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Sorry it took so long to get this done, but the problem with bad ads (pops, malware, etc) should finally be resolved. We were finally accepted back onto the Google AdSense network, which does a much superior job of automatically filtering out the sketchy ads which automatically destroy your computer machine when loaded. Additionally, our Rubicon representative has been helping set up a dynamic blacklist of badvertisers that should keep them at bay, if any Rubicon ads are served. So I apologize for it taking so long to resolve, but it was difficult joining a respected ad network because everybody everywhere hates us and we're not popular anymore and the forums were better back in 2002 and I remember the old days back when blah blah blah. Oh, and another benefit of having this new ad network is that we'll hopefully pull in more money, because right now AIN'T NOBODY BUYING NOTHING ON THE FORUMS AND WE'RE PULLING IN 90% LESS OF WHAT WE USED TO SO PLEASE GOD BUY SOMETHING, BUY ANYTHING, BUY EVERYTHING, I NEED ALL THE MONEY Thank you, and please have a pleasant forum experience. - Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka Do not sign your own posts
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Thanks. Is the 90% figure real. That's a huge cut
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Bwee posted:Thanks. Is the 90% figure real. That's a huge cut
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Lowtax posted:Yes it is! Do you think it has anything to do with the current state of GBS?
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This is excellent, thank you Lowtax for making these forums good.
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Lowtax posted:Yes it is! impressive
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Thanks, and good to hear. Hopefully this means I can visit this dying forum on my phone without being redirected to sign up as an Uber driver.
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loving finally, thank you very much Lowtax.
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Lowtax if I whitelist your site on adblock do you make more money?
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please turn sigs back on in byob lowtax, thank you
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Welcome back and much thanks.
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Thank you for adds that don't give my computer viruses.
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Lowtax posted:AIN'T NOBODY BUYING NOTHING ON THE FORUMS AND WE'RE PULLING IN 90% LESS OF WHAT WE USED TO SO PLEASE GOD BUY SOMETHING, BUY ANYTHING, BUY EVERYTHING, I NEED ALL THE MONEY So who's paying for the servers?
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I just bought this avatar, to replace the other one that someone bought for me. Cheers!
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sell me a t shirt with the grenade logo on it and I will buy it. I know it didn't go well way back when but in web 2.0 era this can be done very easily I think.
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While I am really glad this is getting sorted the 90% less thing is worrying.
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is 90% the difference between $500K/year and $50K/year or $50K/year and $5K/year? Also please visit BFC and we will help you prepare for your creation's inevitable demise.
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brizna posted:sell me a t shirt with the grenade logo on it and I will buy it. I know it didn't go well way back when but in web 2.0 era this can be done very easily I think. I would maybe buy this shirt
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im gonna buy plat so OP can have a spaghetti dinner
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Lowtax, I am your neighbor now. I have been making smoked meats every weekend. Would you like to come eat some free meat? Please just don't do internet stuff at my house.
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kickstarter and patreon are popular now strike while the iron is hot
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squartle posted:The state lowtax put it in?? I kinda doubt he thinks so or probably he wouldn't have done it!
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Lowtax posted:AIN'T NOBODY BUYING NOTHING ON THE FORUMS AND WE'RE PULLING IN 90% LESS OF WHAT WE USED TO SO PLEASE GOD BUY SOMETHING, BUY ANYTHING, BUY EVERYTHING, I NEED ALL THE MONEY
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i will put money into the server kickstarter
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Please give me an update on the status of Something Awful beer.
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Come on man I bought no ads already so I didn't have to deal with that. And Plat, archives, the whole Ferrari forums experience.
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don't sign your posts, op
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ps i disabled adblock for this site the revenue problem should be solved
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thank you lowtax I'll try and get more people to sign up gbs is fine
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Hi Lowtax I already have every upgrade on here but for my gbs fantasy football league ill be buying some forum certs as prizes for the 1st and 2nd place and also a custom title for whatever preposterous fuckup comes in last so thats like 40-50bux u can take to the bank (in a few months) Can u add some vanity options for the plat grenade icons bc i would happily buy a diamond or maybe a poo and i bet more users would rebuy their plat if they too could buy a diamond or maybe a poo
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Ey here's some actual thoughts though being serious: We don't have the popularity we used to, obviously. Now we have competition like Reddit and 4chan and such, too. What are we doing to get new users? Who knows about SA? Like if you're a teenager right now, the only way you really know about it is if someone tells you about it. Then you get to the website, and the 'Forums' button is all the way in the top left, you can also get there through the directory drop down, and there's the popular threads thing, but it really isn't immediately obvious that there are discussion forums and they are the main part of the site. Basically almost everyone I talk to says they heard about it from a friend, but as our user base and popularity declines we can rely on that word of mouth less and less. I'm pretty sure at this point the bulk of our new users comes from people in MMOs seeing the goon guilds stomp around. Also, the front page stuff is great (imo) and I loved it a lot when a goon told me about SA, but I was reading the front page for a year before I even realized there were forums. I mean yeah maybe I'm an idiot but I know I'm not the only one whose done that. Maybe we can take some cues from modern webpage design to make the forums more accessible or readily obvious or something. I think the format is fine. I love that we don't do the stupid upvote or - + poo poo. I think the forums are still (as forums go) one of the best moderated on the internet. There's legit great info in many of the subforums, and good discussion to be had in many others. We've got the product, it's our delivery/marketing that is lacking. Granted the content has fallen off and that probably makes it a little more difficult (less photoshop phridays means less photos going around on the internet with the SA logo on em) but idk I feel like there's a lot of underutilized talent that could be given some direction with a free plat or avatar contest for the best shop or something like that. longform snipe
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