Is This a Joke?

[kzinti1]

Every time I check out this site the following shows up.

"We've detected that you're using an AdBlock or NoScript utility. Please be aware that Overclock3D's ads are relevent to our content, unintrusively designed and help fund our website and staff. We'd appreciate your consideration on whitelisting us to show your support for our work. Best Regards, the Overclock3D Editorial Team."

Is this some joke that I just don't understand? No other Forum I belong to shows anything like this. What country is this Forum based? Maybe I could put your humor in its proper context if I knew exactly where it is that you're coming from.

 

[hmmblah]

It's not a joke and this is not the first site to do it.

 

[thestepster]

yeah no joke i get it even tho i run no ad blockin stuff in chrome

 

[kzinti1]

yeah no joke i get it even tho i run no ad blockin stuff in chrome

Here's the real joke. I don't run ad-blockers either!

 

[Brooksie]

Neither do I, so I found that a bit weird when the message popped up for me.

 

[llwyd]

Are you joking? There are no intrusive adverts, no adsense or IntelliTXT and you have a problem with being asked to ensure adverts are displayed?

 

[SnW]

Here's the real joke. I don't run ad-blockers either!

Do you use FF ?

and yea i was going crazy when i saw it errr No i just went on with what i was doing

Nice way to introduce yourself BTW........

 

[Yewen]

Testing equipment, servers, bandwidth and time are not free and have to be funded somehow.

Advertising is the easiest and most common form of revenue a review website will generate.

I click on adverts (for work purposes as well as personal) from time to time and only ever block the ones that appear in forum text creating links out of keywords.

Its just good manners to support a site whos content you are benefiting from, lets face it as well Oc3D dont have enough adverts compared to other sites if anything.

 

[Runebeard]

Testing equipment, servers, bandwidth and time are not free and have to be funded somehow.

Advertising is the easiest and most common form of revenue a review website will generate.

I click on adverts (for work purposes as well as personal) from time to time and only ever block the ones that appear in forum text creating links out of keywords.

Its just good manners to support a site whos content you are benefiting from, lets face it as well Oc3D dont have enough adverts compared to other sites if anything.

Hear hear

I get this message once every 100 clicks or something as I'm using Firefox, but aren't adblocking. Doesn't bother me one bit. The adverts aren't obtrusive at all and entriely related to the subject of the forum.

 

[alicarve]

it does it for me too but i just refresh the page and it appears without it, i do use adblockers though for my firefox but i have put an exception in for oc3d

 

[alienware]

Advertising won't even scratch the surface of the costs of running a well visited forum.

I'd visit this forum if it was encrusted with ads because it's worth it.

Gawd, at least it doesn't have that word linking advertising thing. You know the one? Where you post and say "Windows" or "Motherboard" and if you accidentally move your mouse over it it goes "HERE CHECK OUT THIS MOTHERBOARD AND BUY IT DAMMIT !!!ONEONE!"

 

[JN]

Just to let you guys know that if you're getting that message when you haven;t blocked our ads, there is a fix that i'm working on that should resolve this

 

[Diablo]

Yay for Jim, I get it occasionally, but I can live with it. And +1 for not having the text underline ads...makes me avoid certain site altogether. Also buy...

 

[Brooksie]

Love OC3D for their adverts, yeah sure they can make more money by putting annoying ads on, but the community comes first

.

 

[JN]

Should be fixed now guys. Lemme know if you run into any issues.

 

[Yewen]

Working on my Mac.

How about plastering every other word as CCL on the boards for a bit of advertising? Any objections?!

 

[riotcity76]

Advertising won't even scratch the surface of the costs of running a well visited forum.

I'd visit this forum if it was encrusted with ads because it's worth it.

Gawd, at least it doesn't have that word linking advertising thing. You know the one? Where you post and say "Windows" or "Motherboard" and if you accidentally move your mouse over it it goes "HERE CHECK OUT THIS MOTHERBOARD AND BUY IT DAMMIT !!!ONEONE!"

Haha yeah I hate those ads! Some of the worst kind imo.

 

[JN]

Haha yeah I hate those ads! Some of the worst kind imo.

Yeah we tried them out a few years ago. They lasted about 12hrs on the site before we deemed them to be fookin annoying and a total waste of space. Never again.

So intellitxt, if you're reading this - STOP ASKING ME!