I will probably be expunged from the forum for this

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

A commercial advert posted in the forum itself!

There is usually swift action by jason when there is a commercial advert in classifieds, how will this one be dealt with I wonder?

A Huge Thank You from the Melbourne Society of Model and Experimental Engineers!

Ian P

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Don’t panic – posted by Morton’s, who own the website.

🙂

Dave

[SillyOldDuffer]

On SillyOldDuffer Said:

Don’t panic – posted by Morton’s, who own the website.

🙂

Dave

Absolutely!

Why should they need to resort to sneaking adverts into the participants conversations

I would prefer Darren uses his time fixing forum software problems, even if its only a spelling mistake.

Ian P

 

Ian P

 

[Ian P]

On Ian P Said:

On SillyOldDuffer Said:

Don’t panic – posted by Morton’s, who own the website.

🙂

Dave

Absolutely!

Why should they need to resort to sneaking adverts into the participants conversations

I would prefer Darren uses his time fixing forum software problems, even if its only a spelling mistake.

Ian P

 

Ian P

 

It’s the advertising that pays for the forum, including Darren’s wages. Be careful what you wish for.

[Hopper]

On Hopper Said:

It’s the advertising that pays for the forum, including Darren’s wages. Be careful what you wish for.

If the way of the future is a forum littered with ads, I’m gone anyway.

[DiogenesParticipant @diogenes]

Yes, it’s annoying to click on a thread and find it is just drivel..

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I also prefer to use my time other than looking at pointless threads

[Hopper]

On Hopper Said:

On Ian P Said:

On SillyOldDuffer Said:

Don’t panic – posted by Morton’s, who own the website.

🙂

Dave

Absolutely!

Why should they need to resort to sneaking adverts into the participants conversations

I would prefer Darren uses his time fixing forum software problems, even if its only a spelling mistake.

Ian P

 

Ian P

 

It’s the advertising that pays for the forum, including Darren’s wages. Be careful what you wish for.

Its not what I wish for, it is more to do with the fact that last year we we were promised a new improved forum and we were (eventually) given what must be the worst (software) on the internet.

Ian P

[Peter Greene]

On Peter Greene Said:

On Hopper Said:

It’s the advertising that pays for the forum, including Darren’s wages. Be careful what you wish for.

If the way of the future is a forum littered with ads, I’m gone anyway.

I fully accept the site having adverts, it was just the sneakiness of Morton’s slipping one in as if it was a post from a member.

Ian P

[JasonB]

On JasonB Said:

I also prefer to use my time other than looking at pointless threads

Well it’s the first example of click bait I have seen on this forum.

I don’t think any other threads started by members could be described as pointless, they might not all be of riveting to read but that is because everyone has different interests.

Ian P

[Ian P]

On Ian P Said:

On Peter Greene Said:

 

If the way of the future is a forum littered with ads, I’m gone anyway.

I fully accept the site having adverts, it was just the sneakiness of Morton’s slipping one in as if it was a post from a member.

That’s what I meant by a “forum littered with ads” …. ads masquerading as legitimate forum posts. Sidebar ads I can live with – as long as they aren’t in-my-face pop-up’s or flashing for my attention. And I will never, ever apologise for using ad-blockers (this is war!)

(Then again, I’d be happy to go back to the early days when websites were a labour of love and not yet another way to get money from me).

 

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