Originally Posted by Travis Repp
There's not a single google ad on this site...the only thing is, is other RC companies who pay for their banners and keep RC tech alive, just as well as you. What justification does a subscription give you, to opt out of paid ads by other supporters?
I was refering to this:
Originally Posted by futureal
11-19-2006 Pending Forum and Server Upgrade
Hi all,
As we near the close of 2006, I am just as acutely aware of the slow server problems that have been affecting the site as those who have reported them are. I have been working to come up with a cost-effective solution to improving our server situation and I believe that I have found one.
Sometime in December, we will be adding one and possibly even two servers to complement our existing box. Additionally, we'll be upgrading the forum software to vBulletin 3.6 and adding a full-fledged content management system to the front of the site that should keeps things a bit fresher than they have been in the past.
Some additional features in the works include a real Trader Feedback system, better anti-spam control, quick replies via AJAX, and functioning RSS feeds for most of the site.
To support this change, we'll be adding a Google Adwords banner somewhere on the pages (I'm sure you've seen these elsewhere on the web). They are pretty non intrusive, and will be a great way to help us pay for these upgrades.
There are some other big things in the works that I hope to announce soon. In the meantime if you have any feedback or questions, as always post them in the R/C Tech site forum.
Thanks,
Shane
I don't mind paying for a subscription to a message board if I can opt out of the advertising. It would be my way of supporting the upgrades and maintenance. I personally hate banner ads. I feel they are introusive, butt ugly, and have the potential of getting me in trouble at work (the more important reason). If the banner ads are coming from an outside source (google) there is not much control over what is being shown on the users' computers. Right now I use a browser that has colors and all graphics turned off. The flash still gets through. I use a separate flash killer to get rid of the flash, but it is manually tripped. In the end when I view this site, or others it winds up looking like e-mail. That is how I want it, it would be worth a subscription to me if I could opt out of the ads.