That doesn’t follow. The first person I know of who was banned under the “Mention Lawsuit-Be insta-banned” rule was Melin, who I think claimed to a lawyer herself. (maybe).
The guy for whom the “quote boxes are sacred” rule was created did claim he was a lawyer who got insta-banned for threatening to sue.
So it’s not “working in a profession rife with actual lawyers”. Maybe it’s “being/having a competent lawyer”? 
Paralegal? I don’t need a paralegal. One of them’s enough.
Singular number. A lawyer.
But I know the big law library in downtown Los Angeles well. I can, and do, research things there, on other subjects not assigned me by the lawyer.
But which person are you, because we have both kinds here.
IOW is it your pet peeve when someone offers you up a solution that you don’t like or is it your pet peeve when people ask for help then knock down all solutions, often with out any consideration, sometimes like they’re waiting for someone to say mention a certain one.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I understand there’s a lot of lawyers, so many so, that it seems like you can ask one lawyer a question and not only can they not answer you, it’s like they don’t even know what you’re talking about (arrested? is that even a word? I’m sorry, son, I mostly just practice bird law, I can’t help you out). I don’t have any idea what kind of lawyer you work for, but do you really not understand how you could file a lawsuit against anyone involved in this in such a way that it wouldn’t involve this message board (or it’s owners) in some way? Do you not understand that it would cost them money? That they might want to shut you out for legal reasons? Again, without knowing what your type of law your employer practices, hasn’t there ever been a time when, after talking to someone they’ve clammed up and requested that all future communications be put in writing and/or be sent through their lawyer? Maybe so they don’t incriminate themselves anymore, maybe because they’ve done nothing wrong and if they stop talking there’s nothing (worthwhile) you can do?
This seems about the same. If you threaten the board with legal action, they have no reason to keep you around.
Actually I didn’t go that far with Zale’s. I sent them an e-mail last night noting that the ads for their product–and ads for other products as well–were intruding on space of other subject matter. I phrased it in such a way that suggested that the intrusiveness could be harmful to their image–that the ad agency was giving Zale’s an image they could ill afford. (In the 60s a woman, whose daughter I went to school with *(not * a girl I have hitherto mentioned anywhere on the SDMB), said, on the letters page of a local magazine, that she noted the obnoxious ads on TV and specifically omitted those products from her own shopping.)
Dude, just shut it already! You’re so close to the line that you have chalk under your toes…& you’re leaning forward. Better yet, walk to that library as it’ll take longer.
I’m ready to pick up the ‘clue-by-4’ & Whap TPTB with it to (hopefully) make them understand that any short-term gain they get by these @#%& ads will not be sustained as noobies don’t join & existing people, including me, say, “Sayanora”.
IF they realize the error of their ways, I’ll be able to come back, you won’t be if your banned.
Two other thoughts:
Not only has a certain company stuck in your mind, you’ve mentioned their name to us in a few posts. You’re only reinforcing what advertising is supposed to do & given them more name recognition.
Maybe I shouldn’t ask this, & more importantly, maybe you shouldn’t answer this. What are you thinking about suing for? What are your damages? Ads are intrusive & want you to remember the company advertising? They’re supposed to do that. You can just go to any of the other internet sites or read, exercise, watch TV, build models, knit or any other activity/hobby with the free time you’re not on this board viewing this intrusive rubbish.
P.S. I’m not junior-modding you, I’m not yelling at you, I’m trying to keep at 10,000+ count poster around here; you’re the type of poster that we want here.
The way I see it, the Powers that Be here have decided that they want to serve up ads to their users. OK, fine, that’s a reasonable decision for a website. But they’ve gotten to the point that they aren’t actually doing that. The ads are getting so intrusive that the overlap between “people to whom ads are served up” and “users” is dwindling to zero. The only people who are sticking around are either the subscribers, or the people who have adblockers installed.
My pet peeve is grousing about a proposed, workable solution. If you don’t want to implement the solution, fine, but don’t whine at the person who really was just attempting to help with your problem.
Good point.
Seriously good User/Post combo
We’re aware that the ads have gotten more intrusive of late. I’ve asked our digital ad guy to investigate what’s going on.
I do minimal ad blocking. Some in my hosts file and some via the blocking feature of my browser. No Adblock-Plus or such.
I visit a couple dozen sites on a regular basis. The Dope is the only one where I’ve gotten aggressive on blocking things. I created a user-side script to “take care of things with vigor.” Even most of the sites I rarely visit aren’t as bad as here.
No, not all ad services are like this. Not in the least. TPTB have gotten in with some of the worst ones. Just allowing Vigilink alone indicates how poorly they are choosing.
This. There are some pages which are now loading three separate “floating” ads (bottom, side, and bottom right corner). And, sometimes, after clicking the “x” to close an ad, a new ad generates in that same location a few moments later. Plus, “x to close” box on the ones on the right is often nearly invisible. (In the time it’s taken me to write this message, five different ads have spawned on the right side of the screen!)
One floating ad at the bottom of each page was mildly annoying. This has gotten extremely annoying. I love this board, and have a great deal of respect for its management and staff; however, the degradation of the site experience from this latest round of advertising programs does start to (intentionally or not)convey a message of “subscribe, or we’ll make using our site miserable for you.”
Whoosh! 
What browser are you using? I’m using Chrome. It doesn’t seem to matter whether I’m using incognito or regular mode.
Any chance you’d turn them off until you figure it out?
