Originally posted by ronald adamsHave you followed any of the advice given to you, such as that given by Kewpie in her last post in this thread? It was very good advice!
I have given up.I will just have to do without game historyðŸ˜
You have not provided any feedback here in your thread about what actions you have tried in order to solve the problem. You have stated what your problem is and did state that you are using Firefox. It's not much help if you don't tell us what you have done so far.
Exactly which Firefox add-ons are you using? Have you tried disabling them?
Have you tried a different browser? What results did you get?
If you want help you have to provide a little feedback.
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Originally posted by mwmillerSadly, and perhaps others have noticed also, it appears to be quite rare for the OP to respond with feedback...feedback that is pretty essential really. You can actually predict those that will respond as they normally take the trouble to thank the forum, both in advance and personally, for any such help offered.
Have you followed any of the advice given to you, such as that given by Kewpie in her last post in this thread? It was very good advice!
''If you want help you have to provide a little feedback.''
I'd suggest that any original poster here should be 'reminded' ( within the context of the message box itself ) of just how essential such feedback is.
A couple of lines would suffice, something along the lines of; 'please acknowledge any replies, did the advice help etc... any feedback ensures future issues can be dealt with far quicker, and may well aid with any future issues you encounter' etc etc...
Personally I've found myself IGNORING some requests here, basically as that particular OP has given initial impression of being a touch too demanding...almost if he \ she assumes that any responses are from paid members of the site...that's maybe another reason to have 'some' text included within the message box of the original poster...just reminding them that 99.9% of responses are from people giving of their advice \ time freely...
Originally posted by RevRSleekerVery true. Most of us are really trying to offer a little help and it is important that a dialogue exists in both directions in order to solve a problem.
Sadly, and perhaps others have noticed also, it appears to be quite rare for the OP to respond with feedback...feedback that is pretty essential really.
Sometimes it only takes a simple answer to a question but those who try and help appreciate a short reply of thanks to let us know if we provided any real help.
Originally posted by ronald adamsHave you tried a different browser besides firefox? Maybe that would be helpful.
I have tried disabling all the add ons but no change.
I know I was having trouble streaming netflix movies with firefox, so I installed chrome and ran netflix from that and it worked fine. I still use firefox for everything else most of the time.
If you have more than one browser installed, I think you at some point need to select which is the default or preferred browser.
I use Firefox, but I am aware that it allows a lot of customisation which gives me more opportunity to run into conflicts between the various customised bits and programs/apps which didn't know those bits existed. My machine also has Internet Explorer (because it comes free with Windows) and Google Chrome (because I installed it). Whenever something doesn't work properly in Firefox I try the other two. Chrome can be difficult sometimes but almost everything works in plain-vanilla Internet Explorer. When you open any browser it asks whether you want it to be the default browser, I normally say no because I know I'll be back in Firefox in a minute.
In your situation I'd be doing my testing first in Internet Explorer. If it works there, you know the problem is within the Firefox program or its add-ons.
Originally posted by ketchuploverI've also often wondered myself, I can only guess that the 'free' accounts here get inundated with ads...perhaps I'm wrong, but someone I know here admitted that his strategy of 'elongating my subscription is becoming difficult due to all the adverts'. He's running 100's of games, and as a lapsed subscriber he hoped to run down these games and then re subscribe when they were at a level he 'wished to increase'...naughty perhaps, and I'm guessing it's been done before, it just doesn't sound like it's worth all the interruption... BUT do the site owners benefit more from this ad revenue than him just continuing with his annual £20 subscription ??
What % of revenues is from ads? tia
I'd have thought it difficult to attract advertisers given the myriad operating devices from likewise fragmented audiences, but I guess adverts are sold en masse and are tailored to suit by cookies.
I didn't initially subscribe for a few months here, and I can't remember the adverts at all as it's a number of years ago...I'm just curious to know whether the chap I mention above has the same frequency of ads as the free accounts, or indeed the 'original pawnstars' such as yourself. I guess it's all guesswork lol...
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Originally posted by RevRSleekerI would suspect that anyone who sees the ads would all get the same thing. I don't know how many different ones there are. I can't imagine how it would make sense to try and make that different for a non-sub than what an original pawnstar sees.
...I'm just curious to know whether the chap I mention above has the same frequency of ads as the free accounts, or indeed the 'original pawnstars' such as yourself. I guess it's all guesswork lol...
For example I see an ad going all the way across at the upper part of each page and each time I move to another page it usually changes to another one, but there is always one there and they are all formatted to fit the same physical area on the page.
Does the site get money from the ads for just being there on the page, or do they only get paid if a viewer actually clicks on the ad to see further information?
Perhaps one of the non-subs who reads this could tell us what they see if it is different than what I described.
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Originally posted by mwmillerWhen I was a non sub, The ads never bothered me.
I would suspect that anyone who sees the ads would all get the same thing. I don't know how many different ones there are. I can't imagine how it would make sense to try and make that different for a non-sub than what an original pawnstar sees.
For example I see an ad going all the way across at the upper part of each page and each time I move to anothe ...[text shortened]... non-subs who reads this could tell us what they see if it is different than what I described.
They just flashed away in the background and I was vaguely
aware that there was something else there besides what I
was primarily interested in.
But I think the way it works is that the advertiser pays the website
to have its ads flashing on the page and that is it.
It makes no difference if the user clicks on the ad.
Same as when an ad appears on TV or radio. The advertising company
pays for the slot and the more important the slot the more they pay.
For example if a show holds a prime time slot on TV or radio
then a slot for that ad will cost the advertiser more because
allegedly they will reach a larger target audience ( market ).
Originally posted by mwmillerThat's quite what I thought initially, but curiously the chap I mentioned said something about the ads appearing across the actual board every few games...'there is a constant ad at the top or side but now and then is across the board and you cannot play they take about 30sec, I'll open another tab whilst this **** happens and maybe I read the news 😀'
I would suspect that anyone who sees the ads would all get the same thing. I don't know how many different ones there are. I can't imagine how it would make sense to try and make that different for a non-sub than what an original pawnstar sees.
For example I see an ad going all the way across at the upper part of each page and each time I move to anothe ...[text shortened]... non-subs who reads this could tell us what they see if it is different than what I described.
I wish I could remember my own experience, but I do recall ads similar to those that you witness. Perhaps the frequency of ads being played has some bearing upon revenue. I say that as there may well be 'umpteen' hundred thousand members here but only perhaps a tenth of that actually revisit the site beyond an handful of initial games.