Ads on TNL: How to Love Them or Leave Them Behind

**cka** · 06 Apr 2009, 01:30 AM

well do you

**Andrew** · 06 Apr 2009, 02:09 AM

*ahem*

**Schlep** · 06 Apr 2009, 02:40 PM

I had to write a short Greasemonkey script to get rid of that ad in the Quick Reply. Shit was annoying.

**Nick** · 06 Apr 2009, 02:53 PM

You know, honestly, why would anyone come into this thread and talk about ad-blocking scripts? I am unemployed. That means I am not receiving a paycheck, but TNL is still being paid for and will continue to be paid for. We are running contests. I am paying for things on the editorial side.

I'm pretty sure users on almost any similar site would be banned for coming into a topic like this and talking about ways to get around the ads. First of all, it is trolling, since the thread is about ads and subscriptions. Secondly, it is harmful to the site because - see the previous paragraph - I have continued to pay for TNL during two periods of unemployment and one other financial crisis.

If you can write or download a script that spares you from having to deal with ads, good for you. You are kings among men. See, I also have scripts at my disposal that could keep me from having to deal with trolling and comments I don't like. That doesn't mean I have to yak about them or even use them.

Keep it to yourself.

**Schlep** · 06 Apr 2009, 02:59 PM

I don't mind ads on the site, at all. The one in quick reply was really bugging me because of the placement.

**Nick** · 06 Apr 2009, 03:02 PM

That's the nature of ads. Otherwise, people don't even see them, really. It's why on free TV ads come on during the show, not all together at the end of the show.

My point remains: talking about ad blocking in this thread is clearly trolling.