WOW this site is THAT unprofitable?

[da haze meister]

wow this shit is so fuckin stupid
excuse me im fuckin pissed just got off work
but anyway.... this shit is so gay...
i can barely surf the site due to the banners every 2 posts and 4 threads... along with hte fact that the server is constantly busy now. and heres the FUCKING kicker... some times when i click a cann.com link to a thread or board/// it takes me to gay ass herbalsmokeshop. spamspamspam thats all that shit is. if it persists im prolly gonna leave the site.
please tone down hte advertising thanks
P.S. IT TOOK ME 10 FUCKING MINUTES TO COME HERE AND POST THIS BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING ADVERTS.

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

Download Ad Muncher. :thumbsup:

[cannabis campbell]

They are trying to persuade more people to upgrade their memberships

[Up In Smoke 420]

haze join the 420 lounge. There are no gay ass ads between posts and threads.

[cannabis campbell]

Oh yeah haze you just came back dont go and get banned again man! lol

[the image reaper]

evidently, you need to run a popup blocker, or similar ... I still haven't seen any ads whatsoever ... :smokin:

[SmokingPlatypus]

Ad Muncher is awesome, I just got it.

[cannabis campbell]

USE THIS

http://www.admuncher.com/

And never get a SINGLE ad EVER AGAIN!!

[Psycho4Bud]

haze, why the hell do you always have to push the limits? CHILL!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[beachguy in thongs]

What advertisements? You mean, like, the one above my post? I bookmarked the forums page, I go right there.

[da haze meister]

haze, why the hell do you always have to push the limits? CHILL!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:
im not pushin the limit dude...
and id appreciate it if you showed me the same respect that you expect to be shown to you. i dont care if you are a mod right now... we are just two humans discussing an issue. you respect me i respect you. it pissed me off because with this new ads thing... when i click to load a page on here i either get
a.) redirected to herbalsmokeshop.com
b.) server is too busy please try again
c.) a load error... just a white screen and it says (done) at the bottom of my browser.
i am on the same awesome computer and same browser and the same internet (2mbps according to last benchmark test) as i was before this shit started happening.
and for the record these ads are NOT popups... they are redirect functions.

i miss the old cannabis.com :(

PS WHEN I TRIED TO POST THIS REPLY I FUCKIN GOT REDIRECTED TO HERBALSMOKESHOP>>>>
PSS JUST TRIED AGAIN AND GOT A SERVER BUSY MESSAGE
THIS IS STARTING TO PISS ME OFF
PSSSS OMFG IM REALLY PISSED FUCKIN NOW IT ENDED AT NEWREPLY>PHP WTFFFFF

[cannabis campbell]

Yo Haze use this

http://www.admuncher.com/

seriously it gets rid of all of the ads!!

[Psycho4Bud]

im not pushin the limit dude...
and id appreciate it if you showed me the same respect that you expect to be shown to you. i dont care if you are a mod right now... we are just two humans discussing an issue. you respect me i respect you.

When have I disrespected you? Get off it! Fuck this, that's gay, I'll leave...hell dude, your on ban half the time anyways. If you want to go, GO! You want to push this, go for it, Option "B" is your alternative. If you want to stay, chill out!

Other people in here ask questions without acting the fool. TRY IT!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[staravail]

What ISP are u using dial up or what. Sounds like your PC may have some corruption, like adware, malwware, spyware, etc. If you need some help let me know.

www.computerfixd.com

I have no such problems on this site & I'm only on DSL

[the image reaper]

nothing is FREE ... this website is supported by 'hits' and purchases, just like any other ... I haven't had any pop-ups, or banner ads, etc. distracting me, but I run an anti-spyware program (SpySweeper), and I strongly suggest everyone gets something similar ... no worries here, but lots of websites use malware, programs that are BAD for your computer ... just do it ! ... as to "missing the old Cannabis.com", hell, I miss the 1960s !!! ... I guess we will both just have to "get over it", 'cause history has passed us by ... :smokin:

[slowthestone]

So where can one find this free nothing you're posting about?

I did a search, nothing comes with a price.

If nothing is free, what does that do to the value of everything?

[bigsmokedawg]

nothing is FREE ... this website is supported by 'hits' and purchases, just like any other ... I haven't had any pop-ups, or banner ads, etc. distracting me, but I run an anti-spyware program (SpySweeper), and I strongly suggest everyone gets something similar ... no worries here, but lots of websites use malware, programs that are BAD for your computer ... just do it ! ... as to "missing the old Cannabis.com", hell, I miss the 1960s !!! ... I guess we will both just have to "get over it", 'cause history has passed us by ... :smokin:

shit, i miss yesterday already...wait i cant remember yesterday. lol.

this site rocks, stop bashing it.

[P.E.N.G.U.I.N.]

Look, I love it here. I honestly do. But you know what? I honestly think the owners are milking this place for every dime they can...Ron kept it chill on the advertisements, you know? There was a banner on the top and bottom of each page, then you could go to look at ALL the site's sponsors...I signed on 20 minutes ago and here are ads every few posts? What the...

I love this place.

Please cool it on the advertisements, there's no need to put them between posts.

Thanks,
Jake (a concerned veteran of Cannabis.com)

[OreO]

to tell you the truth, i dont have ad blocker and im still fine...i dont have random ads popping up..or no redirecting, to herbal smokeshop...i dunno man

[Euphoric]

the ads dont bother me. i would probably do the same, or have even more ads. cause u know, $$$$ = :)

or maybe its :) = $$$$ ?

[slowthestone]

The ones inserted the middle of pages can be deceptive to those that are accustomed to ads being on the bottom. They may not realize theres another bunch of posts below it.

Better to plaster the ads on the top, bottom, and sides(minis) of the pages. Bulking them in the middle is a drag.

The experiment with more ads has netted a negative result...some tweaking would be appropriate.

[dopesmoker]

thats why admuncher is so effective, its worked wonders. Not a single ad to be had

[benagain]

Here's my take on the situation. So the site has a few more ads than they had, big deal, lifes not fair. They're not distributing spyware or anything, just some on-page stuff, nothing that will harm you're computer (that I've seen at least). Everyone who's making a really big deal about it hasn't paid anything to use this service, but they feel like they're owed something simply for visiting. We all know they make money with the ads, but we're not talking bill gates here, just a couple pennies for looking at some stupid adverts. I don't want to see anyone leave over some extra ads, but if you feel that the entertainment value you get out of this site isn't enough to match your investment (sitting down and reading), then you're not forced to visit. I'm not telling anyone how they should act, just sharing my :twocents:

[thcbongman]

To join the chorus of concerned cannabis members, it's not the ad placement that bothers me so much. It's the content and web-site work.

It looks sloppy, no elimination of borders on the row with ads. If you going to have ads between postings, at least center it.

Also the content makes cannabis.com looks like a C rated site. There are viagra pills everywhere else on the net. Sundance, have a bit of integrity. Get advertisers that at least are related to cannabis or have a little class. Even the fake buds ads are more appropriate than get sex in _______.

If you goal is to be content on milking the site, keep it the way it is. If you want real growth, seek advertisers with some legitimacy, like food for instance. If you can convince up-start small businesses to advertise their products on cannabis.com, right here you have munchie-induced potheads who are hungry. Not to mention it'll be one very small step towards getting rid of the stigmata about marijuana, but it's a step needed none the less.

Plaster how many ads you want, most don't mind. It's the quality of the ads that bother the resounding majority.

[yabatab]

I have noticed the site is getting back to its regular load time.
But those adds are still crazy, the fact that they are smack dab
right in the middle of a thread now is weird. Yes, yes, the add
muncher I know, but people just signing up to the site might see
the big commercial adds all over the boards and get discouraged then
decide to go some where else. It just don't look right, its like seeing
a toothless trailer park girl in a wet T-shirt contest.....its just not right.

[suhl]

dont try to trick people into thinking the ads are topics by making them look like topics. dont advertise for legal bud. and at very least if you are going to sell a shitload more ad space post a sticky beforehand informing us of it ahead of time and explaining why. lastly, get a clue

[Psycho4Bud]

I'm sure that the OWNER of this site realizes that he needs your approval to make changes.......must have been a slip. Who should get the clue?

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Psycho4Bud]

So much hate as of late.

I blame it on the hot weather. Check out the middle east.....seems like the heat of summer really drives up the activity over there. lol.....brings back the statement on Jihad.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[yabatab]

I think people really love this site the changes upset them is all.
They are expressing their hate for commercial jargon, that's not
a bad thing to be against in my book.

[Psycho4Bud]

I think people really love this site the changes upset them is all.
They are expressing their hate for commercial jargon, that's not
a bad thing to be against in my book.

Nothing wrong with expessing an opinion, and ol' boy didn't get a hit because of his statements here. He acted the fool in a different thread.

Acted the fool??? Judge Joe Brown.........LOL.......now I remember!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[iwantFUEGO]

I think people really love this site the changes upset them is all.
They are expressing their hate for commercial jargon, that's not
a bad thing to be against in my book.

Couldn't have said it better.

[birdgirl73]

I truly do believe it's the hot weather, P4B. It makes tempers short and anger flare. Crime goes up in response to it; clearly temper tantrums do, too. Then factor in several people's strong feelings about ads, which baffles me since anyone who uses the Internet isn't new to ads. The surprising thing to me about the ads here is that there weren't more of them before now.

I'm starting to notice a pattern here that cycles about every month or six weeks. When I first began lurking anonymously in March, things were smooth. Then in April there was a little uptic in disharmony and flames. That settled down in May. A little rise in flaming again in early June, once school was out. Then peace again until the last week and a half or so, when I do think tempers have been unusually foul. I myself was short with Beachguy yesterday or the day before, and I regret that because he's a good guy. Beach? Are you out there? My apologies for having responded to you curtly. I don't think Beach would have normally been that way with me, either.

I guess I find reassurance that the pendulum will swing again in the direction of peace and harmony. And even that it'll swing back to the dark side, too. School's fixing to start for some of us in a couple of weeks, and that'll probably unsettle us again. Ultimately, I'm guessing the rough patches probably strengthen up the top-grade folks and weed out the schwag.

This dedication goes out to those of you who wrestle us alligators from day to day--and to anyone who's facing the cycle of life right now in other ways:
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time of peace, I swear it's not too late!

[Garden Knowm]

It is our choice to be offended...
I choose to NOT be offended..

I choose to LOVE..

: )

[420mory]

I choose to LOVE..

: )
with da illegal internet business? LOL
but i choose real love under "honest business" ;)
loveeğğğğğğ muahahah

[NightProwler]

yea the ads in the middle really do piss me the fuck off...

[Euphoric]

i click em..good money karma

[Garden Knowm]

opinions are like assholes..

everybodies stinks... except "mine"


LOVE is accepting everything... can you do that?

It's worth it (accepting everything)!!! then you never have to define love again..
if "they" define it, they don't KNOW it!!

[latewood]

here here on the no spyware...I go to some sites and Bam Bam Bam...thank the lord for my google toolbar popup blockers

[latewood]

nice to see you back GK baby.

[smokey]

seeing them ads imo is no different to putting up with ppl moaning and whining or ppl flaming others u get used to it and u get on with it and they have to pay for the site somehow so its still FREE for us

[Aaron385]

and maybe for paying members the ads dont show up??? it would be nice!! And maybe getting around to processing the membership I paid for weeks ago would be cool too!

what illegal internet business? thats a bunch of crap! Hes an honest guy selling dvds about growing pot and his voice sounds alot like zandors on the podcast.. haha.. much love bro

[latewood]

FYI...garden knowms and Zandors voice are not even close.

I'm not saying Z didn't alter the pitch of his voice during the podcast, but I haven't got to check it out yet...peace

[Aaron385]

it could have been.. maybe its just the tone.. but it was a good podcast.. you should give it a listen!

[sundance.]

aaron385, can you tell us where you sent the money? membership program has been on hold for months now ever since ownership change and if you sent it in to Psychotropics cornucopia, then you have sent it to the wrong place and the previous owner,

we have never given out our address for membership reasons. currently there is NO MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM running. all members currently are of the old membership program and they will remain so until we decide what to do membership and reorganize it.

email us directly at [email protected] and someone will take a look over things for you. we can contact the previous owner for you to see if they know the whereabouts of the money. please send us details via email

[latewood]

Thansk sundance

[Cooler Then Jesus]

i know where you are coming from haze. i say, take all the add`s down, and put upa paypal donation bar, and i personally will donate 50$.

[ThatTokenWhiteGuy]

The owner strikes again. Here's an idea. If you don't want the community to get upset... EXPLAIN the reason for changes so we can know and understand. It wouldn't be that difficult to do and then we could stop uninformed conclusions. MAYBE there's a good reason for these changes that allows the community to stay up and running instead of crashing and burning. OR the owner likes money and likes to accquire money and perhaps even spend money.. but who the hell knows?

[Aaron385]

thanks sundance.. email sent..