[Link]

I wonder.. granted I haven't seen one of the worst ads in a while, why the MacNN mods are SOOOO utterly stringent and anal when it comes to sigs, even getting mad at people for going over size limits, yet sometimes the ad banners are some of the worst on the internet:

They're about 700 pix wide, sometimes animated, not unusually big, and sometimes have seizure inducing animation on them. So tell me, if we pay you 3 cents a view does that mean we can have vomit inducing 700px wide sigs too?

edit: I don't want people getting the wrong ideas -- yes it's perfectly fine that MacNN gets their support that way, in fact I'd be fine with even worse banners, or double banners (one at top and one at bottom), but it sounds kinda ironic. *shrug* that is all.

[MacGorilla]

$$$$$ that's why.

[ryju]

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
$$$$$ that's why.

[DeathMan]

For someone who pretends to be so intelligent, that is a particularly stupid question.

[Demonhood]

answer: we don't pick the ads.

[philzilla]

Originally posted by DeathMan:
For someone who pretends to be so intelligent, that is a particularly stupid question.

hold the press. when did he ever pretend to be intelligent?

[dillerX]

Ba Da Bing.

[Link]

Oh come now, it was a useful question to ask with maniacs like tooki running around

I mean heck he has mushrooms in his name.. uh yeah.

I can't believe you people bash me. Some of the stuff discussed here is utter crap and perverted, I have clean humor so thus nobody likes it.

[- - e r i k - -]

[philzilla]

[dillerX]

philz wins.

[insha]

phizilla and erik: where do you get them cool and oh so funny pictures?

[DeathToWindows]

^ what he said

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by Link:
I can't believe you people bash me. Some of the stuff discussed here is utter crap and perverted, I have clean humor so thus nobody likes it.

Oh Link... You are begging me to open the flood gates of hatred. But I shall restrain myself.

[Xeo]

I'd say they are all just as picky with the ads. If you see one that is particularly horrendous (meaning, they don't even advertise something, they just flash stuff and say "click here"), then bring it to an admin's attention, and it will get taken out of the loop.

That's why you haven't seen one in a while.

[Frisbee]

I'd rather pay 3 cents a view for javascript in my signature. That'd be a fun ride...

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by Link:
So tell me, if we pay you 3 cents a view

Who are you paying?

I get teh http://forums.macnn.com/ for free!

[alphasubzero949]

PithHelmet is your friend.

[:XI:]

Picky about the sigs and inline images? Just wait until they get picky about the users. We'll all have to submit self evaluations and attend an interview to prove our worth.

Damn, I hope I haven't given them an idea...

[Link]

Hey don't give them my idea about paying to have a custom star rank too! O_o

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally posted by insha:
phizilla and erik: where do you get them cool and oh so funny pictures?

My LJ Peepshow is a fountain of cool images. It never runs out

[Funny Bugga]

No more casino ads would be nice

[Kilbey]

I was thinking about this thread and realized, I don't see the ads anymore.

They just go right to my subconscious and I am these weird desires to spend money on stuff I don't need..

[tooki]

Also, the reason for the strict image guidelines are that inline images are inside the tables that format the page, so a 700px image balloons the tables to over 900px, which is way too wide. Ads are outside the tables, so they can be wider without distorting the page.

As for signatures... we want the content to stand out, not your signature. Additionally, there is one ad per page. There can be dozens of signatures on a page, which easily add up in size if they're big, which would cause a problem for modem users (which still comprise 1/2 the internet users in this country, and more than half in many others).

tooki

[Jaey]

Originally posted by Frisbee:
I'd rather pay 3 cents a view for javascript in my signature. That'd be a fun ride...

And then some prankster would put 30 billion alerts in his sig, and no one would be able to view any pages.

[MindFad]

Originally posted by philzilla:

HAHAHAHA

[voodoo]

I'm lovin' the Lebowski sigs! Keep 'em up guys.

[wataru]

Originally posted by tooki:
which easily add up in size if they're big, which would cause a problem for modem users (which still comprise 1/2 the internet users in this country, and more than half in many others).

I remember having an argument with someone around here (Voodoo?) who claimed unequivocally that "56k is dead." What b�llsh�t. I'm glad the people in charge here are more grounded in reality.

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by wataru:
I remember having an argument with someone around here (Voodoo?) who claimed unequivocally that "56k is dead." What b�llsh�t. I'm glad the people in charge here are more grounded in reality.

Yup, you're right

Although millions of U.S. Internet users have switched from dial-up service to high-speed access, millions more are resisting the change.
...
Internet service providers are discovering there is a large core of dial-up users who continue to resist switching to the faster broadband service, the New York Times reported Monday.

[voodoo]

Originally posted by wataru:
I remember having an argument with someone around here (Voodoo?) who claimed unequivocally that "56k is dead." What b�llsh�t. I'm glad the people in charge here are more grounded in reality.

56k is dead.

[Demonhood]

Originally posted by voodoo:
56k is dead.

but the dead walk the earth.

[starman]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
but the dead walk the earth.

Just like Kane in Kung Fu.

[:XI:]

Originally posted by starman:
Just like Kane in Kung Fu.

You mean they kick ass and impart eastern wisdom on a weekly basis?

[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by :XI::
You mean they kick ass and impart eastern wisdom on a weekly basis?

Yes.

[philzilla]

Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
^ what he said

kindly stop linking your sig to somewhere on your LAN, please. it stops the whole page loading for ages. thank you.

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by philzilla:
kindly stop linking your sig to somewhere on your LAN, please. it stops the whole page loading for ages. thank you.

I was wondering what was causing that.

Yes, do what he said! It is annoying.

[MacGorilla]

Oh thats the cause.

[d4nth3m4n]

use photobucket for sigs. its free. or get real hosting other than the apache on your machine.

[MacGorilla]

Mine is on my iDisk.

[dillerX]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
use photobucket for sigs. its free. or get real hosting other than the apache on your machine.

props on the new sig

[MindFad]

Originally posted by dillerX:
props on the new sig

I second this. I have spurred a revolution.

[dillerX]

Originally posted by MindFad:
I second this. I have spurred a revolution.

you ARE the revolution! speak the word brotha 'fad!

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
but the dead walk the earth.

And they outnumber the living.

[voodoo]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
but the dead walk the earth.

As with any undead the shotgun works wonders. If a 56k user bites you, do you get a 56k line? <shiver>

[tooki]

Originally posted by philzilla:
kindly stop linking your sig to somewhere on your LAN, please. it stops the whole page loading for ages. thank you.

Done.

Thanks for figuring it out, Philzilla, I was wondering what was causing the delay, but was too lazy to investigate!

tooki

[Axo1ot1]

Originally posted by tooki:
Done.

Thanks for figuring it out, Philzilla, I was wondering what was causing the delay, but was too lazy to investigate!

tooki

!