punished ppurg
GDB Superstar
Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
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Post by punished ppurg on Mar 1, 2023 16:25:36 GMT -5
Please don't. This will actually get Boards.net to come and nuke this community. It's a breach of TOS.
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maziel
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Post by maziel on Mar 1, 2023 16:43:37 GMT -5
Then maybe we should migrate to a self-hosted platform? Spinning up a droplet on DigitalOcean and putting a forum on it isn't prohibitive expensive for this level of functionality. 5 - 6 dollars a month, maybe? I am OK with doing that if Jcarter is willing to migrate it. It's pretty annoying that I have to turn off my VPN to access this website anyways. Fishy fishy.
Technically adblock is a breach of their TOS, even though my adblock isn't supposed to block non-intrusive ads (my TOS).
If they want to monetize their websites, they need to be using a method that can't be affiliated with bad actors (viglink doesn't seem to vet their clients).
This runs on the clientside and simply removes their fishy wrappers, and you certainly don't have to install it. I'll delete that post and this post and replace it with 'NVM PM me' after it's been up for a little bit. This isn't a community nuking affair.
They could run a JavaScript cryptominer for those running adblock, or pick a less fishy wrapper. Or have ads that are compliant with more flexible adblockers. Or offer 1.50 per year not to have ads/links or something. 3 dollars per month for proboards+ as an occasional member is ridiculous - that's way too close to the cost of hosting this forum myself.
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Post by jcarter on Mar 1, 2023 17:33:57 GMT -5
As mentioned, this can be a TOS violation. I don't control or like it, it is what it is.
If people want to spin up forums and pay for hosting, be my guest. I have no interest in doing that or doing any more than the bare minimum of work.
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