shaxper
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Post by shaxper on Nov 19, 2017 21:54:07 GMT -5
This is the time of the year when the CCF switches off the proboards ads and pays to run our own. Ad revenues are far more lucrative during the holidays, and what we earn from them in November and December covers the operating costs for the site throughout the entire year.
Of course, you don't really need to know all of that. What you do need to know is that, until the end of December, we have control over the ads you see on the site, so if there is a problem, there's a lot more we can do to aggressively take care of it. Please be good enough to switch off any ad blockers you may be running (@mechagodzilla, I know your situation is different) and do let us know if you experience any problems.
Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2017 22:50:46 GMT -5
I'll try my best to report suspicious ads when they do occur.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2017 23:21:41 GMT -5
I am intrigued by the fact a link to Roquefort Raider's profile is showing up as part of those ads on my page currently  -M |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 20, 2017 6:35:15 GMT -5
I am intrigued by the fact a link to Roquefort Raider's profile is showing up as part of those ads on my page currently -M If you mean the grid at the bottom, it's supposed to mix internal links with advertisement, and it's slowly learning which CCF pages to display from our internal traffic behaviors. At least it didn't promise to wipe out humanity... |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 21, 2017 8:28:47 GMT -5
I just got the Roquefort Raider link too. That gentleman appears to be quite popular!
It's actually a flaw in the link-generator's logic. We click on the link because we're wondering why it's there, and that tells the algorithm to keep showing it to more people.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 21, 2017 8:36:34 GMT -5
[sarcasm] I can't wait to hook up with a few of those hot Hungarian singles! [/sarcasm]
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Post by shaxper on Nov 21, 2017 9:26:42 GMT -5
[sarcasm] I can't wait to hook up with a few of those hot Hungarian singles! [/sarcasm] Hungarians need loving too... |
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Post by The Captain on Nov 23, 2017 12:46:51 GMT -5
Just Hungarians? That's nothing. At one point this morning, on the same screen, I was invited to meet both Brazilian and Filipino women!
Decisions, decisions...
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Post by shaxper on Nov 23, 2017 12:50:56 GMT -5
Just Brazilians for me. Apparently, I lack multinational appeal.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 20, 2017 21:28:18 GMT -5
Disabled our ads today and switched back to the default setup, FYI.
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 21, 2017 13:51:32 GMT -5
It was fun to see my avatar in an ad the last few days.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 16:46:46 GMT -5
Disabled our ads today and switched back to the default setup, FYI. While the ads were "on" I noticed the site was a lot slower on my home computer, my tablet & my work computer. |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 21, 2017 16:58:41 GMT -5
Disabled our ads today and switched back to the default setup, FYI. While the ads were "on" I noticed the site was a lot slower on my home computer, my tablet & my work computer. Interesting. I'll look into that when we deploy them again next year. Sorry for the inconvenience. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 18:11:26 GMT -5
While the ads were "on" I noticed the site was a lot slower on my home computer, my tablet & my work computer. Interesting. I'll look into that when we deploy them again next year. Sorry for the inconvenience. Not a big deal. If it helps I can deal with it. Just FYI. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 21, 2017 18:20:54 GMT -5
Disabled our ads today and switched back to the default setup, FYI. While the ads were "on" I noticed the site was a lot slower on my home computer, my tablet & my work computer. Yup, same here. The page'd take forever to load. No problem now that you turned 'em off. |
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