Can't see notifications, my profile, settings and log out buttons.
Background image in lounge blocks out a tool bar.
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what the hell is the ad for?
with adblock it's just the background image and the monkey logo is missing in the top left. I thought it was some kind of joke from a thread I missed.
ahh that could be it
Wow, and so it has begun. Pop up ads. Full takeovers. Ugh. Guess it had to happen eventually after the umpteenth buyout in a row. Epic failure, grindmedia. Weak.
Just checked and I can't get to the settings page from the lounge. What's the point of the lounge if I can't look at all the pretty reps I got from posting in there?
yeah this is pretty weak, i have adblock for a reason. and i cant even use the toolbars
Sorry, guys. We've done full forum takeovers before but they're usually bike related 
. Didn't know this one was coming - I'm asking what's up.
. Didn't know this one was coming - I'm asking what's up.
I'm in favor of the background image because The Lounge needs more automobile content. 
P.S. oh gosh, let me rush out and figure out why you can't use the toolbar with your ad blocker.
Do you also complain about the service in restaurants where you walk out without paying?
adblock that background image, get my ridemonkey back. done.
I saw the background image at home but at work we're still running Internet Explorer 6 and it doesn't show the background image in the Lounge.
Ha ha ha... advertisements fooled by old technology
Ha ha ha... advertisements fooled by old technology
Just to report I'm having the same problem
Make it stop! Head hurts!
In restaurants the waiter doesn't try to get you to buy random isht while you're eating.
i didnt start using adblock on this site until i started getting those annoying epilepsy inducing adds congratulating me on being the millionth visitor to the site. if premium memberships were brought back i would gladly pay 20/year for an ad free site.
In restaurants, the establishment gets paid for the service. How much are you paying to Ridemonkey?
That's exactly the problem, actually. $20/year is not a sustainable cost. If every user, including the occasional users, paid $20/year, it'd be fine. Unfortunately, the only people who are willing to pony up ANY amount of money for the site are the ones who are visiting the most, and $20 is not reasonable for those visitors.
The actual value that we'd have to recoup to eliminate ads from the site on a per-user basis is way higher than anyone is going to pay. Hell, there were never more than a couple dozen premium memberships sold anyway, so people weren't even willing to pay that $20. It's not cheap to run this site.
I'd love to have everything be bike-related ads. There are more bike ads these days, but it's just not realistic right now.
makes sense, im curious, doesnt RM only get money from the ads if theyre clicked on? or is it by views?
kill it with fire!!!!!
i'd still pony up $20 for mod priveleges
i'd still pony up $20 for mod priveleges
It's mostly views. In general on the web, companies pay per thousand impressions - that is, one instance of one ad being served up on one page. Depending on the ad model there could be additional money if an ad gets clicked, or if a user follows a shopping link and then purchases an item, or any number of little permutations... but by and large, it's based on ad impressions, not clicks.
while you're at it can you deep six the republik bikes nasty nipples ad?
I love how it's flipped so the text is reversed. Classy as fvck.
still there.... any updates?
Briefly:
- Making money in the off-season is hard. The costs don't really go down much, but bike advertisers don't advertise as much. So be a little patient with the ad model of a forum "takeover."
- This particular one is awful, no doubt about it. I'm making sure that we get some design discussion in the future so they aren't as overt. It's incredibly jarring to have a fairly muted website and then have screaming white and red backgrounds in one of the forums. So if future "takeovers" occur (we did a pretty nice one in the DH forum for GT), we'll at least make sure they're appropriately color schemed and fit the design flow of the site.
- This takeover campaign is over tomorrow at the end of the day. We're obliged to run it through the end of the campaign, obviously (you guys know what contracts are, right?) so stick it out until then and I'll make sure future ads of this type (if they even occur) are cleaner.
- Making money in the off-season is hard. The costs don't really go down much, but bike advertisers don't advertise as much. So be a little patient with the ad model of a forum "takeover."
- This particular one is awful, no doubt about it. I'm making sure that we get some design discussion in the future so they aren't as overt. It's incredibly jarring to have a fairly muted website and then have screaming white and red backgrounds in one of the forums. So if future "takeovers" occur (we did a pretty nice one in the DH forum for GT), we'll at least make sure they're appropriately color schemed and fit the design flow of the site.
- This takeover campaign is over tomorrow at the end of the day. We're obliged to run it through the end of the campaign, obviously (you guys know what contracts are, right?) so stick it out until then and I'll make sure future ads of this type (if they even occur) are cleaner.
i see.
well, given the situation... full troll ahead.
well, given the situation... full troll ahead.
Please do. This one looks like what I imagine stevew might see during a bad acid trip.
Thanks for the updates.
Thanks for the update, one more day waiting won't hurt.
acid...me...never...honest.
george pelecanos...great writer author/writer.
wrote for hbo's "the wire"...which was excellent....steal it off the internet if you can.
I paid for one.
...do you want a cookie?
