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Dick Jones

Dick Jones

Gold Member
BigLee74 said:
I’ll pay double to keep him banned!
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yamaci17

yamaci17

Member
i disabled ublock, thats all I can do for now. i feel bad for being selfish but i always disable ublock when a site requests it politely. i never remember neogaf reminding me of using ublock. maybe a soft, polite request to disable ublock / ad block for the sustainability of the website can help some other people to do the same
 
Salz01

Salz01

Member
What about Gold members getting animated avatars. Unless that clogs up the server bandwidth… I remember the animated avatars and then it disappeared.
 
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Wohc

Banned
yamaci17 said:
i disabled ublock, thats all I can do for now. i feel bad for being selfish but i always disable ublock when a site requests it politely. i never remember neogaf reminding me of using ublock. maybe a soft, polite request to disable ublock / ad block for the sustainability of the website can help some other people to do the same
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Or simply block the site completely for adblock users. The german site BILD did it and it forced me to switch to a browser without adblock.
 
ZywyPL

ZywyPL

Banned
bitbydeath said:
There’s still a ton of trolling on all sides. I’m suggesting a better fix, even if it means dividing PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC into separate folders for easier restrictions to be put in place it’d be worth it… IMO
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I've seen such solution implemented on a gaming forum ~15 years ago exactly to avoid console warring, a year later they've been asking for financial help and another year later the forum got shut down, it just got too fragmented, too complicated/time consuming to browse through all those platform-specific subforuns, discussions started to drop significantly, so people started to move onto other places leading to the forum's death.
 
Shmunter

Shmunter

Member
EviLore said:
The powers that be refuse to clarify, since that would provide insight into how their algorithm works. It's a dead end, unfortunately. I also called in several favors to no avail. We'll update the site layout again this year and see if that helps (and also because I loathe the Modern theme), but for now it's important that GAF gets some secondary revenue going to regain stability.
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Fix the keyboard on iPads please. Sorry, not related to monetization but a pet peeve.

But on a serious note, I'm not sure why you've never used the brand recognition and the community behind it to branch out. You have a serious head start to to hit the ground running. Sometimes you need to spend to benefit, time & money.

Some other ideas : if you have to - pay/reward members for quality IOTI, & Review summary threads. Then maybe use those as a script /data for regular youtube content hosted by a charismatic presenter with good production values - slap Neogaf all over it. Show everyone GAF is back, re-invented. Hopefully Grow.
 
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Wohc

Banned
ManaByte said:
GAF used to permanently block the site from Adblock users.
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When was that? Visiting the site since a few months and never got that message. Since i registered i'm only using Edge to be fair and the ads here are really modestly.

But i got a new idea copied from another german site:
- Special topics in which only gold members can answer
 
rofif

rofif

Can’t Git Gud
Since advertisers don't want to be here, then let's bring back bryank75 and kretos.
Make the place spicy again since there is no repercussion. allow nsfw nipples in tits thread !!!!!
On a serious note - I never understood why "advertisers" do not want their ads in front of nsfw/porn/brutal content etc. What?! You think that just because I watch pornhub, I dont eat snickers or buy a car? cmon advertiserts. We are your consumers just like everyone else. Drop the bs white knighting act.
Like seriously. The forum is for adults... so what gives.

anyway. thanks for coming clear with that.
Ama just get the gold. why not
 
bender

bender

What time is it?
rofif said:
On a serious note - I never understood why "advertisers" do not want their ads in front of nsfw/porn/brutal content etc. What?! You think that just because I watch pornhub, I dont eat snickers or buy a car? cmon advertiserts. We are your consumers just like everyone else. Drop the bs white knighting act.
Like seriously. The forum is for adults... so what gives.
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ManaByte

Gold Member
Shmunter said:
Then maybe use those as a script /data for regular youtube content hosted by a charismatic presenter with good production values - slap Neogaf all over it. Show everyone GAF is back, re-invented. Hopefully Grow.
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I think a GAF podcast is a good idea. But it shouldn’t be limited to YouTube. All someone on Twitter has to do is accuse someone with a YouTube channel of being “alt-right” or a “Nazi” and YouTube will permanently demonetize the channel.
 
Shmunter

Shmunter

Member
ManaByte said:
I think a GAF podcast is a good idea. But it shouldn’t be limited to YouTube. All someone on Twitter has to do is accuse someone with a YouTube channel of being “alt-right” or a “Nazi” and YouTube will permanently demonetize the channel.
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Create youtube / podcast. Serve two purposes, perfect.

Also no one gives as shit about being called right wing on youtube. Some of the most controversial anti woke sites have Mass followings, everyone is tired of woke garbage - it's not the real world.
 
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ManaByte

Gold Member
Shmunter said:
Create youtube / podcast. Serve two purposes, perfect.

Also no one gives as shit about being called right wing on youtube. Some of the most controversial anti woke sites have Mass followings, everyone is tired of woke garbage - it's not the real world.
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No, I'm speaking from experience with having a channel demonitized. I'm saying it shouldn't be limited to YouTube. There are other options out there that can be monetized and it doesn't take much more effort to upload it to more than one place.
 
Shmunter

Shmunter

Member
ManaByte said:
No, I'm speaking from experience with having a channel demonitized. I'm saying it shouldn't be limited to YouTube. There are other options out there that can be monetized and it doesn't take much more effort to upload it to more than one place.
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Fair enough. Many monetize by also being sponsored and embedding the sponsorship into the vid. Gives it another ad channel on top.
 
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sircaw

sircaw

Banned
Jesus Christ, how technically inadept am i.

Somehow, i still can't see ads on neo gaf after adjusting my Adblock but now every other god damn site i visit is now full of ads.

DAMN you EviLore EviLore , damn you to hell.
 
OmegaSupreme

OmegaSupreme

advanced basic bitch
ManaByte said:
A GAF podcast could go like this:

Latest gaming news.
A review of a new game by the hosts.
GAF culture (explaining memes, going into popular posts).
Plugs for the Patreon and GAF Gold.
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That'd be cool. I'd love to hear the mod team talk about some of the crazy shit they've seen over the years.
 
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