[Foundation-l] Ads and monobook
Ben Yates
ben.louis.yates at gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 14:00:52 UTC 2008
That's totally wrong. Even with a "hide forever" button, 90% of
wikipedia's visitors will probably not bother to click it (and another
5% will already have adblock software installed). Never, ever assume
the general public thinks the same way tech-savvy people do.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 7:47 PM, White Cat
<wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com> wrote:
> I still don't think we need advertisements. And if ads can simply be closed
> forever with one click forever (like how it is on site notice) there may not
> be much point to have them. Ads are supposed to be annoying so they catch
> your attention.
>
> - White Cat
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Jon Harald Søby <jhsoby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How about just adding a button that says "Turn off advertisements" that
> > works just like the "close" button for the sitenotice?
> >
> > 2008/3/19, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > People who edit wikipedia are a very tiny minority of the peole who
> > > actually
> > > use wikipedia. Most annoying thing on any website is the stupid
> > > advertisements that get in the way.
> > >
> > >
> > > - White Cat
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
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