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[The_Liquid_Laser]

Machina said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

kirby007 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Machina said:
We (the staff working on the site) can't do anything about the ads unfortunately. If they're going to drive you away from the site then I'd urge you to use some sort of adblock or consider becoming a supporter.

Based on this reply and several others in this thread, it sounds like anyone with actual decision making ability has no involvement with this site.  Is that correct?  All decision makers are totally not involved?  To me it sounds like it is so extreme that they don't care if this website succeeds or fails.  Is this true, or am I misunderstanding this situation?

you are correct, the owner just keeps VGC online because of nostalgia and the I assume advert income barely covering costs

It seems like this person should delegate more authority and decision making ability to someone on this site.  (Someone like Machina, for example.)  Because the ads can even prevent people from clicking on certain buttons like "reply".  Even if the size and number of ads isn't changed, something needs to be done about how the ads interfere with the basic functionality of the site.

On that point directly - that sounds like a bug, or at the very least something unintentional about the ad, and the site devs could probably move the ad without needing ioi's permission. That's kind of what Talon made this thread for - https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/241912/report-all-advertisment-issues-here

not sure why, but that link is broken for me.