Advertising to premium members?

[blekenbleu]

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[Neilski]

I know it looks somewhat like advertising but that's actually a site notice (which is shown to everyone) to alert you to a product discount.

NB: it'll only show until you hit the little "x" in the top right corner. (Would you really not want to know about a product discount like this? There may be a way for us to create an opt-out setting in the future.)

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

I know it looks somewhat like advertising but that's actually a site notice (which is shown to everyone) to alert you to a product discount.

NB: it'll only show until you hit the little "x" in the top right corner. (Would you really not want to know about a product discount like this? There may be a way for us to create an opt-out setting in the future.)

My small feedback on this is reg. the second infobox that didn't even have discount, but just about Fanatec and "click here". That felt more like an ad.

And reg the ( ) question. No, not really. If it is a premium member discount, and it's clear that it is the case - fine. But a general discount for everyone. Then for me, it feels like a straight ad.

 

[blekenbleu]

hit the little "x"

Thanks, my eyes are conditioned to skip over graphical clutter,
but were distracted by rotating notices,
and had not looked closely enough to note little "x"s; all good now.

 

[Enzo Fazzi]

I know it looks somewhat like advertising but that's actually a site notice (which is shown to everyone) to alert you to a product discount.

NB: it'll only show until you hit the little "x" in the top right corner. (Would you really not want to know about a product discount like this? There may be a way for us to create an opt-out setting in the future.)

And RaceDepartment is providing this notification completely without any incentive from these companies?
You can call it whatever you want, but it is advertisement.

The "x" does get rid of it for some time, but it does reappear every so often. I guess whenever the notification gets updated. An opt-out setting would be appreciated.

 

[Neilski]

And RaceDepartment is providing this notification completely without any incentive from these companies?
You can call it whatever you want, but it is advertisement.

I personally have no clue about any incentives, but the affiliate link certainly makes that a distinct possibility.

An opt-out setting would be appreciated.

Will look into how much mucking around that would require

PS: it's not that it reappears from time to time, but rather that a new notice is created from time to time.

 

[RCHeliguy]

Agreed, that is an advertisement for something I have zero interest in.

Also why are the post formatting options greyed out for conversations and for this post?

It feels like we are having features pulled away.

I wanted some basic formatting in a conversation and have no means of doing that.

 

[Neilski]

Also why are the post formatting options greyed out for conversations and for this post?

This usually means that you've toggled BBcodes and either forgotten about it (usual case for me) or not realised that you'd done it at all.

Right now, the toggle is annoyingly well hidden (will seek to fix that), but if you click the three-dot menu on the right of the undo/redo/"remove formatting" block, you'll see the toggle button in question - a pair of square brackets. See pics below.

 

[RCHeliguy]

Thanks!

 

[RasmusP]

Thanks!

You need to use more emojies!
The emojie button isn't clickable, when you're in BB-Code mode by accident

About the "advertisement": it doesn't feel like "from time to time" but more like a "on page refresh or every hour".
I know it's not as frequent, but yeah, it's annoying..

 

[Neilski]

About the "advertisement": it doesn't feel like "from time to time" but more like a "on page refresh or every hour".

OK, that's definitely not how it should be.
I just confirmed that the dismissal of these notices is stored in the database rather than in a cookie, so it should never come back once you've dismissed it. Are you certain that you've seen the same notice reappear? :-O

 

[RasmusP]

OK, that's definitely not how it should be.
I just confirmed that the dismissal of these notices is stored in the database rather than in a cookie, so it should never come back once you've dismissed it. Are you certain that you've seen the same notice reappear? :-O

No, it's always a different one, but it feels like I'd have to click it away 5x per day or something like that.
I'm gonna try to log it down

 

[RCHeliguy]

You need to use more emojies!
The emojie button isn't clickable, when you're in BB-Code mode by accident

Sorry.