ahh that could be itwith adblock it's just the background image and the monkey logo is missing in the top left.
P.S. oh gosh, let me rush out and figure out why you can't use the toolbar with your ad blocker.yeah this is pretty weak, i have adblock for a reason. and i cant even use the toolbars
In restaurants the waiter doesn't try to get you to buy random isht while you're eating.Do you also complain about the service in restaurants where you walk out without paying?
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.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?
In restaurants, the establishment gets paid for the service. How much are you paying to Ridemonkey?In restaurants the waiter doesn't try to get you to buy random isht while you're eating.
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.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.
makes sense, im curious, doesnt RM only get money from the ads if theyre clicked on? or is it by views?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.
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.makes sense, im curious, doesnt RM only get money from the ads if theyre clicked on? or is it by views?
Please do. This one looks like what I imagine stevew might see during a bad acid trip.- 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.
acid...me...never...honest.Please do. This one looks like what I imagine stevew might see during a bad acid trip.
I paid for one.. 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.