Ads and Adblock

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I don't know why I care so much when I can just block the ads (but don't exactly want to; I want a happy medium, hence this entire post.)

The ads offered are extremely intrusive, load-intensive and clutter-filled. I enable only static ads (like banners) and there're none to be found because all ads shown are videos and/or scripted, flashy embeds. This's a major problem, given ads are how the site and the artists are supported by the people without the financial capability to donate in the first place. This is a problem because there is no middle-ground for the people who want to support the site, but care about their own convenience/security as well... and I'm one of those people. I feel bad for being unable to help out, but I don't want pages to take an eternity to load and have the possibility of clicking things I really don't want to and/or getting some malware from a stray advertiser.

Nexus, I really, really advise that you go about ads in a different way. Why not uncap the download speed but make people watch a short, loadtime-less 2-5s, curated ad first? Why not have multiple, static banner ads running on the site background, top and bottom? Why not do sponsorships and contests for the (very popular) modding scene? There're plenty of ways to get the money without driving people to use AdBlock+ or more, more. There's a rule of thumb about advertising: people won't mind the ads if the ads don't negatively affect them, and I'd argue these ones in their current state do... be it security-wise, performance-wise or convenience-wise.

Edited December 9, 2018 by towerston11

[Pickysaurus]

Hi towerston11,

 

Thanks for supporting us, we all know ads can be annoying.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by no "middle ground", we have a one-off Supporter membership option you may wish to consider, which removes adverts for life, so you won't need to feel guilty about blocking ads. You can read more about that here. This is kinda between "free user with ads" and "Premium Membership" so it's our effort to provide a halfway house. :)

 

We also rely on our users to tell us when they're seeing really bad adverts, so we can send this feedback to the ad providers. More on that here[.

 

If you're referring to the small video ad in the bottom right of the screen, we're currently talking to the ad provider about a way for users to toggle that off.

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Hi towerston11,

 

Thanks for supporting us, we all know ads can be annoying.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by no "middle ground", we have a one-off Supporter membership option you may wish to consider, which removes adverts for life, so you won't need to feel guilty about blocking ads. You can read more about that here. This is kinda between "free user with ads" and "Premium Membership" so it's our effort to provide a halfway house. :smile:

 

We also rely on our users to tell us when they're seeing really bad adverts, so we can send this feedback to the ad providers. More on that here[.

 

If you're referring to the small video ad in the bottom right of the screen, we're currently talking to the ad provider about a way for users to toggle that off.

Well, thank you for a response~, but I'm more talking about the people who -- in general -- don't want to permanently disable ads. $2 may be a bit in the short-term relative to around $0.03 an ad, but it can end up feeling like you haven't been supporting them if you've used the site more than some or most other users and ads kinda' scale their benefit depending on how much you do or don't use the site affiliated with them~!

 

It's nice to know there are places to go about bad adverts, though! So, until I can feel more comfortable paying the $3, I'll just turn adblock off.

[DoctorKaizeld]

 

Hi towerston11,

 

Thanks for supporting us, we all know ads can be annoying.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by no "middle ground", we have a one-off Supporter membership option you may wish to consider, which removes adverts for life, so you won't need to feel guilty about blocking ads. You can read more about that here. This is kinda between "free user with ads" and "Premium Membership" so it's our effort to provide a halfway house. :smile:

 

We also rely on our users to tell us when they're seeing really bad adverts, so we can send this feedback to the ad providers. More on that here[.

 

If you're referring to the small video ad in the bottom right of the screen, we're currently talking to the ad provider about a way for users to toggle that off.

Well, thank you for a response~, but I'm more talking about the people who -- in general -- don't want to permanently disable ads. $2 may be a bit in the short-term relative to around $0.03 an ad, but it can end up feeling like you haven't been supporting them if you've used the site more than some or most other users and ads kinda' scale their benefit depending on how much you do or don't use the site affiliated with them~!

 

It's nice to know there are places to go about bad adverts, though! So, until I can feel more comfortable paying the $3, I'll just turn adblock off.

 

Dark0ne (site owner) has said he would prefer everyone go supporter over relying on ad revenue and has mentioned that it takes about one thousand ad views for one user for the site to get the same dollar amount. should mention this is a misquote and is slightly exaggerated... I will try to find the thread where he discusses it