> Sheesh, guys. > > 1. Quite a few of us post on photo.net, so if you adopt a "no photo.net" > policy you'll miss a lot of pix. > > 2. You'll see the pop-up ad once per day.? After that, no ad. > > 3. You can spend 1 minute getting a free membership, and then you won't see > pop-up ads (or any others) at all. > > 4. For all its warts, photo.net presents pix well, and is easy to navigate > (unlike, say, Flickr). > > Someday I'll move my on-line gallery elsewhere, but there are other things to > do. > > Rick > >
I'm with Rick on this. I've used photo.net for years and have been a paying member for years. Is it perfect? No. Neither is Flicker, Smugmug, or Picasa, all of which I dislike more than photo.net. What's strange is that as a paying member I still see the occasional popup ad. It may be that I'm not logged in at the time. > From: Tim Bray <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:44 PM > Subject: Re: OT -- Really annoying Photo.net behavior > > I also practice such a policy, mostly.? And for PESOs here, I?m way > less likely to click on them if the URL includes photo.net. > -T > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> No, I'm endorsing a stop-shoving-ads-in-my-face-or-I'll-stop-visiting-your >> site policy. >> >> B >> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> Bob Sullivan >>> >>> So Bob W, you are actively endorsing a no win policy? ?Regards, ?Bob S. >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Well, they are offering a "free" service. >>> > [...] >>> >> Nothing is free. ?You have to pay for it somehow. >>> > >>> > they're not offering me a service at all. The people who use it are >>> > getting the so-called service, but if nobody looks at their pictures >>> > because the so-called service provider is pissing people off then >>> nobody wins. >>> > >>> > B >>> > >>> >> -----Original Message----- >>> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> >> Of George Sinos >>> >> Sent: 25 March 2012 18:42 >>> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> >> Subject: Re: OT -- Really annoying Photo.net behavior >>> >> >>> >> Well, they are offering a "free" service. ?And they do have to pay >>> >> the bills. They aren't doing anything many other sites are doing. I >>> >> agree that the interstitial ads are more annoying, but they are >>> >> easily dismissed with a single click. >>> >> >>> >> The most annoying ads, for me, are the flash animated ads you see on >>> >> many sites. ?That's a sure way to drive me away. >>> >> >>> >> I did sign up several years ago, but other than looking at the links >>> >> people post here, I haven't been there for years, not because of >>> ads, >>> >> it just didn't fit my needs. >>> >> >>> >> One of the reasons I use Smugmug is the lack of ads, and their >>> policy >>> >> of not constantly bugging your customers with follow up emails. >>> ?But, >>> >> they have to pay the bills, too. ?And for that, you pay between $50 >>> >> and >>> >> $150 per year. >>> >> >>> >> Nothing is free. ?You have to pay for it somehow. >>> >> >>> >> gs >>> >> >>> >> George Sinos >>> >> -------------------- >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> www.georgesphotos.net >>> >> plus.georgesinos.com >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> >> >> Behalf Of George Sinos >>> >> >> >>> >> >> This sounds right. ?Every time I go to photo.net I get an >>> >> >> advertisement that is a full screen overlay. ?There is an "x" in >>> >> >> the upper right hand corner to dismiss it. ?They started doing >>> >> >> this >>> >> several weeks ago. >>> >> >> Sounds like the problem is a side effect of this. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Like all advertisements, it's annoying, but they have to support >>> >> >> themselves somehow. >>> >> > >>> >> > they've been doing similarly annoying things with their ads for >>> >> years. >>> >> > Whether or when you see them seems to be random, but it seems to >>> go >>> >> in runs. >>> >> > When you get them they are extremely intrusive, and they can't be >>> >> > excused by 'they have to support themselves somehow' because >>> >> > driving people away from the site can't possibly be a good >>> business model. >>> >> > >>> >> > Since they started doing this I never knowingly follow a photo.net >>> >> > link, just as I don't give time of day to chuggers, doorstep >>> >> salesmen, >>> >> > Jehovah's Witnesses, spammers or cold-callers. A plague on all >>> >> > their >>> >> houses! >>> >> > >>> >> > B And all exercising lawful rights and freedom of expression (except possibly spammers). Sorry Bob, the world doesn't run by your rules alone. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
