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1 hour ago, CC97 said:

Would some members consider paying an annual fee in exchange for an ad-free experience? Like the option you'd see on an app or something

How much and yes.

When closing the ad on my laptop, it just re-appears whenever I load a new page.  That's logical, but not helpful.

I get the need for ad revenue, so it's not like I'm leaving.

15 minutes ago, LMU said:

The ad network was changed due to the Amazon spinning wheel redirects.

FWIW - I only ran into them on mobile.

2 minutes ago, jn8 said:

been getting this too, also having a hell of a time with pop up ads and ads redirecting me to a different page. i typically only use my phone

Is the redirect something that purports to be an Amazon thing with a spinning wheel?

Is there a change in ad policy? I'm getting a constant bottom of screen ad whether in phone or PC?

I'm also seeing an ad within the posts, always following the first post of a page.

I've been getting background, audio ads my last few visits onsite. I didn't think those were "allowed" here?

1 hour ago, the admiral said:

I really, really miss Sports on Earth. On rare occasions its Leitchiness would be a little thick, but they had writers I like (Jeb Lund, Dan O'Sullivan, even Leitch himself) and were a far better example of what intelligent, right-thinking sportswriting should be than Grantland/Ringer's pop-culture aspirations or Deadspin's clickbait and bratty-rich-kid sniping. 

Jeb Lund - that's a name I haven't seen in a gazillion years since he vanished from The-W. IIRC he changed his screen name prior to exiting.

40 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Can't answer #1 for you (maybe @LMU can assist?), however in regards to question 2, personally, I move them to "Requests" and lock them just for the sole fact that 1st-timers will make multiple threads in the same or multiple locations. My thought is that by moving it once (and subsequently showing that it's been moved) will prevent these "one and done" members from spamming the boards and going through the subsequent retaliation from some of the resistant members. 

 

However, you do bring up a good point about defeating the purpose of Requests. Maybe it's something to revamp/revisit...

I follow your logic, but if they can't see that it's there...

Do they KNOW it's been moved?  It's a no win situation, I get it.

From the FAQ Thread:

13. I can't start a new topic, wtf?

As a method of reducing the amount of robo-spammers from popping up on the boards (as well as those who sign up just to make a request then vanish) we implemented a rule that prevented new members from starting a new topic; after you've made three (3) posts around the boards you are automatically allowed to start up a new topic.

Yet we get first time posters now who are able to start a topic. Naturally it's a request, so it gets moved to a place they can't see (Requests).

1 - Did the software glitch allowing a first time poster to start a topic?

2 - Why don't those just get deleted? Moving them defeats the purpose of not allowing them to make requests...

Damn - I haven't listened to the Score in quite awhile. I wish I had to hear some of this trainwreck before and after.

Is there a way to search in a specific thread for a specific user's posts? For example, could I search in the Gear Grinder thread for anything I've posted before?

I could just be redundant and post, but I'd rather not.

21 hours ago, the admiral said:

You could keep Thursday Night Football in a limited capacity if you guarantee that the team is coming off a bye week.

 

Let's say you restrict bye weeks to Weeks 7-11 rather than 5-11. This way, no team plays more than ten games in a row. Split up the byes 6-6-8-6-6, with the six teams off Week 11 being the six that play on Thanksgiving for Week 12, and Thursday games from Weeks 8-11 being taken from teams with byes in weeks 7-10. Then after Thanksgiving, move to Saturday doubleheaders in Weeks 13-16. So that gives you a 12-game package of featured games, you gradually ramp up interest in football with the Thursday games in November leading up to the Thanksgiving tripleheader and the full NFL weekends in December leading up to the playoffs, and best of all no games on three days' rest.

Except due to antitrust issues, the NFL can't start Saturday games until their minor league system (NCAA FBS) is done with its regular season.  I don't think Week 13 is doable, as its too early in the year.

Just now, Atomic said:

Yep.

Danke.

If I hit "Report Reply" on a private message, I assume it goes to the Moderators, correct?

2 hours ago, Ice_Cap said:

We’ll be happy to deal with any and all inquiries via PM.   

Is there an individual PM address that gets sent to all mods? It might make this round of questions easier.  I'm interested in asking about it, but don't want to single out any particular mod.

That said, have you considered posting the 'reason' for a given members punishment in the announcement of said punishment (which is normally locked against future comment)?  That was what the ban hammer thread had morphed into once upon a time before it became a piling on thread.

On 10/18/2017 at 7:07 AM, Magic Dynasty said:

So, for the last few weeks, there has been an ad on the very bottom of the page that constantly makes my screen go down to it. It pulls my screen down, and then when I try to scroll back up it just pulls it back down. While not a site-breaking issue (I just refresh), it is extremely annoying.

Yes - me too today.  This was also another autoplay volume ad.  Ugh.

I miss "You Might Like" over this :-)

11 hours ago, ElwoodCuse said:

It's not mutually exclusive for Cam Newton to have (1) said a sexist thing that he shouldn't have and (2) been unfairly targeted for criticism because of racism

 

He actually made a really good apology, it sounded sincere, like he wrote it himself, and wasn't just "I'm sorry if anyone was offended"

But ... you should never apologize 'if you were offended'. Someone was offended. Just drop that part from the apology.

I chuckled when I learned that "route running" is slang for guys chasing chicks. If that is where he was really going, trying to make a sly joke, it's kinda funny.  I get that it was offensive, but that makes it kinda funny in my mind.

1 hour ago, Cosmic said:

For around the last week, I can't read notifications or (as I just found out) sign in on Chrome for Android. Three different devices are having the same problem, on wi-fi and mobile data. They're all up-to-date AFAIK. When I click on the three lines in the upper right corner, the screen dims like it normally does, but nothing ever pops up. I can use the other buttons at the top; it's just the important one that's the problem.

 

Anyone else?

Me too

ETA - Thanks for the update. Not intuitive at all.

I'm surprised that the "Hoop Dreams" fiasco hasn't made an appearance here @Conrad. @CC97

I jumped into the Twitter bashing of the guy - why not?

3 hours ago, BringBackTheVet said:

is there a link back to the mothership anymore?

Was there ever one? I've made this request in the past to seemingly no avail.

26 minutes ago, KittSmith_95 said:

Okay..... so did Chris do some more tinkering? I see a lot more blue, but fonts are now ineligible. 

I think you mean illegible :-)

Nitroseed's Cardinal makes an appearance:

7 minutes ago, Zeus89725 said:

 

True, but morally, it just seems wrong to me. It seems wrong for someone to steal your design, but then make it theirs using their money.

So - are you okay with having taken the Navy logo in the first place to make a logo that you could sell mini helmets on which it is used?

Edit - I'm not really trying to be an ass with this. I find the juxtaposition of IP theft an interesting mental game here.  I'll shut up about it.

6 hours ago, Zeus89725 said:

 

From a moral standpoint; don't do it.

 

From an economic standpoint; do it!

 

It's really up to you, though. I personally wouldn't do it.

That's an awfully expensive high horse.

Don't misconstrue what I'm saying. You have an opportunity to make money off of a design you made.  Make money. You never know where it could lead.

Side note - Is it really yours since you admittedly started with the intellectual property of Navy?  I thought what was theirs is always theirs.

I'm signed in on a couple of different laptops, my phone, at least one desktop, and a generic tablet.  Every now and then it goes through a stretch of wanting a sign in on each item, and seems to repeat for a few days. That hasn't happened for awhile, though.