# So who will actually leave due to banner ads **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160 "2007-11-29T10:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/81 "2007-11-29T20:16:40Z")
I’ll be staying either way. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/82 "2007-11-29T20:18:29Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I’m scouting for a new place and may have found one. If I have, I’ll leave. I will miss a lot of you, though. [/QUOTE] Noooo! At least stick around to see if they rescind this stupidity as \*\*What Exit? \*\* said. ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/83 "2007-11-29T20:19:57Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Wow. I didn’t think there was one ad/commercial/etc-related area where Sweden was “ahead” of you guys, but we’ve had those at every screening for at least twenty years. [/QUOTE] Same here. It exists since before the war and has been perfectly normal for decades. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/84 "2007-11-29T20:22:21Z")
[QUOTE=kellner] Same here. It exists since before the war and has been perfectly normal for decades. [/QUOTE] And here. There have been ads in cinemas for as long as I can remember. I’m 36. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/85 "2007-11-29T20:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=sandra\_nz] Yes, I will leave if it turns out banner ads for members are permanent. [/QUOTE] You’re leaving again? Say it ain’t so. > **[What's the Straight Dope on cancelling subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432854)** > > After recently re-subscribing to the SDMB, I have become frustrated by the number of times the site is unavailable. That issue is being discussed in several threads elsewhere so there’s no need to comment on it here, but my purpose of this thread is... > **[When my subscription lapses...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445649)** > > …and I don’t renew it, will I still be able to use the New Posts function under the Quick Links menu? When pay to post happened. All sorts of people claimed that they were leaving and most of them didn’t. A bunch even came back months later and paid the full price. I think that once April rolls around and everyone has calmed down, most will be staying, same as always. I’m not too thrilled about the new ads but it won’t cause me to leave. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/86 "2007-11-29T20:29:52Z")
I’ll leave when I see others leaving. I hate being around when the lights get turned off. I won’t leave directly because of the ads, since I don’t see them and I highly doubt there’s anyone at Chicago Reader smart enough to figure out how to make me see them. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/87 "2007-11-29T20:38:14Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] You’re leaving again? Say it ain’t so. > **[What's the Straight Dope on cancelling subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432854)** > > After recently re-subscribing to the SDMB, I have become frustrated by the number of times the site is unavailable. That issue is being discussed in several threads elsewhere so there’s no need to comment on it here, but my purpose of this thread is... [/QUOTE] After which I was promised an email from Jerry re his decision on whether I could get a refund. I never recieved an email from him. [quote] > **[When my subscription lapses...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445649)** > > …and I don’t renew it, will I still be able to use the New Posts function under the Quick Links menu? Following the above, I decided to stay until my membership came up for renewal, so I wanted to check whether that particular functionality would be available once my membership lapsed. What I mean by my email earlier in this thread is that I will leave (as in stop visiting the message board even though my membership has not yet lapsed) the board immediately, should it be confirmed that these additional ads are here to stay. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/88 "2007-11-29T20:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] Noooo! At least stick around to see if they rescind this stupidity as \*\*What Exit? \*\* said. [/QUOTE] I’m not planning a giant flameout or anything, and my subscription is through some date in 2008, so I’m not going to disappear in a puff of smoke. (Though that’d be dramatic.) I commented in the last complaint thread that I felt like I had to have one foot out the door at all times because the board doesn’t feel stable. I’d like to have a place to hang out that feels like it will be there tomorrow, y’know? I feel a sense of inevitability about the demise of the Dope. Of course, I am a known pessimist, so enormous grains of salt are a necessary part of your diet. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/89 "2007-11-29T20:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I feel a sense of inevitability about the demise of the Dope. [/QUOTE] I just hope everyone isn’t creating a self-fulfilling prophecy here – “It’s gonna suck, so I’m gonna bail now” – so people leave, and it starts to suck. If people stick around, it won’t suck. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/90 "2007-11-29T21:15:15Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I just hope everyone isn’t creating a self-fulfilling prophecy here – “It’s gonna suck, so I’m gonna bail now” – so people leave, and it starts to suck. If people stick around, it won’t suck. [/QUOTE] Until our overlords decide to stick it to us in some other way with no warning. Lots of good posters have quietly left already, and unless the **owners** of the Reader offer an apology for this latest stunt, I’m gone. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/91 "2007-11-29T21:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I just hope everyone isn’t creating a self-fulfilling prophecy here – “It’s gonna suck, so I’m gonna bail now” – so people leave, and it starts to suck. If people stick around, it won’t suck. [/QUOTE] Well, sure. But it works the other way, too. If people hold on, what new hells will be invented for them, seeing how they put up with the previous stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/92 "2007-11-29T21:36:39Z")
No. I don’t notice them. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/93 "2007-11-29T21:37:28Z")
I don’t have any blocking. I don’t have my sound on. I really don’t much care about the ads. I’m certainly not going to get into a snit about them. No, I’m not leaving over the ads. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/94 "2007-11-29T21:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I just hope everyone isn’t creating a self-fulfilling prophecy here – “It’s gonna suck, so I’m gonna bail now” – so people leave, and it starts to suck. If people stick around, it won’t suck. [/QUOTE] That’s exactly right…it’s not the lack of ads or the no avatars or whatnot that make the SDMB a fun place, it’s the people. Sure, it’s nice to have a nice clubhouse to play in, but it’s not the clubhouse that makes it worthwhile to hang out. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/95 "2007-11-29T21:54:23Z")
I am not outraged enough to leave. I’m annoyed - as I have said - at the banner ads with sound in them. Other than that, I ignore it like I do the ones on the daily comics that I read. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/96 "2007-11-29T21:59:51Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I’m torn. As you may have guessed from my postcount, I kinda love this place. But as I said elsewhere, I love it because of the same people who are likely to disappear as a result of this - the older folks, the hotheads and the passionate people. As well, the newbies - I see it turning off a lot of the more interesting guests and not the asshats. [/QUOTE] I haven’t finished reading the other posts, but this sums up my feelings pretty well. I’m not so extraordinary pissed off that the ads in and of themselves would cause me to leave (although I am rather irritated). But if a lot of the folks whose posts I enjoy reading end up departing, the board is going to get quite a bit less interesting, so I suppose you could put me in the “considering it” category based on what may occur down the line. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/97 "2007-11-29T22:04:30Z")
If you guys all leave…then LobsterMobster is MINE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/98 "2007-11-29T22:08:37Z")
I’m not leaving… until I actually have to see, and deal with, the ads. I haven’t seen one yet, but I figure it’s just a matter of time 'til someone finds a way to get past Firefox/Adblock. If I have to get into an arms race to keep the damn things from popping up on my screen and/or infecting my machine with malware (it’s happened, and recently), that’s when I’ll take my custom elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/99 "2007-11-29T22:19:10Z")
I don’t mind them, really. Until I read a few threads about it, I had just assumed that I had been particularly dense and had never noticed them before. I’ll adblock them soon enough, I’m sure. In the meantime, they’re not irritating me in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160/100 "2007-11-29T22:34:57Z")
I’ll stay. The ruckus over banner ads seems to be clearing out the riff raff here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160.md?page=6)