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Sweden4672 Posts
On November 04 2011 17:05 zeOllie wrote: They charge $1.69 for music that costs 0c to reproduce. I have no regrets pirating music. I do buy the music i enjoy, though. Uhm, it cost money to make music. I can bet you that the music industry loses more on piracy than TL does on Adblock. That was my point, not that the music companies are bastards. | ||
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Joseki
United States200 Posts
On November 04 2011 16:44 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: It's depressing to read the shit people come up with to justify blocking ads. Its not a justification, or a random idea. Ads pollute society, I walk outside and my eyes are constantly polluted by ads, i go on the internet, constant visual pollution of ads. I really can't blame people for not wanting the constant visual assault of shitty ads. I don't ad block, but I really have no problem with people who do. Ads are the product of this shitty society and I can't blame people for not wanting to see it. | ||
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Gary Oak
Canada2381 Posts
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Fyodor
Canada971 Posts
On November 04 2011 15:47 Manifesto7 wrote: If that was the case, then we wouldn't have ads at all. Since they wouldn't matter. But it is alright man. The 15 minutes it would take you, a popular website designer, to figure out how to allow an exception is far too great a cost compared to what you get from this website. In fact I think that you could philosophically extend this to all facets life. Help an old lady across the street? 3 minutes of time. But she probably would have made it any way, so it isn't worth it. "If that was the case, then we wouldn't have ads at all. Since they wouldn't matter." Would matter for Nazgul(?)'s bottom line. For most people involved, the TL ads don't mean anything. There's a hundred message board owners who love to get more traffic. (NOT dissing TL's ability run a forum, it's a top notch organization. I post here for a reason.) There is so little moral substance in activating or deactivating the adblock. I can only imagine the most timid and wildly considerate or fanatic individual would actually add an exception to a specific website on moral grounds. (Now that it's a hot topic it's more likely to happen) "In fact I think that you could philosophically extend this to all facets life." Fair, as a thought exercise. I am not explaining my personal moral process here. "Help an old lady across the street? 3 minutes of time. But she probably would have made it any way, so it isn't worth it." I'm just going to say your valuation here is a little strange but if this is your assault on Utilitarianism... well I'm unimpressed. | ||
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Macpo
453 Posts
On November 04 2011 17:13 TheAntZ wrote: You really need to read the 10 commandments to put the mods behavior in perspective. Their house, they are not gonna kick themselves out for being rude. You come to their house and be rude, then you arent welcome. Something like that. Are you suggesting that it is ok for mods to be rude to standard posters? Interesting perspective... I don't know, when I invite people home, I don't do that personnally. Remember that admins wouldn't be much without people coming to their website. But I don't want to make this a big problem! I just found Nazgul behavior inadequate here (as most people would), especially the fact that he allows this because of his status and is defended by other mods. But I assume he probably didn't mean to be absolutely rude and nasty, he just overreacted to something he didn't like (as it happens to everybody) and I can understand that. Just a bit more education wouldn't hurt though. | ||
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
On November 04 2011 16:44 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: It's depressing to read the shit people come up with to justify blocking ads. Has anyone ever been to some sites like mangafox.com... that site is full of viruses and such if one went there without adblock/no script | ||
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IMSmooth
United States679 Posts
On November 04 2011 17:24 nalgene wrote: Has anyone ever been to some sites like mangafox.com... that site is full of viruses and such if one went there without adblock/no script well that is a website that lets you read mangas for free without paying for the authors hard work... naturally it is going to be a sketchy site... it is not really a valid argument to mention that. It is like me saying i need to adblock a torrent site | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27174 Posts
On November 04 2011 17:22 Macpo wrote: Are you suggesting that it is ok for mods to be rude to standard posters? Interesting perspective... I don't know, when I invite people home, I don't do that personnally. The people that come to my house don't hang towels over the paintings they deem "not a celebration of the intelligence of man". | ||
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Fyodor
Canada971 Posts
On November 04 2011 16:44 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: It's depressing to read the shit people come up with to justify blocking ads. Wow dude. You can't just appeal to people's motives when discussing philosophy. If their reasoning is bad then start from there, no need to flame him as morally bankrupt person. (There's also an argument from depression in there but I've seen worse things happen on here) | ||
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
On November 04 2011 16:25 Macpo wrote: I do block ads on teamliquid. It's a matter of principle, against advertisment in general. Why? 2 reasons. 1. it is a a very unproductive activity for society, in which yet a lot of money, time, and energy is thrown (away). How many people work to make ads? and for what purpose? Wouldn't all this be better used somewhere else? 2. the content of ads is generally not a celebration of the intelligence of man. Quite the contrary. I am definitely willing subscribe to teamliquid, like paying a monthly fee; sure they deserve it. I do that for other websites, like news sites. I suggest that TL organizes this (if you are a subscriber, we suppress ads for you). But no ads sorry  LOL | ||
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IMSmooth
United States679 Posts
It takes a lot for the response of a quality poster star user to just respond "LOL" For this, i applaud you Macpo. Not an easy feat | ||
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Macpo
453 Posts
On November 04 2011 17:30 Manifesto7 wrote: The people that come to my house don't hang towels over the paintings they deem "not a celebration of the intelligence of man". Oh I wish ads were paintings So when I pay my first subscription fee to TL (once you will have set up a subscription service), can you put some Michelangelo or Fra Angelico in the banner for me? That would be lovely. | ||
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Nemireck
Canada1875 Posts
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Ajunta
Germany522 Posts
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esla_sol
United States756 Posts
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
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zebezt
185 Posts
If the ads were served from TL's servers it wouldn't be a problem. | ||
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PeZuY
935 Posts
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LAN-f34r
New Zealand2099 Posts
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Derity
Germany2952 Posts
i don't want to see "finest asian girls", muslima or blacks. or anything else when i click on a thread where koreans are mentioned. i'm missing tech ads or stuff that i would consider to buy. | ||
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