Extra Credits is leaving because they haven't been paid for what, a year? I'm pretty sure I saw new shows crop up in the period of the last year. You don't start a new show if you can't even pay off the old one. Having the finances is not the issue here, it's either a case of really bad business sense, greed or both.
Please uninstall Ad Blocker.
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I've never used an ad blocker; ads have never bothered me enough to go out and get one. Particularly not on this website. But maybe the fact that I'm in Australia means I don't get as many as everyone else.
Upon learning that watching the ads here actually helped The Escapist, I was pleased; though I don't see how that would work, since I've never even considered buying anything the ads have offered.
Upon learning that watching the ads here actually helped The Escapist, I was pleased; though I don't see how that would work, since I've never even considered buying anything the ads have offered.
There are no ads for my geographical location.
I only use it when I surf through native websites.
I only use it when I surf through native websites.
As far as I know, there would be no way for the the ad site to tell if you were using adblocker. The Escapist would see it as a user who didn't click the ad, rather than being able to see if they didn't even see them. The only thing that would show a decrease in traffic seeing ads to The Escapist, is if someone was using NoScript and had blocked Google Analytics, or whatever site The Escapist uses for counting hits, which wouldn't count the hit.
Yeah that may be true but this sin't a problem that is goign to be solved by bring in a few more revue dollars by remove Adblock. This is a prolonged continuous problem that has turned into a big debt sink. The Escapist is running in the red. They need to cut down costs so that they can start paying off their debt and that means possibly letting some contributors go for a while. If you can't pay EC, then you say "we're sorry but we're in the hole and need to let you go for a while, we'll contact you later when our finances turn out better". I doubt if EC would be the first thing they would let go though since its one of the more popular shows but none-the-less there needs to be some internal cuts and changes. If you run out of money you don't just try to improve cash in, you also try to decrease cash out and I don't think only its a simple as trying to get more cash to flow in by watching more ads. I'd like to help out but the Escapist should be able to sink or float on its own since it is a business. I feel like the OP is trying to rally us to remove the shirts off our backs to save the Escapist when it sounds as if this has been a problem that has been going on for a while and should have been handled a bit differently. I don't know, it just bugs me.Jason Danger Keyes said:
First of all, a more reasonable request would be to ask people to disable Adblock on the site, as opposed to uninstalling it. After all, there are websites out there that are a cesspool of pop-up ads, and disguised links that lead to more pop-up ads, and no one should put up with that.
Second of all, permit me to doubt that The Escapist is financed with ad money, given that I'm currently seeing no external ads on the site whatsoever.
And third of all, regarding why Extra Credits is leaving the site, there's more to it than just the lack of payment. Read the updated topic [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.305970-Extra-Credits-leaves-the-Escapist-UPDATED-WITH-REPLY?page=1].
Second of all, permit me to doubt that The Escapist is financed with ad money, given that I'm currently seeing no external ads on the site whatsoever.
And third of all, regarding why Extra Credits is leaving the site, there's more to it than just the lack of payment. Read the updated topic [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.305970-Extra-Credits-leaves-the-Escapist-UPDATED-WITH-REPLY?page=1].
You can disable adblock on the escapist without removing it. Simply right click the red ABP symbol (where ever it is located, if you cant see it then enable it in the adblock settings) and click "Disable on escapistmagazine.com". There go about your day add free on the rest of the internet and get a warm fuzzy feeling of actually paying for this sites excellent services.