Hi Zack I have a questions. I donated in the past, so I saw some donation request emails also came in. Are there likely to be more emails between now and the end?
I understand the point about efficiency and maximizing the revenue, but a heads-up before the team tries something new might also be helpful. Regards Theo On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Zack Exley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone - > > It's a trade off between doing things that might annoy some people in the > banners vs. reducing the number of days we need to run banners at all. It's > hard to find the right balance. > > We're always trying to find the least annoying banners that make the most > money so that we can run them the shortest possible time. > > We reduced the fundraiser from 50 days to 46 this year. Next year we hope > to shave more days off again. > > The alternating message banners work really well on the last couple days > because there are two different very effective messages in those days. But > we're always looking for a better way, so maybe next year we won't have to > do alternating messages at all. > > Zack > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Theo10011 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 2011/12/31 geni <[email protected]>: > > > > We appear to have actual blinking ads. Unfortunate. Still I suppose > > > > the occasion should be marked. > > > > > > They are not blinking in a manner that is even remotely obnoxious. And > > > they are also used for displaying bilingual messages, which is very > > > useful for areas in which you can't be sure whether people prefer > > > English or the local language, like India. > > > > > > Actually, no. They are obnoxious in any language and area. Also, the most > > widely viewed banners are in English in India. > > > > We see the same blinks with the same pair of eyes as the rest of the > world. > > Content of the blink-ads, doesn't change what they are. > > > > Regards > > Theo > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > -- > Zack Exley > Chief Community Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
