Why does this site even need popups? Don't the banner ads generate enough money? Some of the popups lead to dangerous sites and overall they are just annoying. Seriously, does anyone even click on them?

 

 

 

My idea: Remove the popups, nothing good comes out of them.

 

 

 

 

 

And yes, I do have a popup blocker, but that's not the point; the point is, Tip.It shouldn't have to resort to popups for revenue.

 

 

 

 

 

Support/Hate?

I support your thoughts and idea, mlbfan13 ... Although, this could mean that the pop-ups are coming from one of the adverts that are loading, so just report both and leave it up to the Admins to find out what happened. TBH, if my memory serves right, Tip.It is against these nasty and volatile pop-ups also, and advert companies that are providing the adverts are therefore violating Tip.It's policy in regard to this. :-k

 

 

 

 

 

Time to wait for the Admins to show up here... :|

 

 

 

~D. V. Devnull

If we can get sufficient donations, it could be a possibility. I don't know the exact amount of money Tip.It gains in ad revenue and how much of that goes into server costs, however if we have the pop-ups then we probably need them.

 

 

 

It's either that, or we could start charging to use our forums like RuneHQ does...

Seriously, does anyone even click on them?

 

There's your problem. From what I understand, Tip.it only gets money from banner ads when/if people click on them.. which people rarely do ;)

You have to pay to use the RHQ forums? :|

No, there's a free version, and then you can pay for an "Advanced membership". I don't even like the thought of it.

 

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But RuneHQ is a very different place. Look at their forum software, for example; They pay for IP.Board, which I hate. phpBB is better and I love the fact that TIF uses it.

You'd almost pay just to see what you're missing out on, if there's anything.

Popups? I'm not seeing any popups? And no, I'm not blocking them or whatsoever. Using FF3.0.1 btw.

Firefox has one built in. I don't have a special popup blocker (Also on 3.0.1) and I have nearly forgotten that there are popups.

FF 2.0.0.x-series, and I am also not seeing any pop-up warnings here either. I think it is being injected by one or more of the adverts that mlbfan13 is seeing, which means that it is in violation of Tip.It's Rules about the adverts they're providing. mlbfan13, I suggest that you report those ads, because they're not supposed to be doing "onload" injections of code into your browser. :shame:

 

 

 

(Yeah, I'm using ABP here due to a house policy, but if the pop-ups were really Tip.It's fault, I'd still know about it!!! :ugeek: ... Heck, I can tell you who is at fault right now, because they're tripping my sensor! It's those blasted BurstNet [bleep]ers! :x ...)

 

 

 

~Mr. D. V. Devnull

It could be his specific browser, I heard he had problems with FF so maybe he temporarily switched to IE?

Firefox has one built in. I don't have a special popup blocker (Also on 3.0.1) and I have nearly forgotten that there are popups.

 

I thought FF would notify when it blocks a popup?

I think the first time it does, but it's kind of annoying if it notifies you every time it blocks one.

No, there's a free version, and then you can pay for an "Advanced membership". I don't even like the thought of it.

 

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But RuneHQ is a very different place. Look at their forum software, for example; They pay for IP.Board, which I hate. phpBB is better and I love the fact that TIF uses it.

 

 

 

 

 

Ewww... Why do people even go there. o.o

No, there's a free version, and then you can pay for an "Advanced membership". I don't even like the thought of it.

 

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But RuneHQ is a very different place. Look at their forum software, for example; They pay for IP.Board, which I hate. phpBB is better and I love the fact that TIF uses it.

Ewww... Why do people even go there. o.o

Only one reason I use RuneHQ's website (but not forums) ... Anything that Tip.It's WebSite doesn't have. :|

 

 

 

~D. V. Devnull

LOL! a Pop up Blocker that DOES NOT BLOCK pop ups! :lol: What the heck are you using? IE :shame:

I don't have many pop-ups. Just the occasional "Firefox has blocked 1 popup from opening" message whenever I'm not logged in.

Why does this site even need popups? Don't the banner ads generate enough money? Some of the popups lead to dangerous sites and overall they are just annoying. Seriously, does anyone even click on them?

 

 

 

My idea: Remove the popups, nothing good comes out of them.

 

 

 

 

 

And yes, I do have a popup blocker, but that's not the point; the point is, Tip.It shouldn't have to resort to popups for revenue.

 

 

 

 

 

Support/Hate?

 

A) You're not an admin, so I don't see how you can possibly comment on Tip.It's financial viability.

 

B) Pop-ups can be avoided by using Internet browsers such as Firefox

 

C) Tip.It can effectively ban all adverts which lead to malicious sites in theory. But they need reporting first.

 

D) We could always go back to when they used highlighted words to advertise (and it wound everyone up), so we don't have pop-ups.

 

E) Unless you're thinking of donating one heck of an amount to Tip.It, stop whining; see B).

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E) Unless you're thinking of donating one heck of an amount to Tip.It, stop whining; see B).

LOL! :lol: ... They will probably whine some more, simply because they are a kid, and not the real admin of the PC they are on. :roll:

 

 

 

(Note: This post is intended to be somewhat of a joke... Although, it may not be so much of one.)

 

 

 

~D. V. Devnull

Screw it, I'll just use Ad Block Plus.

Screw it, I'll just use Ad Block Plus.

Ouch... This may not be Tip.It's fault, but it looks like Tip.It is taking casualties due to their advert provider. :?

 

 

 

~D. V. Devnull

Burstnet are notorious for bad adverts and have been for years.

Burstnet are notorious for bad adverts and have been for years.

Too true. Tip.It needs to change advert providers, and never come back to those blasted [bleep]ers.

 

 

 

(Heck, I have them 'hosts'-blocked on a system where I can't use ABP with FF... Stupid FF 1.5-series core causing problems with Java 1.4.2 ... Oh, and don't yell at me about upgrading. I know it is overdue, but I don't control it!!!)

 

 

 

~D. V. Devnull

At least tipit arent in league with Phorm :P

Maybe you could use AdBrite as well? That's what we use for our clan site.