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I understand the need for advertising..this forum probably cant exist without ads..thats fine..
but when I look at a page in this forum, I count 24 individual ads and links to other sites scattered about every page..NOT including links in the text of messages!
So is it really necessary to also turn words in the actual messages into advertisements as well? that just seems ridiculous..and I find it annoying that my own words are being used as advertising against my will..that is just too much, its "over the line"..its taking things too far..
I think there is enough advertising on the page, without turning words in messages into links as well..I find it distracting and annoying..
I understand its being done automatically by the software..but can it be turned off? (if enough members also dont like it)
if im the only one, then I guess I will just have to adapt!
but its been bugging me since I joined this forum..for me, it takes away from the enjoyment of the forum..because im bothered that my own words get turned into links to advertising..and it junks up the dicsussion with distracting links that open up into pop-ups if you accidently pass over them with the cursor..then you have to go and close them, etc..do we *really* need to take things quite this far?
thanks,
Scot
but when I look at a page in this forum, I count 24 individual ads and links to other sites scattered about every page..NOT including links in the text of messages!
So is it really necessary to also turn words in the actual messages into advertisements as well? that just seems ridiculous..and I find it annoying that my own words are being used as advertising against my will..that is just too much, its "over the line"..its taking things too far..
I think there is enough advertising on the page, without turning words in messages into links as well..I find it distracting and annoying..
I understand its being done automatically by the software..but can it be turned off? (if enough members also dont like it)
if im the only one, then I guess I will just have to adapt!
but its been bugging me since I joined this forum..for me, it takes away from the enjoyment of the forum..because im bothered that my own words get turned into links to advertising..and it junks up the dicsussion with distracting links that open up into pop-ups if you accidently pass over them with the cursor..then you have to go and close them, etc..do we *really* need to take things quite this far?
thanks,
Scot