At the moment, it's unlikely that se7en would entertain your RM400/month as contribution to LYN's expenses. But your philantrophy doesn't have to come to an end that way. You could instead come up with a project for our community or the wider community out there and put the RM400/month into it. And on our end we'll see how we can support and help it grow

TS... I think we don't have the right to choose on it since we are not the person who paid the bills.

The advertisement is just like an income for this forum. We are not request to pay the fees as the membership at this forum. se7en build this community forum without getting a lot of benefits only, if not mistaken sometimes he organize the charity fund to help other.

But i can saw a lot of member of this forum can a lot of benefits at here. We can earn a lot of information, knowledge, profit on sales & money (such as a lot of scammer prepare to con at here by nowadays).

By the way, i'm feel ok with that advertisement.

its anoying but still have to pay bills, unwillingly i just click on the adverts and press "x" to contribute abit.

Why not let google crawl in our forum topics. It a source of income too.

MAXIS AD IS VERY ANNOYING

I FOR 1 AGREE THAT THE FREAKING THING IS ANNOYING LOL
AND THAT I THINK I SPEAK FOR MAJORITY OF US LOL
FREEAKIN MAXIS :s SIGH
IF THEY WANT TO ADVERTISE AT LEAST MAKE IT SMALLER WHERE IT WONT BOTHER US DOING WAT WE DO BEST ... BUT THIS IS JUST INSANE
**hence the caps lock is on **
so let the votin decide lol

For me its 100% annoying..

it's at the bottom of the page right?
why i hardly notice it's existance eh`..

every ad is annoying, but yet, without them, u lost a income..
maybe is a bit ridiculous, but here are the irony:

laws are annoying too, but, without follow them, erhem..

i agree the ad is annoying, but think of the bill.. i think is doesn't matter much

TS,

Go book a hall and make your own forum there for a day. No more pop-ups, no more ad.

Everyone happy.

(Psst : This is internet.... )

thank you very much for the info

i really don't know bro..not an IT guy that's why I'm asking but will go research about it

I really thank you very very much for your reply as it seems you have the least "tone" amongst the rest in the reply..
constructive criticism is very very much welcomed especially from people like you wKkaY...

seriously, I was taught when I was younger if you have nothing good to say, just keep quiet...i think everyone is even happier now...

but anyhoo, ur right this is the internet and alot of people like se7en and the rest of the mods and admins of LYN are helping us out for FREE and at least I'm giving suggestion of how we can help and I would like to find out more...

so at least respect me, the TS, for my support and stop being a freeloader...

no offense to you but I welcome constructive criticism and replies like yours just pisses me off...

and btw, I am in the event management line so ya been there done that..forum, product launch, annual dinner, conventions etc...

This post has been edited by jceh83: Nov 10 2007, 10:36 PM

Ya'll make it sound like adverts are the end of the world, just click the little X and go on with your browsing >.> It's not that big a deal.

Have to say, though you're a mod, and yes its not a biggggggggggggggggggg deal..i'll pay 3 cents for your 2..

at least don make the ads pops out everytime i click a new topic...make my firefox hangs while
Anyway the ads is gone now...mayb maxis notices this thread

This post has been edited by cyc85: Nov 11 2007, 06:52 PM

just use firefox+adblock plus lar. say bye bye to ads.

Yaya... I oso block it adi...

The ad doesn't bother me, my LYN bookmark takes me straight to the forum. I only check the front page once in a while.

the maxis ad, IMHO i would say it will only backfire them coz it just makes ppl hate them more. i for one, hate maxis for that. the ad makes me think maxis like "macam bagusss je"
so to MAXIS, take note!
to its staff/marketing team, go take marketing/management/watever classes there available and study kawkaw. learn about the consumer's feeling.
nuff said

i will say,although i have firefox with block ad open,but the botton ad still make my reading felling not so good.

i think here no one objected lyn to have ad,but the ad can be writen in better way.

well null vote for me, u are like a typical malaysian people who loves to complain yet to contribute in this community, cheers

we understand your complaints, but end of the day its the ads that keep this site free. unlike almost all other high traffic sites in this country, we do not have 'other means' of sustainable income. This isn't the USA where venture capital funding is easily available either.

we can't stop you from blocking the ads or complaining about it, but if the advertisers pull out, and we're forced to shut down due to lack of funding, its the community that stands to be on the loosing end, not the advertisers.

Just for comparison sake, RM400 would cover probably about 6~7 hours of our costs. We're trying to run a sustainable community, one that will grow and expand, one that will be a focal point of the local tech community for years to come. For that, we need sustainable income, donations while very noble would not help us grow and achieve our goals.