Topic: I heard that this forum used to have advertisements (Read 307 times)

They were displayed in banner form. Go to https://www.altcoinstalks.com/ and see the banners there. That's like they used to be here.

Here's an example:



The banners were shown below the first post in the thread, in the same spot where the factoids are still displayed now.

Still, personally I don't think advertisements' died in this forum. I'd argue that it took on a new form however in the form of signatures and signature campaigns.

When in the past you'd get a massive banner everywhere you go on the forum, now, you become the driving force for engagement and interaction

I heard in a post a few days ago that this forum used to have paid advertisements but later Theymos decided to stop those advertisements. This question came into my mind so I thought to ask you guys that on which area of the forum those advertisements were displayed.

When were those advertisements stopped and what were the advertisers paying the forum to display their advertisements over here?

I think it was a great decision of Theymos to stop paid advertisements but when those paid advertisements were stopped?

If it's possible and if someone has any of the screenshots of that time then kindly share that as well so we can see how the forum used to look when the advertisements were displayed on the forum.

It is odd that these advertisements went away as they were a major source of revenue for the forum. It would seem like if theymos wants to continue to distance himself from responsibilities here that he would’ve found someone else to take control of the advertising, but I guess with all the money laundering operations trying to advertise here it wasn’t worth the liability anymore.

It is odd that these advertisements went away as they were a major source of revenue for the forum. It would seem like if theymos wants to continue to distance himself from responsibilities here that he would’ve found someone else to take control of the advertising, but I guess with all the money laundering operations trying to advertise here it wasn’t worth the liability anymore.

Note that I've decided to suspend ad sales. These auctions will probably be permanently ended, and I'm not sure whether or in what form advertising in general will be continued. Maybe some ads will go up again fairly soon, or maybe there will never be any more ads; I haven't decided yet. The main reasons for this decision are:

Firstly, I'm finding it too difficult to determine which services are legit/safe and which are not. It takes me 30+ minutes to research each new service to reach at least some level of confidence in it, but at the end of this I often still don't feel fully confident. Bitcointalk.org is meant to be operated "as a service to the community", so it's very important to me that bitcointalk.org not be seen to be putting profit above the interests of its users. (I've been kind of shocked at the crypto-related ads that are shown on TV, which are often way beyond anything I'd accept here. And I'd like to tighten our standards.)

[...] This question came into my mind so I thought to ask you guys that on which area of the forum those advertisements were displayed.
[...]

The ads was stop in July 2022, at that time there were only 22 campaigns.

Right now, even the ads was disabled and theymos forbidding to promote centralized mixer, but we currently have 26 campaigns, if we count mixers campaign maybe there are more than 30 active campaigns in the last year.

Which mean you're wrong, there's no correlation between ads and campaign, IIRC actually there are some project that prefer to promote through forum ads without run a signature campaign.

If it's possible and if someone has any of the screenshots of that time then kindly share that as well so we can see how the forum used to look when the advertisements were displayed on the forum.

The ads was stop in July 2022, at that time there were only 22 campaigns.

Right now, even the ads was disabled and theymos forbidding to promote centralized mixer, but we currently have 26 campaigns, if we count mixers campaign maybe there are more than 30 active campaigns in the last year.

Which mean you're wrong, there's no correlation between ads and campaign, IIRC actually there are some project that prefer to promote through forum ads without run a signature campaign.

The ads was stop in July 2022, at that time there were only 22 campaigns.

Right now, even the ads was disabled and theymos forbidding to promote centralized mixer, but we currently have 26 campaigns, if we count mixers campaign maybe there are more than 30 active campaigns in the last year.

Which mean you're wrong, there's no correlation between ads and campaign, IIRC actually there are some project that prefer to promote through forum ads without run a signature campaign.

It was an excellent decision because it resulted in more signature campaigns since it was the only way to advertise here.

They were displayed in banner form. Go to https://www.altcoinstalks.com/ and see the banners there. That's like they used to be here.

I don't remember exactly, I think it was like a year or two ago but theymos decided to stop because the forum has so many bitcoins that it doesn't need the money coming in from advertising. Why are you so curious about ads?

The video is about bounty sheet checking. I don't see anything about forum ban ads.

With archive, you can see some ban ads in the past.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210816140710/https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adinfo
https://web.archive.org/web/20190430214354/https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adinfo

here's the link
https://archive.org/details/bandicam-2021-04-20-10-07-24-909

I don't remember exactly, I think it was like a year or two ago but theymos decided to stop because the forum has so many bitcoins that it doesn't need the money coming in from advertising. Why are you so curious about ads?

Note that I've decided to suspend ad sales. These auctions will probably be permanently ended, and I'm not sure whether or in what form advertising in general will be continued. Maybe some ads will go up again fairly soon, or maybe there will never be any more ads; I haven't decided yet. The main reasons for this decision are:

Firstly, I'm finding it too difficult to determine which services are legit/safe and which are not. It takes me 30+ minutes to research each new service to reach at least some level of confidence in it, but at the end of this I often still don't feel fully confident. Bitcointalk.org is meant to be operated "as a service to the community", so it's very important to me that bitcointalk.org not be seen to be putting profit above the interests of its users. (I've been kind of shocked at the crypto-related ads that are shown on TV, which are often way beyond anything I'd accept here. And I'd like to tighten our standards.)

Secondly, there is a high amount of friction in the current process of auctions and manual ad processing. I often feel that it's more trouble than it's worth on bitcointalk.org's end. I also think that the revenue is substantially less than it could be because the market of advertisers willing to deal with this difficult process is much smaller than the market of advertisers who would be willing to advertise here if only they could do so effortlessly. So I think that we're "leaving a lot of money on the table" due to friction, which makes the other issues feel even worse.

Finally, bitcointalk.org has a large reserve of BTC, so we're able to continue operating without ad revenue for many years. It's not even necessary to cut expenses or find replacement sources of revenue anytime soon, and I currently have no solid plans to do these things. I do regard it as less than ideal to be operating at a constant loss, especially because it constraints any desired future growth in expenses. Improving this situation will be on my mind in the coming years, but luckily it need not be a high priority.

If it's possible and if someone has any of the screenshots of that time then kindly share that as well so we can see how the forum used to look when the advertisements were displayed on the forum.

....so I thought to ask you guys that on which area of the forum those advertisements were displayed...

If it's possible and if someone has any of the screenshots of that time then kindly share that as well so we can see how the forum used to look when the advertisements were displayed on the forum.

When were those advertisements stopped and what were the advertisers paying the forum to display their advertisements over here?