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Richard Schollar
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Re: MrExcel lowers its standards...
I'll arrange you a full refund of your membership fees
I'll arrange you a full refund of your membership fees
xenou
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Re: MrExcel lowers its standards...
Many forums like ours subsidize the costs with click revenue (offhand I only know of one that doesn't, which, however, does have donate buttons instead). Our forum is quite moderate on the whole when it comes to ads. But feel free to use an ad blocker or javascript blocker - at the end of the day you really don't have to see the ads.
Nota bene: changed thread title to "forum ads" ... seems a little more neutral that way
Many forums like ours subsidize the costs with click revenue (offhand I only know of one that doesn't, which, however, does have donate buttons instead). Our forum is quite moderate on the whole when it comes to ads. But feel free to use an ad blocker or javascript blocker - at the end of the day you really don't have to see the ads.
Nota bene: changed thread title to "forum ads" ... seems a little more neutral that way
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Jon von der Heyden
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Re: MrExcel lowers its standards...
I know that the guys worked hard on finding a means to position a few small ads so that they won't clutter the content and won't be obtrusive. A busy forum like this costs money. If we had just a few hundred members posting occasionally perhaps a free phpBB3 forum on shared hosting would be an option. Fortunately for us this is a very popular and busy forum, but unfortunately that incurs cost. The ads don't even cover all of the cost. Bill pays for the rest out of his own pocket.
It's a very (very!) small price to pay for all of the great learning we get from this forum, not least of all you diddi! Compare your Excel knowledge you have now compared with when you first joined. I see a marked improvement. Indeed you have used this forum to the extent of 2334 posts as at this writing (many valuable contributions I am happy to add), but I suspect your own contributions have helped you develop your own skills quite considerably. This still comes at a cost to someone - that someone being Bill...
Would you favour a subscription fee?
P.S. I have moved this thread to "About this forum".
I'm sure we did discuss this before...
I know that the guys worked hard on finding a means to position a few small ads so that they won't clutter the content and won't be obtrusive. A busy forum like this costs money. If we had just a few hundred members posting occasionally perhaps a free phpBB3 forum on shared hosting would be an option. Fortunately for us this is a very popular and busy forum, but unfortunately that incurs cost. The ads don't even cover all of the cost. Bill pays for the rest out of his own pocket.
It's a very (very!) small price to pay for all of the great learning we get from this forum, not least of all you diddi! Compare your Excel knowledge you have now compared with when you first joined. I see a marked improvement. Indeed you have used this forum to the extent of 2334 posts as at this writing (many valuable contributions I am happy to add), but I suspect your own contributions have helped you develop your own skills quite considerably. This still comes at a cost to someone - that someone being Bill...
Would you favour a subscription fee?
P.S. I have moved this thread to "About this forum".
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Jon von der Heyden
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Re: MrExcel lowers its standards...
Also, so far on this page there are 1267 words! Of which 12 are ads words (.95% or all words), and one link refers to the ad. Hardly worth getting our knickers in a twist over!
Personally I choose not to use Ad Blocker for MrE. I see it as my small contribution to a great resource...
Also, so far on this page there are 1267 words! Of which 12 are ads words (.95% or all words), and one link refers to the ad. Hardly worth getting our knickers in a twist over!
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MARK858
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Re: MrExcel lowers its standards...
I just wish that there could be a way found to reposition the ad in the first post so it doesn't compress any code window as l end up having to adjust my zoom settings (luckily my mouse can do this) or pasting the code in a module.
But as already been said this is a small inconvenience, well worth it for the forum remaining free to use and appreciate all the time and effort everyone puts in to maintain it.
I just wish that there could be a way found to reposition the ad in the first post so it doesn't compress any code window as l end up having to adjust my zoom settings (luckily my mouse can do this) or pasting the code in a module.
But as already been said this is a small inconvenience, well worth it for the forum remaining free to use and appreciate all the time and effort everyone puts in to maintain it.
TinaP
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Re: MrExcel lowers its standards...
I find ads repulsive, but I barely notice the ads here. Perhaps I should amend my previous sentence to: I find intrusive ads repulsive.
Whatever it takes to keep my favorite resource in business...don't know what I'd do with out you.
I find ads repulsive, but I barely notice the ads here. Perhaps I should amend my previous sentence to: I find intrusive ads repulsive.
Whatever it takes to keep my favorite resource in business...don't know what I'd do with out you.
