add AD or announcement forum

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add AD or announcement forum

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I have submitted my software products to several forums which allow AD, those forums are very powerful, one of reasons is that they allow AD.

this forum is at quite top of searcher engines, why don't you add an AD forum also?

as people said: "if you offer more, you will receive more".
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

Could you elaborate? You mean a board that gets used for spamming? If we had a board for open advertising that's exactly what would happen.

Users are allowed to advertise (within reason) in the following boards at present:

Web Hosting
Job Hunt

Spam will be removed from these boards if we see fit. Advertising is not allowed elsewhere.

Perhaps I've misunderstood you?
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Post by McGruff »

We're not in it for the money. The forum is a place for programmers to ask questions and exchange ideas without people trying to sell them things.

In saying that I might be interested in some *discrete* ads if the cash generated was plowed back into the site - eg giving away free programming textbooks - but it's not something we're looking at right now.
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aaaphp000000 wrote:as people said: "if you offer more, you will receive more".
<insert 'your mother' joke here>

;)
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Post by n00b Saibot »

wonder why you are hell-bent on modifying these forums to accept ads :roll: inspite of being told-off that this forum isn't there for commercial purposes... whats da motive behind this???
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Post by aaaphp000000 »

I will not post any AD here, and I will not use the forum again for forever.
This is my last post.
I give you suggestions, but you think I want to do something bad to you.

had to understand of your points.
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aaaphp000000 wrote:I will not post any AD here, and I will not use the forum again for forever.
This is my last post.
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Post by Hardcore4Life »

aaaphp000000 wrote: I give you suggestions, but you think I want to do something bad to you.
Nobody think that you do something bad but most of the users think
that this forum is great as it is - thats it!
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Post by n00b Saibot »

Pimptastic wrote:
aaaphp000000 wrote:I will not post any AD here, and I will not use the forum again for forever.
This is my last post.
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ROTFLAO :lol: couldn't control myself muhahaha...
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I will not post any AD here, and I will not use the forum again for forever.
This is my last post.
I guess he showed us, huh?

This always cracks me up. I have, from time to time, "voted with my feet" by deciding to no longer patronize an establishment because I did't like their product or service. There are three ways to do that:

1. Just leave. They never see you again, and they never know why. (..and may not care.)

2. Leave, with a polite message to the effect "You may wish to know why I'm leaving."

3. Punish them with a "I'm never coming back" message, about which they are certain not to care.

I prefer #2, but I have to admit I sometimes use #1. But #3 is something I quit doing at about age twelve. (.. because I matured slowly.)

(There are other ways, of course, like hand grenades or RPG's. But I'm talking about realistic ways.)
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Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

You could always leave, take a 4 year soft architecture course, wait until phpBB4 is released, do a quick search for the latest XSS/CSRF issues, assassinate Chris Shiflett (before he gets a word in edgewise), hack the forums on feyd's birthday, edit n00B Saibot's title to "I like Teletubbies", and end it all by deleting 10 years of archived topics.

I disclaim all responsibilties for the actions of any readers of this post.
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Post by McGruff »

I'd like to think this was a genuine offer of help. If so thanks but the aim of the forums isn't to make money.
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Re: add AD or announcement forum

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aaaphp000000 wrote:I have submitted my software products to several forums which allow AD, those forums are very powerful, one of reasons is that they allow AD.

this forum is at quite top of searcher engines, why don't you add an AD forum also?

as people said: "if you offer more, you will receive more".

What happened to respect of others here? Honestly you guys, he came to offer a suggestion and unless I missed something you guys just shot him down...

What was the point of all that insulting? Come on guys. He came here to offer a suggestion. Thats what this forum is for. He didn't try to insult anyone here, he didn't offend the message boards.


* I know this guy may have come here and started saying all the things he would like to see but thats no big deal. They're just suggestions. *
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Post by d3ad1ysp0rk »

Good thing no one insulted him then, unless you mean after he left?
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Post by Trenchant »

onion2k wrote:
aaaphp000000 wrote:as people said: "if you offer more, you will receive more".
<insert 'your mother' joke here>

;)
That, and then once he did leave there was no need to keep insulting him. This is just a suggestions forum not a flame board.
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