On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:06 PM, Anthony Farr wrote: > On 28 June 2011 10:44, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> (snip) I like ads. No, I love ads. >> >> Paul >> > > I'm not against ads. They let me have a service which costs me > nothing, at the small cost of some inconspicuous advertising on the > page where my work is displayed. > > But let me qualify that statement. The ad is inconspicuous when I'm > displaying via Flickr. It's to the right of, and below my photo, and > in most cases you would need to scroll down to see it. You will > probably see the ad if you run a very high screen resolution, but as I > said, it's underneath and displaced to the right. It's not a banner > ad sitting close above the picture, like on photo.net. It never > appears as a pop-up in front of the picture, like on photo.net. > > In my early internet days I was a photo.net free subscriber and > displayed my pictures there, but then they brought down a severely > small display limit for the freeloaders, so I jumped ship. Also, I > never liked their critique and rating system. I objected to being > scored by nincompoops whose only qualification is that they can afford > a camera and a computer. > > The flickr social structure is much kinder. You can comment or award > "badges", but nobody issues scores. And for the most part it's still > afriendly society. YouTube style hate mail hasn't found it's way to > flickr, thank God. > > I use Picasa Web as well, but find it a bit plain when I want to show > off, so it's just a place where I share my happysnaps.
That's how I use photo.net. I don't request critiques, and I don't get any mail -- hateful or otherwise. I also use it for client proof displays, which I can make invisible to others. Haven't had a single complaint from clients. I assume you're a flickr members, so that's why the ads are inconspicuous. They're not inconspicuous for non-members. The same is true of photo.net for the most part. However, I think photo.net should avoid pop-ups and stick with banners exclusively, although banners don't generate as many hits as pop-ups, so most websites now employ pop-ups. Paul > > regards, Anthony > > "Of what use is lens and light > to those who lack in mind and sight" > (Anon) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
