Anyone else getting these links on the forum?

[Deep]

True, very true... But it is... was a great place to be with great people and a great company but if someone up top affects me and everyone around me in a bad way then i'll make a stand

I still think it is a very good place, can get all the advice you need.

I found the drinks and t shirt things extremely tacky, but then I remember this is a shop at the end of the day and if they feel that'll get there name out there then fine by me. It's not directly affecting me so I don't care

The underlines, while directly in front of me have no impact whatsoever on me. I don't move the mouse over the links so why would it bother me

 

[atpbx]

Mind if i do that to everyone of your posts

Unfortunately, that isnt how it works.

Shall I tell you how intrusive it is?

Since this thread started, I've not seen one post in my regular forum browsing with an underlined word.

 

[Neil79]

Since this thread started, I've not seen one post in my regular forum browsing with an underlined word.

Probably edited it in such a way to wait till the heat calms down then it will be back in full force. Odd how there have been a lot of posts about it on the same day!, yet these last two days people haven't been noticing it.

Could be wrong, but wouldn't surprise me

 

[Jokester]

I truelly believe this is wrong, it's bad and gives me an awful taste in my mouth if it means leaving the forum then so be it

Bye!

 

[Neil79]

Bye!

Fine if that's the way you want it to be

 

[bitslice]

OcUK pay for the forums and want to advertise on them, the don't need your concent or permission.

This is just providing feedback, the Germans have been here five minutes and clearly do not understand what makes this place different.
Really we are just trying to save them from themselves, a bag of haribo in the post will do as thanks

The "disable" option has been covered a million times, if other people can see it then it isn't disabled is it? The entire point is not wanting your post messed with, not to suggest you close your eyes.

Bye!

Not very helpful really

 

[Sin_Chase]

Anyone who threatens to leave the forum over it might as well just leave, that or go set-up their own community forum where they have full control...and all the bills.

The current underlining system is probably the least intrusive forum based advertising I have EVER seen AND you can turn the display off, an option 99% of other forums with advertisement would never let you do unless you were donating to the forum/paying a subscription.

Very few people here would be missed if they left and even then, someone else could step into their shoes easily enough should they be so inclined. So 1 - Get a reality check on your sense of entitlement 2 - Get a reality check on your minor celebrity status, everyone is replaceable

 

[G|mp]

 

[bitslice]

So in order to suck up to the Germans, we must lose the guy who does the game reviews?

Edit:
Maybe too much

 

[Sin_Chase]

So in order to suck up to the Germans, we must lose the guy who does the game reviews?

Result!!!

Well, for stupidity and brown nosing at least

*slow clap*

Forum implements a user configurable relatively unobtrusive link to the shop system (To their OWN shop, not pay-per-click to random crappy external websites mind) and the forum loses a handful of people.

Sound business decision if you ask me.

Less focusing on one person who is throwing a hissy fit and holding the forum to ransom (Supposedly, ransom usually is associated with a loss of some measurable amount) and actually look at the bigger picture.

That being - regulars will disable it if it bothers them, the forum does a tiny amount of shop linking in some posts and overall nothing changes for frequent posters.

 

[orderoftheflame]

So in order to suck up to the Germans, we must lose the guy who does the game reviews?

Result!!!

Well, for stupidity and brown nosing at least

*slow clap*

Not being bothered by it = sucking up and brown nosing? Nice one...

 

[v0n]

I've read it, and I decided to read it in that way because what you've posted is more stupid.

You didn't read it, if you did you would know the campaign is run through your posts whether you opt out of it or not. The only thing that changes after you opt out is whether YOU, and you alone, see it being run through your posts.

Self entitlement on these forums forums is shocking to me sometimes. OcUK pay for the forums and want to advertise on them, the don't need your concent or permission.

That's the whole point - they do need our consent and permission. The issue is not that they run keyword campaign. They can do what they want with forum design. The issue is that this campaign is run through our words. It's not run through automated poster pretending to add banner or "Did you know you can buy..." post to every thread at random. It's run through our posts. We are all employed to be part of this campaign. And we were not asked. We did not sign permission to be part of any such campaign when we signed up to the forum. It was just done. Retrospectively. And we have no true ability to opt out out of it. And that is simply not how these things are done.

OCUK bear no responsibility for the opinions we voiced through our posts and have no ownership of the content of what you or I posted. These opinions and posts, by default, are ours, and only ours, they belong to us in every sense of the word, potentially including legal consequences.

And oddly enough, it's actually relatively irrelevant whether you or I, mind this campaign or not. It's not up to us. There are regulations guarding such things.

Hardly innocent words.

It is, what it is. I didn't mean to imply this was criticism of a company, or even the campaign itself. I merely criticized a decision of a code designer to implement this campaign in such way that it doesn't seek user approval and pretends to offer way out by leading posters to believe they can opt out, where in fact they do no such thing - they just don't see that our posts are part of campaign.

 

[Dave M]

This is just providing feedback, the Germans have been here five minutes and clearly do not understand what makes this place different.

So in order to suck up to the Germans, we must lose the guy who does the game reviews?

No German has had any input in this decision and you are a xenophobe.

 

[CaptainCrash]

Out of interest, would there be any objection to each of my posts containing an addendum (perhaps in my sig), something like this:

"Please note that the forum software may insert advertising hyperlinks into my posts without my knowledge or consent. These links are completely beyond my control, and should *not* be taken as a recommendation or endorsement of a product or vendor unless I have given a clear and specific indication to that effect."

 

[Neil79]

Out of interest, would there be any objection to each of my posts containing an addendum (perhaps in my sig), something like this:

Brilliant, i'll add that to my signature

 

[StriderX]

No German has had any input in this decision and you are a xenophobe.

Germans are Xenos?

 

[Dave M]

And oddly enough, it's actually relatively irrelevant whether you or I, mind this campaign or not. It's not up to us. There are regulations guarding such things.

Go on then, what regulations?

 

[Neil79]

Brilliant, i'll add that to my signature

The forum software may insert advertising hyperlinks into my posts without my consent. These links should *not* be taken as a recommendation of a product unless i've agreed to it

Done!, now i feel better already.

I would like the person who came up with the stupid hyperlink advert rule to come into this thread and explain himself. Also why they felt the need to do something behind customers/members backs

 

[Sin_Chase]

Neil - Seriously, you are acting like a spoilt 5 year old brat in a candy store.

 

[StriderX]

To be honest, a thread explaining beforehand would have been nice.