AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET's topics - tribe.net

yuck

2005-08-25T03:15:58Z

ads in the middle of the screen now.

pretty soon i have a feeling they will insert ads in teh middle of threads.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 4 replies

HOW ABOUT JUST AGAINST ADS?

2005-08-23T21:41:52Z

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posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 0 replies

New ads cater to real tribe members!

2005-07-18T11:55:14Z

My ad this morning was for fur suits and boot fetish gear.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 12 replies

TRIBE HIM

2005-07-14T16:06:07Z

who the fuck are these people? i never heard of any of them! and i've lived in the bay area for over ten years! and i get around! on whose radar do these people show up?

well i guess maybe if you're in the navel gazing pretentious "scene" called burning man ...

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 2 replies

Why Tribe.net will Never Become a Pay Site

2005-01-19T20:38:49Z

Why Tribe.net will Never Become a Pay Site

by Fuckerpants Bogans

tribe will never become a pay site. why?

it has a 'first-mover' advantage that it doesn't want to lose. do you know how many tribe-like sites there are out there? you probably don't. you know why? because you're fairly satisfied with the two or three 'friendster-like' sites you already inhabit. you see, the Internet is one big amazon jungle. it's fierce and the competition is always looking to swallow the competitor.

right now there are at least two sites just like Tribe but that are better (better more innovative features) that are just drooling over the possibility that this site (or friendster or myspace or...) will become pay site.

because people that inhabit these sites are like rivers. they follow the path of least resistance. why pay for tribe when you can have it all for free somewhere else? and maybe even better. would you stay if all your friends left because it became a pay site?

probably not.

in order for Tribe to make this a pay site, it would have to offer a lot more than what it is now. what fuckerpants envisions is that it will eventually make some portions of it's features (as yet unveiled) pay-features but will not force anybody to pay for the current site as it is.

i'm thinkin maybe a personals section or a job search section or something like that. making the current site an entirely pay-only site, is ludacris and will kill it. the powers that be know this. or they should know it.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 8 replies

Anyone get sucked in by an ad?

2005-01-10T23:56:24Z

There's an ad where you "shoot" a bee and then get transported to a website by ProductTestPanel.com. They offer a free iMac G5 desktop in exchange for "product testing".

Is this a rip off? Has anyone filled out all the personal info to see if it's for real or not? What's the catch?

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 5 replies

Unicorn Power?!

2005-01-06T15:35:40Z

I'm looking at these ads and I'm not recognizing anything that's being marketed to me except the perpetually annoying Classmates, the Mortgage Cobra, and that free iPod scam. What is the rest of this shit? I like it because it's not Wal-Mart! Also, why do the graphics for some of these banners look so crappy? Ineptitude on the part of the Tribe fucker who created it? Or Tribe itself? What it is?

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 0 replies

sounds like its goodbye to the annoying adds..

2004-12-29T04:47:16Z

I just got a msg from mark, and it seems like the flashing ads are gone for good. Im very happy to say this has made my afternoon. I believe there are still animated ads to stay, but it seems like they will be checking the eyesoreness level of the ads before allowing them on tribe.net Also, ive noticed now that the ads which do animate and move seem to only cycle once and dont repeat the movement.

so go tribe!

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 13 replies

No more missing the point.

2004-12-28T05:18:37Z

Ok, so we're missing the point, this is repeated ad naseum on this tribe, so let's clear this up then, shall we?

Simple yes or no, I'm not interested in some philosophical debate here, just a "yes I am against them all", "no, I only want the blinking/annoying ones gone", or "I have no problem with them", and variations upon that theme. Deal?

What is your desire regarding the ads on tribe.net? Get rid of them all? Get rid of the annoying ones? Keep them? What?

Me: I have no issue with them.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 22 replies

Uh....WTF?

2004-12-27T17:39:00Z

Anyone else notice the ads are gone? Hmmm......so what of this tribe then?

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 8 replies

newest member to AAAoT

2004-12-27T17:07:18Z

welcome to our newest member, and operator/creator of tribe.net, Mark.

Props to tribe.net for joining the discussion.. I hopethere are a few ideas / comments in these threads that you find interesting, and I'd really like to hear what its been like adding the ads from your perspective as im sure you've gotten feedback emails from people with a whole spectrum of feelings on the issue..

I'd also like to add that Ive noticed more tastefull skyscrpaer adds in the last few days on tribe.net as compared to the first days of the ads.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 0 replies

AAAT dot N banner

2004-12-26T06:55:44Z

Golly Scott, you should take advatage of Tribe's offer to post free banners for tribes and post one for this tribe. It would be like the best fashion statement....ever.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 6 replies

My banner

2004-12-24T00:28:35Z

Well like it or lump it, I got my banner on Tribe! Keep hitting Refresh until you get to the "HomePage Designer" banner.

..if you can't beat 'em, join 'em...

JM
www.homepagepal.com

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 1 reply

Tribe is launching ads and here's why...

2004-12-23T18:49:42Z

Is this the message everyone got?

Carl

*********************************

Tribe is launching ads and here's why...

Message hey fellow tribers,

Basically, we are looking for low impact ways to pay our light bills while still offering an innovative service to the community. We tried Google ads last summer and they worked ok but often had odd results. So, we are adding banners called “skyscrapers ”that will run on the right-side of certain pages. We think that the skyscraper positioning is a fairly low impact addition. This is experimental and a test so don ’t be surprised if you see changes regarding ads in the coming weeks. (Of course, if people would rather pay subscription fees, we could always keep the place ad free!)

We hope you will understand and respect our reasoning, support us (click an interesting ad now and then), and give us your feedback and ideas as always. Comments and discussion in tribeideas.tribe.net would be an excellent place to start.

And, as an added bonus we ’re offering the opportunity to get your own banner on Tribe free of charge (through end of January). We ’ll use some of our inventory specifically for our members ’banners; a great way to promote your favorite tribe, listing, profile, etc. To participate email Darian Patchin our director of marketing with your 120x600 banner (gif/jpeg, 15k), with your destination URL.

Thanks again for understanding our needs and supporting us as we grow.

Regards,

Mark Pincus
Founder and President
Tribe

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 1 reply

Shut your stupid ass mouth

2004-12-23T02:01:59Z

You try providing this network for free. I hope they give you bitchers subscription fees. Lets cry about it

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 40 replies

im getting some negative feedback from ppl..

2004-12-23T00:22:42Z

its pretty funny actually..

some ppl are upset because they feel im using spam tactics to fight spam.. gee i wonder where i got that idea? maybe it was those spyware compaines that use spyware to sell you spyware software to get rid of spyware..

a few of these companies have actually been caught coding anti spyware software that when you run it uninstalls their competitors anti spyware software!!!

OK anyway, my point is plz plz invite ppl on other tribes you frequent, and send msgs to your friend you think might want in on these discussions..

If we can get a couple hundred ppl joined over the course of the next week, it should be able to send a strong message to tribe

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 16 replies

What is the issue, people??

2004-12-22T22:29:33Z

Tribe is free, some of us are on here an ungodly amount of time, and would likely pay to keep coming, so why bitch over ads?

Seriously, is this worth ranting about? Tell me how I am wrong.

BTW, you're all hippies.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 75 replies

Please people

2004-12-22T21:07:11Z

can't we think of something more useful to put our energy towards than bitching about ads on tribe? If they are really a problem for you just Restore Down your window and it will crop off the ads. I don't even notice them.
If tribe got rid of the ads and became a pay site it would be really boring because most of the people here would probably leave. I know I would and most of my friends would too.
I'd much rather see ads than pay to use this site. It's really not that big of a deal.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 7 replies

Response from Tribe

2004-12-22T18:28:13Z

"I can say that we (Tribe) are aware of all the issues people had with the iPod bouncing ad. It gave me a headache, too.

We are aware of your feelings. We're looking at what we can do about this. "

http://bangalore.tribe.net/thread/f5042bd0-98bc-4852-ab7e-9eefa4d2a9a0?tribeid=6abb28b1-064a-4574-99de-18d5fb0539c8&r=10503

I'm pretty satisfied with this response. Plus the IPOD ad is gone today.

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 3 replies

salon.com

2004-12-21T22:26:49Z

Id like to point to salon.com

they have one of the best advertising business models ive seen to date..

when you first log on you can earn a free day pass by watching a 20-45 sec add. This is one ad only, it may have animation, and sometimes even video or sound (there is always an option to watch a plain html version of the ad, and a button to turn sound off). Once you watch the one single add, you are given a cookie i believe which gives you 24hr access to all the content on salon.com. this leaves the rest of their site without animations, neon text, and other intrusive advertising. They have aditional advertising but its all small and not animated.

if tribe made me watch one 60 second commercial every two to three days for say 72 hours of access, id be more than willing to watch that one add..

but seeing animated icons and neon flashing text on every page of content that tribe has is just an eye sore..

THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY FOR TRIBE TO EARN MONEY THRU ADVERTISING WITHOUT THESE ADDS ON EVERY PAGE!!!

what are your thoughts about earning an access pass to tribe by watching one single add once in a while, thereby leaving content pages to content?

[also of note on salon.com, is that people who dont want to ever see an add have the option to donate an amount of money per year for full access with no ads anywhere. giving users the option to choose between advertising and paying a subscription, and allowing both types of users access to the same content is the right model... ]

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 3 replies

these ads are annoying!~!!

2004-12-21T21:00:43Z

i mean lets face it..

the reason these p2p social networkind sites work is that everyone was frustrated with email because of the amount of spam going around...

ive got nothing wrong with tribe advertising to support their "costs".
however seeling ads to spammers and ads with animations, blinking bold font, and in general ads that are just SPAM is annoying!

many many sites struggle with right balance of incoming revenue and the level of intruisiveness their ads have..
gmail, boingboing, and enorgis.com are three great examples of sites that strive to have tastefull ads...

what do you think?

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 8 replies

Free iPods?

2004-12-21T19:48:58Z

What is it about this free iPod stuff?
I don't want to click on it - are they just harvesting for spam?

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 5 replies

ok ...

2004-12-21T18:33:38Z

they are giving away free skyscraper ads to ppl who want to advertise tribe forums..

my question..

do you think theyd approve a blinking animated ad that is advertising this tribe? its tempting to try..

scott

posted in AGAINST ANIMATED ADS ON TRIBE.NET - 1 reply

pleaSE help me invite more ppl to this tribe

2004-12-21T18:10:14Z

please post msg in your fav biusy tribes to bring more ppl this way.. i know it kinda sux to use spam techniques to fight spam, but if we can get alot of members in a short time period, itl show tribe that these ads need to go away and be replaced by tastefull advertising.

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