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1. When do these horrible ads get removed? You said once they 'expire', when is that? They make the homepage look terrible.

2. Why are the 'WGTools' threads still stickies? elj is no longer here and that site is unaffiliated with WJ, it is no more important than any other site maintained by a member on here. I'm sure there are many other threads much more relevant than those to be stickied.

3. I lied there are 3 things.
 
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lol irony

it seems elight or whoever does want to get rid of them though so we shall wait and see I guess.
the site will look less like a big GIF image and more like a forum once they're gone (you know, with all the flashing ads and animated crap).
 
Nothing wrong with them having a referral banner in the header. They need a taste too. This forum costs money to run. The referral policy is for users posting referrals in threads. It does not cost you anything to run this forum.
 
Gonna have to keep one of the revenue streams I think, but yeah, May 20th give or take they'll go. They were renewed for 3 months or so I think. Maybe even 4 at a time.
 
I think you should leave all the advertisements where they are and keep on selling ad spots, why shouldn't you make money. Going out of your way to not make money is pointless imo.
 
Gonna have to keep one of the revenue streams I think, but yeah, May 20th give or take they'll go. They were renewed for 3 months or so I think. Maybe even 4 at a time.

and can you unsticky those 'wgtools' stickies which seem to be there for no reason. they were only stickied because elj owned the site (or some other staff member did).
 
elight, just ignore these people and leave the advertisements where they are. It doesn't look spammy at all. Its your forum and you have every right to make some money off it the way you see fit.
 
I am happy to leave them there for now. The site is pretty handy :) Plus according to some I am el_jentel1 (but secretly I am just hoping he makes a return one day).

It's not about making masses of money though, not that the ads are... Or were, but I wanna find somewhere in the middle. Overall people seem to think we could cut back on them. Perhaps restructure.
 
I think you should leave all the advertisements where they are and keep on selling ad spots, why shouldn't you make money. Going out of your way to not make money is pointless imo.

+1 to SP32
yeah its right we dont like ads but if u are running this u should make some money for the survival/addition of new features on this site ;)
 
I am happy to leave them there for now. The site is pretty handy :) Plus according to some I am el_jentel1 (but secretly I am just hoping he makes a return one day).

It's not about making masses of money though, not that the ads are... Or were, but I wanna find somewhere in the middle. Overall people seem to think we could cut back on them. Perhaps restructure.

Nobody thinks you are el_jentel1 but some think you were coded by el_j :P XD
 
lol hes not elj unless hes undergone some sort of radical personality alteration or has split personality.

and sure i agree the ads may be needed to fund this forum (depending on who you are elight and what your financial situation is). But not this many, especially that flash banner, thats the worst banner ever.

I'd also recommend donations but I know not many here will donate. I have a server i've run since 2008 and get $150 donations monthly (one different person donates per month to cover the bill), so it can be done.
 
Yeah there will be some ads. Especially if we're to upgrade our systems at some stage. I see no problems keeping the site afloat for now, at least not in the short term future. That flash banner that you mention comes down somewhere around the 20th of May.

Donations are always difficult to manage. Especially with PayPal being such a pain in the ass. I've considered offering some kind of "Elite" membership option that you can pay a couple of bucks for (rather than a boring donation) but I've really got nothing to offer those members currently :P
 
Yeah and taking into consideration that the majority of people are uploaders now, I guess all they'd want is something like an automated upload script lol.

But yeah that flash banner going will be awesome, even though its blocked on my home pc (and on every other smart member's PC, adblock and/or noscript ftw), its just awful.
 
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