[Wikia-l] Slippery slope?

[DanTMan]

^_^ I find the ad systems which turn random words into the page, into 
highlighted text, that pops up an obtrusive ad whenever you hover over 
them even more intrusive and annoying.

Leader boards ftw!

~Daniel Friesen(Dantman) of:
-The Nadir-Point Group (http://nadir-point.com)
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Victor wrote:
> I personally feel pop-up ads are they _most_ intrusive advert possible.
>
> I would hate for wikia to ever consider pop-ups, regardless of how much they
> made...
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Mark (Markie) <newsmarkie at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> thanks :-D
>>
>> mark
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Danny Horn <toughpigs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> It was an honest "we don't know what will happen".
>>>
>>> We've been starting to reference the terms of use page on the Wikia's New
>>> Style forum page. I was worried that pointing people to a specific promise
>>> "never" to do something would lead to disappointment if something ever
>>> changes.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Danny
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Mark (Markie) <newsmarkie at googlemail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> So this edit was pointed out today in IRC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.wikia.com/index.php?title=Terms_of_use&curid=968&diff=154683&oldid=147678
>>>>
>>>> So its come to that has it now?  Does that mean we will be getting popups
>>>> as of Tuesday? or with the next change of skins and advertising?
>>>>
>>>> This really seems to be a drastic measure, so has Wikia really not got
>>>> that much revenue?? Are the servers suddenly going to stop?
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand this could just be an honest, "We dont know what will
>>>> happen in XXX years" and so we remove it.
>>>>
>>>> But whatever it is, it worries me.  Could anyone from Wikia enlighten us?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> (User:Markie)
>>>>
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