads limited and focused, but out
> > right banned in favor of a donate button - I don't see the difference,
> > do you really think that a donate button means that the money doesn't go
> > to the owner or that they will stop taking donations as soon as the cost
> > is covered.

Howdy,


> I do see a difference, 

Fair enough.

> It is not about that they get money, it is
> /how/ the money is collected. 

Also fair enough.

> It is the impression that the user will
> get. Clicking a donate button is a voluntary choice by the user
> clicking that button. Being presented/forced to view an advertisement
> is not an optional thing.

Was not the user forced to view the donate advertisement, that is what
it is after all, an advertisement.

The user of a display ad is not forced to click on it.

A user could user an ad blocker to keep themselves from being 'insulted'
by the advertisement (I assume as I do not use one), but if I understand
correctly this would not turn off the donate advertisement. (I'm not
really sure on that.)

> > What would you do with the forum at http://lo-portal.de
> > In or Out?
>
> I wonder why this can not be clear - (did you forget to turn off your
> adblocker?)

Again, I don't use one, so I see all those ads.

> It is a definite "Out". it has animated, blinking banner-style adds.
> That's just annoying and way too much. The adds are at the top, at the
> left, at the right, at the bottom. That's way too much.

> > > So bottom line is: If you want to have your forum listed on the LO
> > > webpage, you must not have ads, neither textual nor graphcial
> > > ("sponsored by" is OK). That is my POV.
> >
> > Bottom line - I think that is too stringent, but it is a close call IMO.
>
> Not really. Either you want to support the project, by donating your
> server or your time, or you want to get revenue by having ads.

> After all setting up a forum is not rocket science, 

@Hagar, guys - I'm done.


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