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[Since452]

I love the ads. Never thought of changing career before but now I'm thinking about starting my own delivery business with the support of Amazon

[Hibs90]

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Are you using the 'Lite' version?

I don't know because I cant see the bottom of the page due to the ad banner. It's the one with the green header for mobile.

[Hibee Mac]

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So is this site now subscription based if you don't want adds poping up everywhere?

Appears so, quite a shame as it cheapens the feel of the site and will likely push people away.

[The 90+2]

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I love the ads. Never thought of changing career before but now I'm thinking about starting my own delivery business with the support of Amazon

😂😂😂😂

[Pretty Boy]

Ads aren't new. We have had them for well over a decade. They have been added to the mobile skin for the 1st time recently, given this is how many people will now access the site surely this isn't a shock?As has been said we are looking at feedback and trying to get the balance right.

I struggle to think of any sites or apps I regularly visit now that don't have adverts in one guise or another.

[Sir David Gray]

This isn't ads related as I don't get them as a PM but since there's talk about the site updates in general on this thread, I thought I would give my thoughts on the changes to mobile view which seems to have taken effect as of this morning. I posted on the technical help forum earlier on but I figured that this thread will get read a lot more than the other one. I almost exclusively use my phone to access this site and I'm not in favour at all of the layout of the mobile version that I now have access to. I understand from the reply I received on the technical help forum that there's an upgrade due soon so hopefully that will improve things overall but in the meantime, I'm not a fan of the layout I'm currently using and, to be honest, it will probably put me off coming on here as much as I usually do until the upgrades are done (some might say that's a plus point!

[Danderhall Hibs]

I’ve just ordered the worlds first bra free bra.

PM me if you want to buy it - will be going on eBay tomorrow but would prefer to sell to someone on here first.

[Danderhall Hibs]

Also claimed the free legal last will.

£5 to the first person that PMs me.

[Since90+2]

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This isn't ads related as I don't get them as a PM but since there's talk about the site updates in general on this thread, I thought I would give my thoughts on the changes to mobile view which seems to have taken effect as of this morning. I posted on the technical help forum earlier on but I figured that this thread will get read a lot more than the other one. I almost exclusively use my phone to access this site and I'm not in favour at all of the layout of the mobile version that I now have access to. I understand from the reply I received on the technical help forum that there's an upgrade due soon so hopefully that will improve things overall but in the meantime, I'm not a fan of the layout I'm currently using and, to be honest, it will probably put me off coming on here as much as I usually do until the upgrades are done (some might say that's a plus point!

Agree with this. The changes have made the site far less user friendly on mobile.

[Curried]

Hibs.net was a pleasure to read just a couple of weeks ago, but the new banner adds at the bottom of the page are just painful on a PC as i have to close these off every time i want to read a page or change a page. If you drop them, i may be inclined to become a more frequent visitor to the site and accordingly read the many other fantastic adverts on display.

[ColintonHibs]

Just started getting hammered with these ads can’t even use hibs.net on mobile anymore. Must get rid

[ColintonHibs]

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Must be the " new normal" 😒

New normal sickens me across the board and now .net. FFS are you guys struggling that much?

[BS44]

How much does it cost to run hibs net over a year?

[hibee_girl]

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New normal sickens me across the board and now .net. FFS are you guys struggling that much?

Not at all.

The adverts pay for all the admins

[Danderhall Hibs]

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How much does it cost to run hibs net over a year?

Not as much as they take in - the excess is given to Hibs. A wee annoying advert here and there but all the money goes to Hibs.

[BS44]

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Not as much as they take in - the excess is given to Hibs. A wee annoying advert here and there but all the money goes to Hibs.

How much do the annoying adverts bring in?

[Hibee Mac]

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Not as much as they take in - the excess is given to Hibs. A wee annoying advert here and there but all the money goes to Hibs.

If you're referring to the mobile experience then the new experience is far from a wee annoying advert here or there. When I open a thread 75% of my screen is covered in adverts.

I also don't understand why adverts are being used in the first place to be honest. I would argue that ruining the site experience for most of its users is not worth any extra revenue, supporters give money to Hibs in a variety of other ways including season tickets, HSL, merchandise etc etc. and this site should be focussed on providing a place for fans to freely discuss Hibs on an easy to use platform.

If it was a massive amount of money for the club then it would maybe be a different story, but I highly doubt it is. I'd also just add that I suspect the running costs for a forum are tiny and likely don't justify any adverts at all considering there is a cost for PM's anyway, particularly not the amount and size of adverts currently in place.

[Scouse Hibee]

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If you're referring to the mobile experience then the new experience is far from a wee annoying advert here or there. When I open a thread 75% of my screen is covered in adverts.

I also don't understand why adverts are being used in the first place to be honest. I would argue that ruining the site experience for most of its users is not worth any extra revenue, supporters give money to Hibs in a variety of other ways including season tickets, HSL, merchandise etc etc. and this site should be focussed on providing a place for fans to freely discuss Hibs on an easy to use platform.

If it was a massive amount of money for the club then it would maybe be a different story, but I highly doubt it is. I'd also just add that I suspect the running costs for a forum are tiny and likely don't justify any adverts at all considering there is a cost for PM's anyway, particularly not the amount and size of adverts currently in place.

Regardless of what the site actually costs to run it has been a fantastically run site for years and still remains to be so. The admins give their time to moderate this site and keep on top of any problems it may have, they do a great job and are currently taking steps to further improve the experience and react to feedback. You can pay £10 and not have any issues with adverts and become a private member. If you don’t want to pay £10 or are unable to due to finances then fair enough, but you have to accept that you might be inconvenienced whilst the site develops.

[DaveF]

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If it was a massive amount of money for the club then it would maybe be a different story, but I highly doubt it is. I'd also just add that I suspect the running costs for a forum are tiny

I think the site has donated 10k per year over the last 10 years or thereabouts.

As for running costs, it's not cheap. Or certainly wasn't when I was involved.

[Hibee Mac]

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Regardless of what the site actually costs to run it has been a fantastically run site for years and still remains to be so. The admins give their time to moderate this site and keep on top of any problems it may have, they do a great job and are currently taking steps to further improve the experience and react to feedback. You can pay £10 and not have any issues with adverts and become a private member. If you don’t want to pay £10 or are unable to due to finances then fair enough, but you have to accept that you might be inconvenienced whilst the site develops.

Don't get me wrong mate I totally agree that admins do a great job on this site and the fact it's been so well run over the past is part of the reason I stick around. Not meaning to have a go at admins at all.

I'm also on the verge of become a PM just to get rid of the adverts, I just don't think that's how the site should function. I appreciate that admins have said previously they aren't trying to force people into PM but that is effectively what is happening.

I'm sure the vast majority of users of this site are not PMs and use mobile to view it, in which case I'm aware that the site experience has been significantly hampered for the majority of people in that case, which in turn is likely to push people away going forward and that's bad for all of us.

[Hibee Mac]

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I think the site has donated 10k per year over the last 10 years or thereabouts.

As for running costs, it's not cheap. Or certainly wasn't when I was involved.

Fair enough, I stand corrected!

[Sir David Gray]

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Agree with this. The changes have made the site far less user friendly on mobile.

I might be wrong but it looks like you now need to use the desktop version to be able to use the multi quote function. I can't see this option anywhere on the mobile version I've had to use since yesterday.

[marinello59]

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If you're referring to the mobile experience then the new experience is far from a wee annoying advert here or there. When I open a thread 75% of my screen is covered in adverts.

I also don't understand why adverts are being used in the first place to be honest. I would argue that ruining the site experience for most of its users is not worth any extra revenue, supporters give money to Hibs in a variety of other ways including season tickets, HSL, merchandise etc etc. and this site should be focussed on providing a place for fans to freely discuss Hibs on an easy to use platform.

If it was a massive amount of money for the club then it would maybe be a different story, but I highly doubt it is. I'd also just add that I suspect the running costs for a forum are tiny and likely don't justify any adverts at all considering there is a cost for PM's anyway, particularly not the amount and size of adverts currently in place.

Rest assured we are working on things. We do realise it's not ideal at the moment but we have been trying a few different things.

As for the money we donate to Hibs, it depends what you call a massive amount. I'll try and find a more up to date figure but our £11000 donation to youth development last year took the total we have handed to Hibs in the form of donations, sponsorships etc to over £98000. And that's all down to the members here .

[Carheenlea]

I’ve always used the desktop version on my mobile phone simply because I find it more pleasing on the eye and It’s pretty much the only version I’ve used so anything other than that never feels like reading Hibs.net!
Have not seen any ads in the period of this thread.

[Danderhall Hibs]

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If you're referring to the mobile experience then the new experience is far from a wee annoying advert here or there. When I open a thread 75% of my screen is covered in adverts.

It’s the mobile I use and I get an advert at the top, the bottom and one after the first post I think.

Also the “remember where I was” function doesn’t work as well anymore.

It’s a bit annoying but that’s all.

[WhileTheChief..]

Make the £10 compulsory if you want to be able to post something instead of just viewing.

More money to Hibs, no ads and possibly less nonsense!

[danhibees1875]

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I might be wrong but it looks like you now need to use the desktop version to be able to use the multi quote function. I can't see this option anywhere on the mobile version I've had to use since yesterday.

I'm not sure about the other mobile version you were using but you're right that the one you're likely on now doesn't.

I just quote someone then copy the text then paste it above the second person I quote.

[Danderhall Hibs]

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I'm not sure about the other mobile version you were using but you're right that the one you're likely on now doesn't.

I just quote someone then copy the text then paste it above the second person I quote.

I’ve never been able to multi quote using the mobile site.

[BroxburnHibee]

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I’ve never been able to multi quote using the mobile site.

There was another mobile version which had been left as an option by mistake. We have now removed it as it wasn't meant to be there.

Apologies to SDG but it was an old skin which had been missed at the last update.

[danhibees1875]

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I’ve never been able to multi quote using the mobile site.

There was 2 mobile versions. I think the majority of people were using the one that's still here and are still on that. SDG was using the other one it seems and is now on this one which doesn't have, and never has, the multipost function as a button.

But it works with some copy paste.