| VAMatt said: Just pay $20 a year (or whatever it is) to be a supporter. The site has to make money somehow. |
Actually I am perfectly fine with the site making money and I am fine with them showing ads. On that note, one of the big problems is when ads become intrusive to viewers of the site. The ad that use to pop up at the bottom right hand corner of the site nearly made me stop coming because it would get in the way of scrolling content or obscure a good deal of real-estate on the site. Then there was an ad that would automatically scroll you to the ad when you are trying to read in the forums or add a comment to a post. Those type of ads can kill a site because they are very intrusive to the experience.
Now this doesn't happen here but have on other sites like ads that automatically play sound when you go to the site. When you are at work this is a big no no. There always needs to be a balance between making money and user experience. If your money making plans make the user experience bad, then eventually your userbase will leave.
