steveLpx1 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 new today...every other "slot" is an advert.../s~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dox Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 "slot"? What do you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 It varies, but normally you shouldn't see an ad in between every single post. In any case I haven't made any changes to ad density in the past few months (and that last few times I made changes, I changed them to have less ads, not more). If I take this topic: https://www.logicprohelp.com/forums/topic/142534-new-forum-support-sign-in-posting-replying-searching/ ... then I see about 1 ad every 1 to 3 posts. But I tried to load that same thread a minute ago and I was seeing less ads. So it's hard to predict. In any case my apologies but ads are a necessary evil to keep the lights on here. Maybe in the future I'll offer a paid subscription to browse ad free... not sure how popular that would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveLpx1 Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 Hay David, no worries...just real different. Until today there were few ads and they were for industry specific/etc, these are between each post, the footer, and the right sidebar and just random stuff, health/insurance/blahblahblah...Cheers!.../s~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 10 hours ago, steveLpx1 said: Hay David, no worries...just real different. Until today there were few ads and they were for industry specific/etc, these are between each post, the footer, and the right sidebar and just random stuff, health/insurance/blahblahblah...Cheers!.../s~ Yeah that's odd that it would change suddenly like that for you but then again ads are so dependent on your market (your location), and your browsing habits, AND whatever the ad agencies decide to publish that day/hour/minute. Hopefully it's only a temporary situation for you and everything will look normal again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveLpx1 Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 ...well dust my broom!!...got up this morning and we're back to "normal"...😁...Cheers!!.../s~ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Pfffffew!!! Good to hear! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveLpx1 Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 Indeed...😅.../Steve~ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Can we explore an ad-free paid tier here at LPH? I understand that the site needs to be funded. The ads are heavy and especially intrusive on the mobile experience where nearly 25% of the screen is dominated by unrelated ads selling all manner of strangeness. I am willing to pay to recapture the magic of this site. Years ago it was insulated from the noise of the internet. It offered a sort of focused solace— now the experience is on par with a late 90’s mass media news site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 I think a lot of people appreciate this forum enough to contribute to running costs. I don't know the figures we're talking about, and thus can't evaluate the practicality of this, but maybe some kind of "Support us - we're 40% towards the yearly running costs" message, to encourage support, and to replace the revenue that ads bring in to cover costs, might be an idea. Then the site is community supported, and ad-free. And if the community is not willing to support the site enough to at least cover those costs, then you can always revert to the ads model. Of course, we have a lot of new users who just come to us with a problem, get it solved, and then leave, who probably aren't going to stay around long enough to want to contribute to running costs. Therefore it could perhaps seem a little much to ask the people who do hang around, who are already contributing their time helping others with their problems, to also contribute to site costs. I'm sure David has thought about these issues in the past, and figured ads were the more simple, reliable way to generate revenue. Some other combinations could be possible too - ie, an ad-free site support model, so that people that support the site for whatever, $10 or $20/year, also get a the benefit of an ad-free experience, and ones who don't support the site get ads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, damian said: where nearly 25% of the screen is dominated by unrelated ads selling all manner of strangeness ...says Damian whose own music plug is 3/5 of his entire post 😝 Edited June 16, 2023 by fuzzfilth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 32 minutes ago, damian said: Can we explore an ad-free paid tier here at LPH? Yes, I'm willing to explore that. Are you willing to pay $5/month for an ad free browsing experience on Logic Pro Help? If yes, contact me and I'll set it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 9 minutes ago, fuzzfilth said: ...says Damian whose own music plug is 3/5 of his entire post 😝 Damian probably only had a link to his SoundCloud in his signature, then with the new SoundCloud embed feature that link was turned into a big embed. I'm removing it. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Quote ...says Damian whose own music plug is 3/5 of his entire post 😝 Fully appreciate the irony of this...all Soundcloud links have been removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 16 minutes ago, damian said: all Soundcloud links have been removed. You can definitely keep the link, just choose not to embed (there's a little link that appears at the bottom when you paste your link into your post). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Quote Yes, I'm willing to explore that. Are you willing to pay $5/month for an ad free browsing experience on Logic Pro Help? If yes, contact me and I'll set it up. I have a technical background in digital marketing so in actuality I am very close to this space. Consider me your first paid subscriber when this goes live David. I have benefitted from LPH moderator involvement and your own direct replies (thanks for the SC embed guidance)-- for free for many years. And quite frankly, that is a shame. I am happy to pay for an improved experience and to help the site grow. Sustainability in online business models relies on participants that invest both time and yes, money, to support the services offered. Allowing users to opt out of advertising is a great way of driving up the quality of engagement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavsu1 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Fighting this kind of junk content is pretty much an eternal war. I myself use volunteer internet security companies for this. And places where security apps fail need not be visited. Many of them are infected with legitimate malware, that steals computer configuration + user data and web browser history. They ban the visitor if the visitor does not let the data be stolen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rAC Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 7/15/2023 at 6:03 PM, olavsu1 said: Many of them are infected with legitimate malware, As opposed to illegitimate malware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavsu1 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 10 hours ago, rAC said: As opposed to illegitimate malware? their developers have received immunity from official internet security companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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