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I don’t know about forums, but there are a ton of examples of pay to remove ad apps. Pretty much every Zynga app works like this I think. Then again the ads that you are forced to watch if you don’t pay are basically commercials that prevent you from doing anything else while they are playing, so that is clearly different from this. Honestly, i am back to getting those ads that hijack my screen again and make the forum unreadable which is why I’d love this feature.

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04-06-2019 , 10:13 PM

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R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,753

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Originally Posted by kerowo

LMAO

Well look at you blossom.

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04-06-2019 , 11:10 PM

#28

well named

poorly undertitled

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 78,077

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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett

I'd love to check out some examples.

Two bigger sites are

https://www.religiousforums.com/forums/
https://www.usmessageboard.com/ (n.b. this site is a terrifyingly bad politics forum; forgive me for linking it :P)

They both use the same forum software, so I think it's a built in feature. It doesn't seem like the "account upgrades" options are visible unless you have an actual account, but e.g. the first offers no ads for $4/month.

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04-06-2019 , 11:16 PM

#29

Bobo Fett

Carpe Diem

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 56,895

Thanks!

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04-06-2019 , 11:54 PM

#30

well named

poorly undertitled

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 78,077

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Originally Posted by R*R

let's continue to talk about charging everyone money to protect us from I don't know what.

Canadians?

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04-06-2019 , 11:58 PM

#31

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,753

wow two of the greats chatting. kind of a howe/gretzky thing or a beliveau/lafleur thing. and favre/rodgers comes no where close.

sorry for derailing the thread, let's continue to talk about charging everyone money to protect us from I don't know what.

and my commiseration to hab fans. heh heh heh . bye!

#lovebobcole

oh, sorry once again for derailing this dumb ass thread.

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04-06-2019 , 11:59 PM

#32

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,753

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Originally Posted by well named

Canadians?

my job is to make us pay less

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04-07-2019 , 12:19 AM

#33

BigStack650

banned

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,148

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Originally Posted by R*R

oh, sorry once again for derailing this dumb ass thread.

Go ahead and enlighten us with how this is a "dumb ass thread"?

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04-07-2019 , 12:33 AM

#34

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,753

my circumvention will serve us much better at this point in time but I might ONE TIME take the time to enlighten you

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04-07-2019 , 12:41 AM

#35

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,753

, son

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04-07-2019 , 12:46 AM

#36

BigStack650

banned

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,148

Yet another green troll...I seem to collect them

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04-07-2019 , 01:21 AM

#37

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,753

you need to lighten up, son. peeps will continue to take your thread seriously regardless of my opinion.

say no to $$$$

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04-07-2019 , 08:31 AM

#38

BigStack650

banned

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,148

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Originally Posted by R*R

peeps will continue to take your thread seriously regardless of my opinion.

Good then post somewhere else?

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04-07-2019 , 12:18 PM

#39

kerowo

lolcat

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 37,190

All you have to do is make a cogent business case for it BS, show TPTB that for some rational estimates of user / traffic loss associated with pay walls that the revenue hit from not showing ads will be made up for by subscription revenue.

If you can't make that case we don't really need to talk about it do we?

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04-07-2019 , 09:51 PM

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BDHarrison

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 4,529

Make a conservative political forum that is subscription-only. Must pay to post. Must pay to read. Mason could make at least $20 off of that.

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04-08-2019 , 03:18 AM

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bundy5

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 8,141

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Originally Posted by BDHarrison

Make a conservative political forum that is subscription-only. Must pay to post. Must pay to read. Mason could make at least $20 off of that.

Can you get a discount for previous traffic generated ?

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04-08-2019 , 08:04 PM

#42

SuperUberBob

Not interesting enough

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 48,217

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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett

I'd love to check out some examples.

Anime News Network started doing this a while back. Once they announced a pay model, I went elsewhere.

Plenty of free sites to go to where I can get the same service.

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04-08-2019 , 08:30 PM

#43

Bobo Fett

Carpe Diem

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 56,895

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Anime News Network started doing this a while back. Once they announced a pay model, I went elsewhere.

Plenty of free sites to go to where I can get the same service.

Do they have free/pay tiers, or did they just switch to pay-only?

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