unitkl said:
For my opinion I actually think this forum would be better off being hosted by someone NOT running a tickling company. That would end a lot of problems on here. In fact didn't it used to be hosted by a guy called psycho? As far as I know he just loved tickling, and didn't advertise or run his own company. 😕 😕 😕
Umm... Jeff OWNS this place. He provides it for us, at his own expence. Suggesting someone else run it = suggesting killing the forum. Psycho founded it on ezboards, a very different environment. He also, unfortunately, began to live up to his name, but that's another story...
The issue with this ad is not whether Jeff can do what he pleases here. He can, end of story. The issue is whether it would be a) good for his business, and b) just a nice thing to do, to address something that is locking up people's computers and really bugging a lot of members here. I doubt this ad is winning him customers.
Those who have said "I can scroll right past it, so what are you complaining about?" are missing the point. Many of us CAN'T scroll past it -- the fact that you can does nothing for us whatsoever.
Yes, this matter is fairly trivial. But it isn't COMPLETELY trivial. This image shoots out at you on EVERY PAGE; every time you move ANYPLACE in the forum, there it is. It is genuinely irritating. I, personally, would really be grateful if it were removed.
I should add that none of Jeff's other ads has ever bothered me, and I rarely complain about anything here. Generally, when I don't like things here, I don't say anything... I can just go read another thread. But this is EVERYWHERE on the forum.