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Title: A friendly reminder :)
Post by: Remember remember the 5th of November on August 18, 2014, 10:19:20 PM
When you see an ad banner like the one in the screenshot below. It doesn't mean that the banner belongs to the person who created the thread. Those banners are paid ads by members of the forum, they appear under anyone who posts a thread(almost every time).

https://i.imgur.com/lRcHaD8.png


Title: Re: A friendly reminder :)
Post by: btcracer1 on August 18, 2014, 10:21:22 PM
Thanks for your advice, didn't know that :P


Title: Re: A friendly reminder :)
Post by: LetsMakeItBTC on August 19, 2014, 11:55:30 AM
I somtime confuse it with a signature  :o


Title: Re: A friendly reminder :)
Post by: dbshck on August 19, 2014, 12:11:58 PM
I somtime confuse it with a signature  :o

But no, it's the paid forum banner ads.
And just in case anyone wanna know where it is auctioned, check here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=731988.msg8273929#msg8273929


Title: Re: A friendly reminder :)
Post by: Dogtanian on August 19, 2014, 01:50:06 PM
I think you've got to be pretty silly to get the forum ads mixed up with signatures, though I saw it happen the other day when someone made a stupid statement about them. I don't even really notice the forum banner ads to be honest as they're not that noticeable to me or maybe I've just got used to them.


Title: Re: A friendly reminder :)
Post by: w4ssop on August 19, 2014, 02:01:22 PM
The first days I thought that they were some sort of advanced signatures...


Title: Re: A friendly reminder :)
Post by: Rakitich on August 19, 2014, 02:34:05 PM
Why some members have a biger signature? Do I need a higher status?


Title: Re: A friendly reminder :)
Post by: niothor on August 19, 2014, 03:06:57 PM
I think you've got to be pretty silly to get the forum ads mixed up with signatures, though I saw it happen the other day when someone made a stupid statement about them. I don't even really notice the forum banner ads to be honest as they're not that noticeable to me or maybe I've just got used to them.
Lols,

I've seen this mistake quite often:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=744180
Another noob with an AD BANNER fishing for views/clicks. Onto the ignore list you go.

We really need to ban the banner ads from this forum if we ever want to see these shitty drama posts stop.

https://i.imgur.com/NAcTLfu.png

People have the feeling this forum can run on solar panels alone.

Why some members have a biger signature? Do I need a higher status?

Check this thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

Perhaps the allowed signature styling should change with activity score / membergroup. Like:
- Newbie: No styling (including links) allowed. Max 40 characters.
- Jr. Member: Links allowed. Max 100 characters.
- Member: Unlimited length.
- Full: Color allowed.
- Sr. Member: Size allowed
- Hero: Background color allowed

Then newbies will be less effective advertisers, which would hopefully significantly reduce the incentive for low-content posts. And when people become capable of effectively advertising through their signatures, they'll have invested a lot of time into their accounts, and they won't risk being banned by spamming.