for the love of god...

Rip · May 3, 2006

Would you like some cheese with that whine?

There is a simple answer, pay the $$$ to get a premium membership.

N8 v2.0 · May 3, 2006

Or if you are too cheap for that, just have some good ad-block software.

douglas · May 3, 2006

blah.....

I'm spending more time at mtbr than here..thats pretty freaking sad

syadasti · May 3, 2006

Where is this sidebar, can you take a screenshot?

Angus · May 3, 2006

talking side bars "LOCO" big time.....

narlus · May 3, 2006

douglas said:
blah.....

I'm spending more time at mtbr than here..thats pretty freaking sad

that's pretty desperate. those side-bar ads must be the loco.

N8 v2.0 · May 3, 2006

douglas said:
blah.....

I'm spending more time at mtbr than here..thats pretty freaking sad

I like it there too.

binary visions · May 3, 2006

syadasti said:
Where is this sidebar, can you take a screenshot?

Just go to http://ridemonkey.com instead of http://www.ridemonkey.com - the cookie won't recognize it, and you can look at the non-member stuff. Or you can log out, of course

syadasti · May 3, 2006

I'm not premium member (I gave my forum money to Tama at Vorb instead), I still don't see the sidebar.

douglas · May 3, 2006

narlus said:
that's pretty desperate. those side-bar ads must be the loco.

actually I didnt notice them

narlus · May 3, 2006

N8 said:
I like it there too.

the 29" bath house is to your liking?

Angus · May 3, 2006

syadasti said:
I'm not premium member (I gave my forum money to Tama at Vorb instead), I still don't see the sidebar.

I gave my money to bikejournal.com (they are based in Illinois (self edited poor taste))

Wumpus · May 3, 2006

syadasti said:
I'm not premium member (I gave my forum money to Tama at Vorb instead), I still don't see the sidebar.

I guess they are where it says click here.

syadasti · May 3, 2006

Edit: Just don't use that view, use "new posts" view only.

No sidebar in that view.

Probably bad to point this out :dead:

stinkyboy · May 3, 2006

manhattanprjkt83 said:
Please get rid of this side bar add crap. I mean i understand we are trying to get some funding here, but it making the site look like crap, i dont even want to look for threads because of it...

Also, dont everyone start the "be a premium member" stuff. I think there are a ton of people viewing who are currently not premium members and never will be that this add crap is going to drive away...

Cmon RM...

God is capitalized. Safari handles the site nicely. Quit whining.

syadasti · May 3, 2006

Looks like I have them too now, thats odd.

Time to load some extensions or work on my host file...

edit: that was easy, its gone

sanjuro · May 3, 2006

manhattanprjkt83 said:
Please get rid of this side bar add crap. I mean i understand we are trying to get some funding here, but it making the site look like crap, i dont even want to look for threads because of it...

Also, dont everyone start the "be a premium member" stuff. I think there are a ton of people viewing who are currently not premium members and never will be that this add crap is going to drive away...

Cmon RM...

You average almost 4 posts a day, which means you spend at least 20 minutes. $20/(20*365)=.3 cents for every minute you spend on RM, less than six cents a day.

In comparison, the average male spends just 2 minutes each day looking at Playboy's premium content, which costs $25 a month or $150 a year. So $150/(2*365)=20 cents a minute.

BTW, the average teenage male will spend 8-10 minutes looking at Playboy, in 8-10 sessions a day!

Angus · May 3, 2006

Man I haven't looked at anything from Playboy in over a decade, I am amazed they are still in business

stinkyboy · May 3, 2006

MunkeeHucker said:
Man I haven't looked at anything from Playboy in over a decade, I am amazed they are still in business

Yeah, once you get hooked on that German and Japanese fetish stuff, it's hard to go backwards huh?

:think:

Angus · May 3, 2006

stinkyboy said:
Yeah, once you get hooked on that German and Japanese fetish stuff, it's hard to go backwards huh?

well its better than the Granny porn....

sanjuro · May 3, 2006

guess what, i run two browsers!

Ridemonkey · May 3, 2006

manhattanprjkt83 said:
Please get rid of this side bar add crap. I mean i understand we are trying to get some funding here, but it making the site look like crap, i dont even want to look for threads because of it...

Also, dont everyone start the "be a premium member" stuff. I think there are a ton of people viewing who are currently not premium members and never will be that this add crap is going to drive away...

Cmon RM...

Give me a break. Most people haven't even noticed the new ads, they use up space that would otherwise just be blank, and there are still fewer ads on this site than there are on most.

On top of all that for $1.66/month you wouldn't have to deal with it at all.

It's 120 pixels on the side of some pages, get over it or tell me where I should redirect the hosting bill.

:nopity:

syadasti · May 3, 2006

manhattanprjkt83 said:
And those of you talking about other browsers and os'sI am at work on a IE only machine, we have to use it for a bunch of apps we run...so that is not an option...

IE and all other browsers work with Admuncher. I've never used it, but I heard its pretty good.

Angus · May 3, 2006

Ridemonkey said:
Give me a break. Most people haven't even noticed the new ads, they use up space that would otherwise just be blank, and there are still fewer ads on this site than there are on most.

On top of all that for $1.66/month you wouldn't have to deal with it at all.

It's 120 pixels on the side of some pages, get over it or tell me where I should redirect the hosting bill.

I wouldn't have noticed them accept for those friggin talking smilies....

Ridemonkey · May 3, 2006

Why do I never get the talking ones? I think they're made up.

Angus · May 3, 2006

Ridemonkey said:
Why do I never get the talking ones? I think they're made up.

Oh there real alright and I always seem to hit one when my boss is near.....

Ridemonkey · May 3, 2006

douglas said:
blah.....

I'm spending more time at mtbr than here..thats pretty freaking sad

They have the exact same ad layout in their forums. :rolleyes:

sanjuro · May 3, 2006

btw, I brought up my other browser, Internet Exploiter, and took a look. I barely noticed it. It reminds me of cyclingnews.com, which I also do not notice the ads.

However, Ridemonkey, if you can keep these ads cycling-related, or at least not too obnoxious, I am sure the "non-paying" members would appreciate it.

Ridemonkey · May 3, 2006

sanjuro said:
However, Ridemonkey, if you can keep these ads cycling-related, or at least not too obnoxious, I am sure the "non-paying" members would appreciate it.

I'd like to, and I'm moving towards that with private advertisers, but I don't have much say when it comes to the ad networks. Ideally I'd replace them with private mtb advertisers, but I just don't have the sales resources to make that happen at the moment. Soon I hope.

OGRipper · May 3, 2006

So uh how do I become a premium member?

jacksonpt · May 3, 2006

It took me all of about 15 minutes to get used to the new ad bar. It annoyed me at first, but I don't mind it now. And it waaaaaay better than pop-up ads.

Angus · May 3, 2006

manhattanprjkt83 said:
I'm not saying that the premium membership is expensive or not worth it, im just saying that some of these adds are taking away from RM...Esp the smiley ones...

yeppers thats about how I feel about it...

Ridemonkey · May 3, 2006

manhattanprjkt83 said:
I'm not saying that the premium membership is expensive or not worth it, im just saying that some of these adds are taking away from RM...Esp the smiley ones...

They're a necessary evil.

Ridemonkey · May 3, 2006

stoney98 said:
Then just pay the f'in $20!
You practically live here. Help keep it around!
Aaron and Gecko and gone WAY out of their way to keep this thing going. Help them out for once!

That brought a tear to my eye

stinkyboy · May 3, 2006

douglas said:
blah.....

I'm spending more time at mtbr than here..thats pretty freaking sad

That is sad. What's your name there? Just curious.

:rolleyes:

binary visions · May 3, 2006

Jesus... Seriously, guys, most large forums have a lot of ads to support it. If the ads are detrimental to your Ridemonkey experience, it's only because you spend so much time on here that you have to load them and look through them constantly. So frickin' buy a membership - I'm sure most of you piss away $20 on fast food or other silly expenses on a nearly weekly basis.

manhattanprjkt83, you own two bikes that are worth several thousand dollars each, you are starting threads about whether you should buy an Audi or a BMW, and yet you're whining about something that a $20 fee will make go away completely.

Anyone else see that as a bit silly?

Angus · May 3, 2006

MunkeeHucker said:
well its better than the Granny porn....

for the love of god...

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