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Re: [nafex] Reducing advertisement exposure



My experience  has been similar in e-mail (I have never looked at messages
on the web site). I get my e-mail messages in text, and the only ad is one
at the bottom, just above the list guidelines. In recent messages it has
been: 

Since it comes after the signature line of the message, I usually  don't
even see it. I admit, however, that Yahoo's questions are a pain.

Betty


At 07:51 AM 4/11/2002 -0800, Greg wrote:
>As someone who has always viewed the messages on the NAFEX list with a 
>standard email program, I thought I'd try reading the messages by using the 
>yahoogroups website.
>
>Wow!  What a difference!  (For the worse!)  With ad-blocking software
turned off 
>(Pop-up Stopper (FREE) by panicware.com) not only are there ads displayed
beside 
>each message, but an ad is diplayed BETWEEN messages!  With ad blocking 
>turned on, I still get the message next to the post.  Even my occasionally
limited 
>attention can't miss these babies, and they are indeed an annoyance.
(Although I 
>do have a head start should I decide to spy on my friends, find old
classmates, or 
>lose some weight.)
>
>I'm starting to think that going to the web site and gettting upset about
ads is kind of 
>like going to McDonalds and getting upset when they ask you if you want
fries with 
>that or want to supersize that.  Perhaps email's simplicity is one of its
strengths in 
>this arena, as reproduced below is the only ad I ever see over standard
email, and 
>it's always at the bottom of the message and therefore very easy to ignore.
>
>[Begin Ad]
>[End Ad]
>
>About a quarter of members on the list and set to "NO EMAIL" which can mean 
>vacation, or just the preference of reading the messages on the website.
For those 
>subjected to ads on the website, I would recommend trying standard email
(and 
>filtering of messages to a special folder if you like want later viewing)
for quick, 
>almost pain-free viewing.
>
>Greg Miller
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