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Post by Admin on Dec 1, 2017 15:05:46 GMT -5
Hi, everyone.
You may have noticed for the last few days of November, ads were being inserted in the site.
ProBoards Forums (our host site) is funded by ads, however members can buy units of 50,000 ad-free "page views". FYI: I've configured the forum so that anonymous users (not-signed-in) will always see ads, and NOT use our "ad-free views".
Anyway, I'm seeking for ONE more member to become a "Forum Benefactor" by agreeing to contribute $6/month each month.
If you are motivated to help out -- even for an unspecified time of say just 6 months -- that would be appreciated by me and be a benefit to all members. See the instructions in the OP on this thread... or click the link at the bottom of the page titled "Click here to remove banner ads from this forum".
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Post by h on Dec 1, 2017 15:25:33 GMT -5
Can a member voluntarily choose to view ads and not use up the page views?
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Post by Admin on Dec 1, 2017 16:33:34 GMT -5
Can a member voluntarily choose to view ads and not use up the page views? The only way I can think of is to log out. I suppose you could then login when you wanted to post, or read our two boards restricted to members only.
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Post by h on Dec 5, 2017 8:13:16 GMT -5
I signed up for a $6.00 a month subscription. Let me know Admin if it went through ok.
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Post by Admin on Dec 5, 2017 8:56:33 GMT -5
Thank you to our two new "Forum Benefactors": New Forum Benefactors (recurring monthly contribution): h brian  And a hearty thank you to ALL MEMBERS for making this a safe and productive forum: the quality of posts and support given here is OUTSTANDING.
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sleepless
New Member
Posts: 6
Age Range: 46-50
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Post by sleepless on Feb 11, 2018 2:32:38 GMT -5
I'd be happy to pay the $8 add-free fee in Crypto-Currency. You guys thought about adding this as a payment option?
If a mod could PM me, I'll be happy to donate "off-line".
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Post by Admin on Feb 12, 2018 11:38:16 GMT -5
sleepless: thank you for the offer. At the moment, the parent host site ("FreeForums" or "ProBoards") doesn't itself support that. Should I ever get to setting up a cryptocurrency wallet outside of the FreeForums framework, I'll PM you to see if you are still interested. Thanks!
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Post by Admin on Feb 16, 2018 13:18:29 GMT -5
Thank you to our newest "Forum Benefactor": shamwow . Our Roster of Forum Benefactors (recurring monthly contribution): brian Dan h itsjustus shamwow  With those contributors we are highly likely to keep our site ad-free for members, even if there is a temporary spike in page views in a given month. FYI: non-members (anonymous, not signed-in users) do not use up our ad-free page views; the do see small banner ads. I'll reach out to the membership if ever any of them step down, and/or if our membership expands and our monthly page views creep up above the level of ad-free page views their support provides.
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