I use a third party ad integrator for advertising everywhere on the site except this forum. This forum uses ye olde Google Adsense. This is because political content is explicitly verboten from the integrator because higher quality and higher paying ads (think P&G, J&J, etc) demand their product stay clear of any political placement at all.

Well, the content on this forum gets pretty routinely flagged and Google will drop ads on a given thread it doesn't like. Verboten Google things include guns, gun parts, tobacco, explosives, "other weapons", "enabling dishonest behavior", and "unapproved substances".

Starting soon, Google will no longer simply drop advertising on the thread it doesn't like, it will start applying permanent strikes to the account. So with that in mind, it seems like advertising on this forum going forward will be untenable. With that in mind, what I'm thinking about doing is making this forum no longer readable as guest and then dropping all advertising on it. The thinking here is if you're logged in a posting you're contributing and if you're just lurking about all the time you're getting the fruits of the community without taking part in the sowing or harvesting... so you help pay for things with ads. Logged in users have always seen substantially less ads than guests. And I'm toying with making the logged in ads even less and changing guest to be a single persistent "cling to the bottom of your window" type ad. So, making this board registered only without ads aligns to where things have been trending and where I want them to go.

Thoughts on this board going registered only without ads?

**** Google!

Do what you have to do, GTS. Your rules. We're just along for the ride.

And thanks for this site, by the way.

(08-09-2021 12:37 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  **** Google!

Duck Duck Go--at least on search. Can't help with ads.

(or is that a verbotten word?)

(08-09-2021 12:33 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I use a third party ad integrator for advertising everywhere on the site except this forum. This forum uses ye olde Google Adsense. This is because political content is explicitly verboten from the integrator because higher quality and higher paying ads (think P&G, J&J, etc) demand their product stay clear of any political placement at all.

Well, the content on this forum gets pretty routinely flagged and Google will drop ads on a given thread it doesn't like. Verboten Google things include guns, gun parts, tobacco, explosives, "other weapons", "enabling dishonest behavior", and "unapproved substances".

Starting soon, Google will no longer simply drop advertising on the thread it doesn't like, it will start applying permanent strikes to the account. So with that in mind, it seems like advertising on this forum going forward will be untenable. With that in mind, what I'm thinking about doing is making this forum no longer readable as guest and then dropping all advertising on it. The thinking here is if you're logged in a posting you're contributing and if you're just lurking about all the time you're getting the fruits of the community without taking part in the sowing or harvesting... so you help pay for things with ads. Logged in users have always seen substantially less ads than guests. And I'm toying with making the logged in ads even less and changing guest to be a single persistent "cling to the bottom of your window" type ad. So, making this board registered only without ads aligns to where things have been trending and where I want them to go.

Thoughts on this board going registered only without ads?

I was thinking that sounds like something to write Congressmen. But in addition to a far left US House Rep, I've now got two progressive Senators here in Georgia, thanks in part to our bad choice of a Secretary of State.

Do whatever is best for you, GTS.....

I can't believe I have been posting here for more than 17 years....

(08-09-2021 06:42 PM)blah Wrote:  Do whatever is best for you, GTS.....

I can't believe I have been posting here for more than 17 years....

You're a FNG

(08-09-2021 07:51 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 06:42 PM)blah Wrote:  Do whatever is best for you, GTS.....

I can't believe I have been posting here for more than 17 years....

You're a FNG

lol…does that mean I’m still in diapers?!

seriously…gts, I can only recommend the best method for yourself relative to $$$…that’s an easy slam dunk in that capacity…

I can easily see why googshite would flag the spin room in particular…I’m certain nuts zongo and many other free thinkers is a ‘po®tion of that corrupt equation’

Idk man I kinda like talking about guns, gun parts, tobacco, explosives, "other weapons", "enabling dishonest behavior", and "unapproved substances".

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Im good with whatever as long as this janky ass tapatalk app still works

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(08-09-2021 12:37 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  **** Google!

This

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(08-09-2021 12:41 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  Do what you have to do, GTS. Your rules. We're just along for the ride.

And thanks for this site, by the way.

And This.

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(08-09-2021 08:52 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 12:41 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  Do what you have to do, GTS. Your rules. We're just along for the ride.

And thanks for this site, by the way.

And This.

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Absolutely, GTS.

(08-09-2021 08:30 PM)b2b Wrote:  Idk man I kinda like talking about guns, gun parts, tobacco, explosives, "other weapons", "enabling dishonest behavior", and "unapproved substances".

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You like talking about bangers, banger parts, tabakky, boomers, frying pans, enabling Democrats and interesting substances?

(08-09-2021 09:47 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 08:52 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 12:41 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  Do what you have to do, GTS. Your rules. We're just along for the ride.

And thanks for this site, by the way.

And This.

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Absolutely, GTS.

Agree, 100%.

Can you get rid of the resident commies too while you're at it?


Just kidding!


(no I'm not )

Speaking of ads.....I'm now getting a bunch of ads showing up on the page in Russian...anything that would be causing that? Is it a bug or a feature? haha.

A lot of sites have come and gone since this one. If this needs a paywall I'd pay.

(08-10-2021 08:41 AM)Claw Wrote:  A lot of sites have come and gone since this one. If this needs a paywall I'd pay.

If this particular forum is the problem, maybe a paywall just on it.