This was the promise made by Brad after GNET bought the site, see item #3:
Message 4174238
To:Scott Pedigo who wrote (7)
From: Brad_Dryer
Thursday, Apr 23, 1998 9:54 AM
View Replies (4) | Respond to of 446
Scott, your concerns are appropriate and I know it's going to take a while for us
to prove our resolve, but this acquisition will not change the spirit of SI as a
member-driven site.
(1) the SI interface will not change significantly...we're of course going to keep
making improvements, as we have in the past. We're still going to get the
majority of our ideas for these changes from member feedback.
(2) We may convert to a recurring subscription plan and eliminate the lifetime
fee for new members at some point, but we're certainly going honor the existing
lifetime memberships.
(3) We will not bombard you with banner advertising or other forms of
solicitation. Specifically, banner ads will not be placed in the message boards
for members (If we do, you will have the ability to turn them off).
If you have any other questions, please ask.
Brad Dryer
Silicon Investor
It seems to me that the second sentence of #3 still holds true, but not the first.
I do not see any ads when I read threads, but if I click on "charts" (which is not often because the SI charts like totally blow chunks), I see two banners, a skyscraper, a pop-over that conveniently obscures the chart, and my in-box fills up with saucy messages from SI member Mistress Wanda, asking me to help her recover USD.20.5 M, [ TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS], which has been sitting unclaimed in a Nigerian bank.
I also have some opinions about item #1, but that's all silicon under the bridge now. |
