Ad banners now appearing

For the last few days, advertising banners have appeared.  Is everyone seeing them.

Elroy

Yes I see them. Not happy

It'll be taken care of.

But why are you "not happy?"

Because they are a distraction on life .

Guys, the ads have appeared because we accidentally missed a deadline for paying the annual fee to have them removed.  Please do bear in mind that even moderators are human (it's true, honestly ) and are the victims of all the travails of human life - some of them not pleasant. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience and our assurances that we are on the case and the situation will be remedied as soon as (humanly  ) possible.

No apologies is needed...will just look forward to have them removed  

Kind regards Yvonne

Jim...is simple ...adds take valuable space on monitor and are useless
Fiona...clear enough and is "not tragedy"...we all are human

Wait a minute. There are no dues and no requests for donations in IBC. Who is paying this annual fee?  
Iris

Thanks for your concern Iris, but if you remember a year or two back we held pot auctions to raise the funds. Thanks to our generous potters who donated items and to our equally generous bidders, we raised enough to keep IBC afloat for a few years yet. Thanks are also due to a number of very kind members who made private donations outside of the pot auctions.

Hmmm. Ads are SO ubiquitous these days that I wonder that anyone even notices them. I was somewhere the other day and even found an ad on the back of a restroom stall door.

fiona wrote:Guys, the ads have appeared because we accidentally missed a deadline for paying the annual fee to have them removed.  Please do bear in mind that even moderators are human (it's true, honestly ) and are the victims of all the travails of human life - some of them not pleasant. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience and our assurances that we are on the case and the situation will be remedied as soon as (humanly  ) possible.

I trust you, and take the opportunity to thank you (all) for your involvement.

And dear members don't believe that rumour that goes around, Fiona is not embezzling the ad money to buy new tyres for her bike, no no no, this is just defamatory.



Seriously, thanks to the team that help maintain this site  

in all honesty the little ad banner isn't really that bad - taking up monitor space not really an issue either as it disappeares off the top as you scroll down the topic. some of my ads are quite useful as they are based on the cookies stored from my online shopping and searches too.

i'm easy either way whether they stay or go

regards Marcus

marcus watts wrote:some of my ads are quite useful as they are based on the cookies stored from my online shopping and searches too.

Maybe that's precisely why some folk are worried.  

fiona wrote:

marcus watts wrote:some of my ads are quite useful as they are based on the cookies stored from my online shopping and searches too.

 Maybe that's precisely why some folk are worried.  

then they need to understand how their computers actually work. 

i really fancy the dubai hotel in the middle of the F1 track and had a little google peek while the grand prix was on.....now thanks to the ads i know it starts at £58 per room and flights are easily booked too  

You're lucky. I just get ads for wrinkle cream and Tena Lady.

Hmmph...still haven't seen the first ad! Not complaining though.

Mine are all ads for shoes....I think I know what my wife has been shopping for! lol

John Quinn wrote:Hmmph...still haven't seen the first ad! Not complaining though.

One of the few perks of being a moderator, John. We don't see 'em.

I still have them...and I see them, not something I like, or want to look at

Fiona, John....."we don't see them" is it in everybody's PC i-net browser security setup? I still see the ads.

Moderators and Admin don't see the ads at all, which is why we are grateful for first Yvonne then others for drawing them to our attention.

The situation will be rememdied as soon as possible.

Thanks Fiona I understand now.

fiona wrote:

John Quinn wrote:Hmmph...still haven't seen the first ad! Not complaining though.

 One of the few perks of being a moderator, John. We don't see 'em.

Is it worth it?  

The video ads on my Live Stream eagle nest cam drove me to find a way stop them. I installed a free Adblock Plus for Firefox !

https://adblockplus.org/en/firefox

Since then no pop-ups or ads nor banners on IBC!! Why pay when you can get it for nothing! I haven't researched other browsers but I bet they also have some form of adblock!

Good luck..
Norma

Thanks Norma for the link. I installed AdBlockPlus for Chrome and works like charm. No more ads anywhere.