# Ads on the Dope . . . slippery slope? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 9, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274 "2009-06-09T23:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/1 "2009-06-09T23:41:43Z")
It started out with one little google-blurb at the bottom of the page . . . and now there’s one above the masthead and another between the OP and the second post and a bunch more at the bottom . . . Next thing you know we’ll be living in the _Minority Report_ world! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/2 "2009-06-10T00:01:56Z")
I think all Guests see that. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/3 "2009-06-10T00:03:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > It started out with one little google-blurb at the bottom of the page . . . and now there’s one above the masthead and another between the OP and the second post and a bunch more at the bottom . . . Next thing you know we’ll be living in the _Minority Report_ world! :mad: Dude, those have been there for a long time. All that shit was what prompted me to download ABP. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/4 "2009-06-10T01:07:40Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I think all Guests see that. 😕 It says “Guest” under my username. I just now noticed that. I’ve been a member for years! What’s up with that?! I didn’t get any e-mail telling me to renew. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/5 "2009-06-10T01:08:18Z")
Pay up, bro. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/6 "2009-06-10T02:36:05Z")
I don’t think they send the emails anymore. The ads really aren’t that bad. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/7 "2009-06-10T03:29:37Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > I don’t think they send the emails anymore. I got one. But I think a lot of them end up getting blocked by peoples’ spam filters. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/8 "2009-06-10T03:35:55Z")
I was going to ask “where have you been?” or possibly question your powers of observation, but I see that you have recently been demoted. Welcome to the ad fueled slum-land of former paying members! My condolences if you lost your charter status. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/9 "2009-06-10T03:46:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > It started out with one little google-blurb at the bottom of the page . . . and now there’s one above the masthead and another between the OP and the second post and a bunch more at the bottom . . . Next thing you know we’ll be living in the _Minority Report_ world! :mad: What are these ads you speak of??? 😕:D:cool: ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/10 "2009-06-10T07:43:58Z")
There’s ads on the Dope? Adblock Plus and Noscript on my Mozilla Firefox seem to think differently. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/11 "2009-06-10T18:47:21Z")
What does NoScript do that Adblock doesn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/12 "2009-06-10T18:53:06Z")
This belongs in About This Message Board. I’ll move it there for you. **Gfactor** Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274/13 "2009-06-10T19:48:41Z")
You know this is a business, right, guys? That the Dope’s parent company, like so many others in these parlous times, is struggling to stay alive and offer you this site? You don’t have to be a subscriber to be here. But there’s limits to hospitality and this is bordering on outright rudeness.