Glover_elbow
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Despite wide spread protest these awful pop-ups are still appearing. This will just turn people onto using ad blockers its a counter productive strategy from ftttm
Works for Sunderland forum and it's massive compared to here. It's free for all but has a paid tier with benefits to support the site, but Rob adamant won't work hereI think a subscription option would prevent the site from growing unless it was ‘ unlocked’ once a set target was reached .
Video ads are ridiculous.
You can subscribe to the paper fanzine but not the digital message board? Doesn't make sense to
That's not even half an explanationUnfortunately I would have to restrict the numbers to a very small club/clique.
Exactly this. This is such a common option. It doesn't need to be restricted to others.Could the subscription simply remove the ads?
The site would still be available without a subscription - just with ads.
Youtube format.Exactly this. This is such a common option. It doesn't need to be restricted to others.
Just allow people to pay £20 per year to remove ads and those that are happy to continue as is
Emmerson - it could brings in a lot of possible legal problems and challenges now. There are a lot of trolls and there are also a lot of people that are suspended or even booted out. I really don't want to have to take legal advice before taking an action like that. If it was to go to a paid list it would have to be small and carefully vetted. It would be a very different forum I think.Exactly this. This is such a common option. It doesn't need to be restricted to others.
Just allow people to pay £20 per year to remove ads and those that are happy to continue as is
I also cannot have a dual system without losing the advertising company.Emmerson - it could brings in a lot of possible legal problems and challenges now. There are a lot of trolls and there are also a lot of people that are suspended or even booted out. I really don't want to have to take legal advice before taking an action like that. If it was to go to a paid list it would have to be small and carefully vetted. It would be a very different forum I think.
I think a lot of people are afraid to tell you what they really think here because we don't want to get banned from a forum we enjoy using...I also cannot have a dual system without losing the advertising company.
Cryptic.Unfortunately I would have to restrict the numbers to a very small club/clique.
many forums work this way, the idea you'd have to take legal advice before banning someone is bizarre. Terms of service.Cryptic.
I'm a member of a wrestling forum that has paid and free subscriptions. Been a member for well over 10 years now and seen plenty of people with paid subscriptions banned..
Are you on about Ready to Go? I've been going on there over 25 years and never had to pay and never had any issue with ads. It has 10 times the traffic our forum has mind.many forums work this way, the idea you'd have to take legal advice before banning someone is bizarre. Terms of service.
Sunderland forum has it and seems to work for them
You don't have to pay, that's the point, but you can pay for ads taking off and some minor extra features.Are you on about Ready to Go? I've been going on there over 25 years and never had to pay and never had any issue with ads. It has 10 times the traffic our forum has mind.
Nobody is suggesting that bud.I don't think that people should be forced to subscribe just to use the site. I've been haunting another non-football forum for about twenty years now and they've never had ads on there but the bloke running it was going through a bit of a hard time financially a few years ago and he introduced a voluntary and anonymous donations scheme to keep the site going and to keep it ad free. That site is still going and there aren't any annoying ads on it.