I should apologize for my clumsy stab at exploring the adblock detector. We have had the feature installed for a long time, but have been avoiding issues with Google ads by only showing them to people who could not post here because they had not registered or logged in. Because of that we had the detector turned off.
I think we want to develop several classes of promotions. For things we think are worthy and educational, even if promotional, the idea is that it should be visible to everyone but not to the extent that it interferes with the site display. At the next level we have a premium membership of NAWCC dues payers. The intent was for them to not see the ads or the adblocker notification. The third group is our loyal participants who are not NAWCC members. I spend quite a bit of time trying to explain to influential NAWCC members why you folks are so important to us. I thought that perhaps some unobtrusive ads (even some from Google) might be acceptable.
Anyone who feels strongly about ads and threats associated with them is free to continue using their blocker.
I have been noticing that more and more users are using VPN facilities that essentially makes them invisible on the Internet. I believe that makes you almost absolutely safe. It does cause us some problems in trying to understand who is visiting us and why, so we can try to improve our service.
My clumsiness was due to the fact that I have always felt this was a community and we consider everyone's good and bad habits in reacting to them. Please feel free to give me hell whenever it seems appropriate to you, Just do not let it spoil your fun here.
