moho25 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 This is very nice to see, and much appreciated. Thank you, Robin & Co. I've been very critical of the ad policies here, so I feel that I should take the time to respond. My criticism was mostly due to my perception was that Nexus wasn't taking the issue as seriously as they could. Your position seemed to amount to "We know ads suck, but too bad. No ads, no site." While I understand this mentality, it's just not sufficient when we're talking about the sheer amount of bad ads out there. The security of my PC -- the PCs of all Nexus users -- and the information we keep on our PCs, should not be deemed less important than the livelihood of the Nexus. There has to be a solution that meets both needs. A way to keep our PCs as safe as possible, while still supporting the Nexus. If I'm not confident that a site is doing everything it can to avoid serving me up a malware-infested ad, then I'm going to do what *I* can to avoid that ad. And that means adblockers, scriptblockers, etc (or in Nexus' case, becoming a supporter). I appreciate the steps you've taken to address this and the fact that it looks like ads will be monitored on their end at least in the immediate future. Thank you for sharing this information with the community. Like others, I think posts of this nature are *quite* sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogsot Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 In response to post #37624800. Graff wrote: If the service is as bad as you say (and it sounds like it is in fact utter garbage) then it wouldn't be wrong to name names. These people clearly don't deserve anyone's business, and it might be helpful to let everyone know which ad service not to use if they're ever in a similar position themselves.Might be under contract to not say anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreeperLava Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Fantastic (not that I see ads anyways since I'm a supporter, but still !) ! It is amazing to see how dedicated you and your team are to make the best out of this site. And you are definitely achieving it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterB1969 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Awesome news am getting tired lagging out just going to this website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkmcgill Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 If only regular businesses were so responsive to their customer's concerns :-) While I don't see ads as a supporter, its still nice to know you care ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrresistance Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Thank god like seriously with all due respect Dark0ne, your current ads here are not only intrusive but also extremely annoying. It's not even the auto playing sound ones that are the problem, those are the least of the worries... it is the ads that completely lag the browser to the point of not being able to type anything, click anything, etc. and then for the browser itself to say either "nexusmods.com is not responding due to a long running script." OR "nexusmods.com is not responding." just flat out not responding. I personally know everyone has to make money but other sites like Youtube have ads that are the complete opposite of intrusive and annoying and even if there were ads that have annoying sounds, lag the browser, and are about 2 minutes long, there is an option to skip the ad after 5 seconds. Anyways, this is good stuff though. I won't be around to see the change for about 13 weeks but I have faith in you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jushtan Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) Come Saturday, I'll turn my AdBlock off for this site and give it another go. Got too many subs right now (Netflix, Sketchbook, Adobe, etc) to ad another to the list, but I will show support by re-enabling ads as long as it doesn't put me at any risk. Edited May 11, 2016 by jushtan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRaven Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 What I don't understand here is: I guess the Nexus sites are one of the bigger sites that old ad-provider has. Maybe even the biggest. They surely generate a lot of views. So how on earth can such a provider even afford to more-or-less just ignore such legitimate critic by the site owner. It should not only be in his own interest to hold such a big site network as a partner, it should also be in it's own interest to maintain a high quality in his served ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thredge Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 I'm newer to the site, but love to see you taking an active stance on this. I will say, I love to leave websites open on my second screen, but unfortunately the ads on nexus have required me to consistently shut my tabs for the nexus when I'm not using them actively. Can't wait to see how this might change come this weekend. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niacus Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) I seriously never used an ad blocker on the nexus until you informed me 'it was a thing' that was going on. I used the ad blocker because, when I browse the mod pages I open mods I want to look at in new tabs. Out of around every 5 tabs, at least 1 would have a noisy ad and 1 would redirect to a 'you have a virus ' page and demand payment. I would usually need to kill the browser process and find the mod pages in a new search. It was very annoying. After your announcement about limits and bonuses with and without ad block, I decided that I had been using the nexus for years and you did deserve my support. So I became a 'supporter' and did away with the ads that way. I do thank you sincerely for taking steps to make the ad situation better. ;) Edited May 11, 2016 by niacus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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