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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhy so many ads under postings?
I don't know if this is the appropriate place to post this, so I apologize in advance if I've made a mistake.
I understand the need for links and images that promote other sites as a marketing and possible revenue source, but there seems to be a whole lot more on DU now than I can ever remember before. The scroll to get to comments is unbelievably long. Am I wrong? Has anyone else noticed this?
Celerity
(43,485 posts)macwriter
(172 posts)That makes perfect sense!
Celerity
(43,485 posts)demmiblue
(36,875 posts)I couldn't even get to the comments. After I logged in, it was fine.
It is probably just a glitch.
macwriter
(172 posts)thought I was losing my mind.
demmiblue
(36,875 posts)Scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll... nada.
BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)Also, the spell check only works 50% of the time since that happened to me. What's up!? And I am a star member.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)MineralMan
(146,325 posts)You'll see no ads at all. It's expensive to run a public website. The bills must be paid.
It makes perfect sense and I would come back to DU with or without the long scroll, but now I can enjoy the site more and contribute to its financial health. Thanks!
oasis
(49,400 posts)I should have figured this out on my own. Lesson: Never post before morning coffee,
oasis
(49,400 posts)WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)Welcome to DU
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)thanks
keithbvadu2
(36,876 posts)How Bernie's Small Donors Are Making Credit Card Companies Rich (or any politician)
($12 once is more efficient than $1 twelve times)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/11/25/small-dollar-online-donors-politics-credit-card-processing-072949
Low-dollar, repeat contributions are a great talking point for campaigns. Theyve also resulted in a massive financial windfall for credit card processors.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,876 posts)Using the figures in the article. it would be more generous/efficient to give $9 once than $1 twelve times.
PTWB
(4,131 posts)tanyev
(42,598 posts)I often peruse DU without logging in and see some ads, but this is a level I haven't seen before. Hope it's temporary.
macwriter
(172 posts)DU Star Member, that is. Thanks to all
progree
(10,911 posts)heck and got the problem fixed with the agency that does the ads placement thing on DU pages.
This isn't deliberate. He is well aware that people go through a phase (some longer than others) of being an occasional viewer before going all in to membership. The first impulse of a newcomer to the site and finding it unusable is to go elsewhere, like to JPR (shudder) or Hide5 (the horror, the horror), or tens of thousands of other possibilities. Very few newcomers are going to throw money at it and hope that makes things better. And we benefit from having visitors read progressive viewpoints.
I am a long-time star member, but I just accessed DU via another browser where I'm not logged in, and yes it is essentially unusable.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)when they put so many auto-play videos on their home page, my computer couldn't even load it. After several years as one of my favorites, I quit them altogether. They never really responded to my emails on the subject.
Thanks goodness, that was around the time I finally found DU........
LAS14
(13,783 posts)... of ads on the home page, before the list of most active threads, but nothing within threads in General Discussion. Can you be more specific for those of us who normally log in (no ads)?
Oh! I was reminded by a post up-thread about ad blockers. I recently installed one. So I'm no good as a resource. Looks like you got some good answers.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)You shouldn't have to log in to browse. How do you think we get new members? A great way to alienate someone who stumbled onto DU. We would lose them within 2 to 3 clicks.
You shouldn't have to scroll through hundreds of ads to get to the substance of a thread. It makes DU seem like a scam site. It did go away after I logged in.
I don't mind the ads, except I DO mind the ones that pop up in front of the thread. I do occasionally click on an ad, and may even buy something.
I didn't mind the fund drives. I would rather have DU funded that way, over click bait, or posters sporting the gold star indicating teacher's pet.
Ironic. The fund drives were eliminated so we could have ad driven financial support. Now there are so many ads that there are an actual distraction. BUT, I can avoid the ads all together if I become a Gold Star Member (in essence another name for a "fund drive" . So fund drives were eliminated so we could have a ton of ads, so a "fund drive" could be instituted to avoid the ads.
Smart. (NOT)
Gold Star. Meh.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)You are doing your part. You pay either way - your eyes alls your your dollars. Frankly it well worth it.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Especially when I view DU on my smartphone.
But, I don't salivate at every small shiny object, so I just push past them.