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Removing those useless news ads

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Turbotalon1g

Guest
How do I change my settings so I don't get 5 pages of news crap and 1 page of user threads.

I tried to look for it and I couldnt find it.

Thanks

Aaron
 
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Turbotalon1g

Guest
They were gone this time!!

MNmazda is teh awesome.
 
AJ

AJ

110 HP of FURY!
They are still there from what I see. I personally still like them, but not my call anymore. lol
 
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Turbotalon1g

Guest
yeah there are back, maybe cause it was only an hour and there was no useless news/ad crap
 
YSOSLO

YSOSLO

is the word, beotch
It just seems like they probably take up a lot of space, and the vast majority of them are "viewed" by 10 people or so, and maybe 1 out of 50 gets a few replies/comments.
 
Workdawg

Workdawg

NARWHAL
Step 1. Click "What's New"
Step 2. Read threads you want to read.
Step 3. Forum Actions > Mark Forums Read.
 
Picklz

Picklz

SUDO Make me a SAMCH
So here's the deal, I was against them when they were put in however since they have been here a while I have mixed feelings on them. A lot of them are nonsense but there are some that generate some interesting discussion, or are interesting to go read the story.

Dan provides a good way of seeing new posts without getting frustrated by them. I may see about trying to move them to their own forum and keep them from showing up as new posts, tone them down, or get rid of them all together, but I haven't yet decided.

The space they take up is insignificant.
 
JohnnyT

JohnnyT

New Member
Picklz said:
So here's the deal, I was against them when they were put in however since they have been here a while I have mixed feelings on them. A lot of them are nonsense but there are some that generate some interesting discussion, or are interesting to go read the story.

Dan provides a good way of seeing new posts without getting frustrated by them. I may see about trying to move them to their own forum and keep them from showing up as new posts, tone them down, or get rid of them all together, but I haven't yet decided.

The space they take up is insignificant.
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That seems like the best option - takes my vote.
 
AJ

AJ

110 HP of FURY!
They also add traffic to the site with relevant content, which is good for everyone imho. if more threads where started by members, I would of removed them when I was at the helm...
 
YSOSLO

YSOSLO

is the word, beotch
I'd be totally cool with them if they were either in their own area or were exclusively about car stuff, but it seems like it's the MSN/E entertainment news stuff most of the time, which is what drives me nuts. I'm all for generating discussion, but how much discussion are we really going to have about "Charles Manson Acolyte denied parole" when Manson went to prison before most of us were even born.
 
dmention7

dmention7

Hater
What Pete said. It's not that the news stories are a huge terrible thing, but it is definitely annoying to click the "What's New?" button each day and have literally 3/4 of the posts be news items I honestly don't care about, and all with zero comments. I can see the point about them driving traffic--though I may argue the point about whether it's worth it at the expense of annoying members--but they really don't seem to drive much discussion.
 
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Matt D.

Guest
I don't come here every day, but when I do I click New Posts and have 5+ pages of crap to sift through because of the damn news posts that I could easily read myself if I went to any number of news sites. IMO, it's a waste of a person's time and this site's resources to repost what is already available elsewhere on the internet. I come here to generally BS about cars, not reread news.
 
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Turbotalon1g

Guest
^This.

If this site wants more traffic then its up to the people. I can start threads if you want, but i'm gonna want input like boobs and fast clean cars.

I have a stock auto dsm, nothing cool there its broke.

I have been decorating the house and prepping the garage.

I did just get guitar hero for the ps3 today its awesome.
 
Picklz

Picklz

SUDO Make me a SAMCH
I'm not worried about driving traffic to the site with the news, like Matt D I don't think that's a big draw for too many people.

I have adjusted the news stories and they should be more car focused now, there shouldn't be more than 6-8 of them a day, if you don't like them it should be real easy not to read them. I am working on a way where they won't show up at all in the 'new topics' list but I'm not sure if that'll be possible or not.
 
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niterydr

Legendary Status!
Turbotalon1g said:
^This.

If this site wants more traffic then its up to the people. I can start threads if you want, but i'm gonna want input like boobs and fast clean cars.

I have a stock auto dsm, nothing cool there its broke.

I have been decorating the house and prepping the garage.

I did just get guitar hero for the ps3 today its awesome.
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Wait, you sold the panda car?

Picklz said:
I'm not worried about driving traffic to the site with the news, like Matt D I don't think that's a big draw for too many people.

I have adjusted the news stories and they should be more car focused now, there shouldn't be more than 6-8 of them a day, if you don't like them it should be real easy not to read them. I am working on a way where they won't show up at all in the 'new topics' list but I'm not sure if that'll be possible or not.
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Good work!
 
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