Posted on 08/23/2008 8:01:15 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
Can we please have the option of switching off Mod chosen content?
I now look at it this way. I am not a big fan of McCain but this is a reminder why we need to vote McCain. We do not Obama and friends spending one night in the White House.
un hunh. see tagline.
I sort of like to choose what I review. Idunno, call me conservative. Like to make up my own mind.
Links to ads have worked well enough in the past.
What's so special about this one...Oh, a billionaire paid for it? I see. Wonder how much it cost to win that spot here.
Hell, I'm still trying to learn how to post a comment at this website.
I don't need to be "reminded" who to vote for or why to vote.
You do?
I guess we can safely conclude who FR’s biggest sponsor is.
Do tell.
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I respect your opinion. I consider you to be an outstanding poster on this great forum. I like the ad up. I don't care if it comes down. Isn't FReedom GRRRREAT?
Our differences are microscopically insignificant, compared to the differences we have with individuals who lie to us, cheat us, steal from us or want to kill us.
NoI don’t, but some might.......
Have a cup of tea and relax.....
“Just use the scroll bar on the right hand side of your screen and like magic, it is gone.”
But then it comes back, you can’t permanently remove it?
Thanks to Repeal the 17th, it's gone.
Since no link to it was posted, the purpose of putting it in everyone's face is sort of defeated.
Giving preferential promotion to content introduces the question of "who decides what's right for us?"
I think conservatives would say, "thanks, we'll decide for ourselves."
After all, that's it's a "forum."
I think that whether you're annoyed by it is something that's under your own control :-)
One possible implementation would keep track of whether or not a particular user had seen the content before, and if they had, it would not render the content at the top of the screen anymore. If you are not a logged in user, of course, it would display every time because the system wouldn't know whether you had seen it yet.
This would give the admins the ability to put content up at the top that people would see, which is a reasonable thing for them to do, and they they have always been able to do. The only difference in this case that is surprising people is that the content that the admin is posting is video, rather than text.
Tick tock.
You surely jest; you sure torture the concept of "freedom," which I take to mean, "being able to choose what I review."
Fortunately, there is an option and it was pointed out to by someone who didn't even post on this fun thread.
It’s been ten years, hotshot.
Why?
This is apparently seriously upsetting you.
That’s sad, really.
The roller ball on your mouse should take care of that in about a split 1/2 second. Sheesh.
There are alot of things in the world to be upset about. This is not one of them.
That would be an excellent idea.
It’s a powerful video and is begging to reach far beyond FR. Once you forward the YouTube link to ten people, it probably vanishes from your screen. :)
Firefox has a Braille Mode you can switch over to by hitting ctrl-alt-delete.
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