# Banner ads for \*members\* **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084 "2007-11-28T21:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/61 "2007-11-29T15:04:42Z")
OK, I started seeing the ads yesterday (along with most everyone else), but I’m not getting them at all this morning. The only change that’s been made on my end was a Firefox upgrade from 2.0.0.9 to 2.0.0.10, some time yesterday afternoon. Did that perchance do it for me, or have the ads been turned off for members again? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/62 "2007-11-29T15:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=Suburban Plankton] OK, I started seeing the ads yesterday (along with most everyone else), but I’m not getting them at all this morning. The only change that’s been made on my end was a Firefox upgrade from 2.0.0.9 to 2.0.0.10, some time yesterday afternoon. Did that perchance do it for me, or have the ads been turned off for members again? [/QUOTE] The ads are still here, I just verified. Be happy that your upgrade is blocking them for now. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/63 "2007-11-29T17:09:18Z")
Count me in as another one who feels the ads are intrusive, ugly, and annoying, and I feel cheated. That’s not what I paid for. The mods aren’t to blame, but I feel it is unreasonable that Jerry won’t answer the legitimate question who made this decision, and where we can direct our complains. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/64 "2007-11-29T17:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Maastricht] Count me in as another one who feels the ads are intrusive, ugly, and annoying, and I feel cheated. That’s not what I paid for. The mods aren’t to blame, but I feel it is unreasonable that Jerry won’t answer the legitimate question who made this decision, and where we can direct our complains. [/QUOTE] Direct them to your nearest wall and you’ll get the same response with less effort. TPTB don’t care what \*\*we \*\* pay for, only that the board pays for itself and then some. Guess it’s off to Wiki’s \*Village Pump \* for me. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/65 "2007-11-29T17:52:17Z")
Is it bad that I can see the fnords in the ads? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/66 "2007-11-29T18:18:16Z")
[QUOTE=CapnPitt] Is it bad that I can see the fnords in the ads? [/QUOTE] OK, I give. What’s a “fnord”? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/67 "2007-11-29T18:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] OK, I give. What’s a “fnord”? [/QUOTE] [Fnord, defined](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/68 "2007-11-29T18:41:59Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] [Fnord, defined](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord). [/QUOTE] Again, I am the poster child for fighting ignorance. 🙂🙂 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/69 "2007-11-29T18:54:40Z")
FTR, the ads don’t really bother me. I just ignore them. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/70 "2007-11-29T19:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Again, I am the poster child for fighting ignorance. 🙂🙂 [/QUOTE] I was just joking, but I’m glad you learned something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/71 "2007-11-29T19:50:02Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] This is not the Pit thread. Just so’s ya know. [/QUOTE] I apologize for posting that in this thread. I had the pit thread opened at the same time and thought I was posting in it. I should have been more careful. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084/72 "2007-11-29T20:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=CapnPitt] I was just joking, but I’m glad you learned something. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I can’t decide between: 1. I knew that. 2. What is this, Southpark? 3. I used to know a girl named Fnord. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-for-members/428084.md?page=3)