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To: SI Dmitry (code monkey) who wrote (2530)	11/1/2013 8:00:24 AM
From: Justin C	4 Recommendations Recommended By Bill Mario :-) the navigator Tom C Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7360

SI Dmitry, I've had a paid subscription since 1997. Why is SI now designating me as 'Veteran'?

To: SI Dmitry (code monkey) who wrote (2530)	11/1/2013 8:46:21 AM
From: Mario :-)	4 Recommendations Recommended By Dale Baker greg s marcos Metacomet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7360

Greg mentioned that pages are loading too slow because of added adds. Your answer is, well, you can pay to get rid of them. Interesting! I though you would be looking at means to try to speed up loading pages with the adds. Your answer can be read the way, that SI may use slow loading pages as additional pressure to convince members into subscriptions. I'm lifetimer, it is not affecting me, but I just don't like the whole new spirit here. Looking forward to see sometime down the road new owners...

To: SI Dmitry (code monkey) who wrote (2530)	11/1/2013 10:50:06 AM
From: greg s	10 Recommendations Recommended By Cogito Ergo Sum Dale Baker Ivan Inkling Jurgis Bekepuris Mario :-) and 5 more members Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7360

Dear Dmitry, First, let me say that this reply is directed to SI Craig (Owner), not you. I know you are only doing what you are paid to do. Now , for my reply. I have made it a personal rule to avoid paying ANY chat site since Matt Brown went to the Federal pen. It has been my experience that site owners will continue to load onerous crap on their sites, even on paying "members" to keep them renewing their subscriptions. Such is the stated policy of this site, as well. If one lets their subscription lapse, even through oversight, after the 30 day period ends they will be back where they started but lighter in the wallet. It appears SI is following the example set by Investors Hub. They have loaded that site so heavily with ads that is has become unusable. Page loads take forever (like the "new" SI) and the user actually has to search for content in a sea of ads. The owner of a chat site should realize that the reason anyone comes to the site is for discussion. Anything that detracts from ease of use in discussion detracts from the site. I do not mind SI trying to make some money serving up ads (within reason). But the infrastructure should have been upgraded to handle the advertising load. I am on my iPad but use Firefox with AdBlocker Plus on my notebook. It provides a reasonable solution. Owners of discussion sites should realize that they work in a vey competitive market. People vote with their feet (or, in this case, their eyeballs). Those eyeballs are a discussion site's primary asset. Not the hardware. Not the software. Not the admins. Not the owners. Just wanted to state my case before the topic becomes off-limits.

To: SI Dmitry (code monkey) who wrote (2530)	11/1/2013 11:37:13 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7360

My feedback. Way too many ads, There should be at most two banner ads on any page. Please eliminate the ads that you are placing when we read multiple messages. I'm considering my options going forward, but whatever I choose it will involve eliminating the ads in the middle of the messages. 1/3 chance of simply leaving this site altogether. PS: First, let me say that this reply is directed to SI Craig (Owner), not you. I know you are only doing what you are paid to do.

To: SI Dmitry (code monkey) who wrote (2530)	11/2/2013 5:25:32 AM
From: Joe Sixer	14 Recommendations Recommended By Dale Baker Hoatzin Ian@SI Jurgis Bekepuris marcos and 9 more members Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7360

*We ask that you disable ad blockers while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.* How is disabling AdBlocker, my personal choice, in the best interests of the community? if I choose not to click on ads, a standard practice I have no matter what site I am on, how does that effect your revenues? If the ads are visible I'm still not going to click on them. Your choice to disable my ability to reply to a message with AdBlocker engaged is your choice.... a poor one I might add. A choice that will do nothing more than piss people off, and drive them from the site. The management of SI has its head up their ass and they are doomed with this current thinking.

To: SI Dmitry (code monkey) who wrote (2530)	11/2/2013 8:18:10 AM
From: Moonray	1 Recommendation Recommended By Stock Puppy Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7360

SI Dmitry, I am NOT using Ad Blocker software of any kind. I see your ads above and below a posting when I read them. When I click on Public Reply to post, I get the following message in the upper Ad space: We've detected that you're using AdBlock Plus* or some other ad blocking software. Ads provide a critical* source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blockers while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. I am using an Apple Mac Mini running OS X 10.6.8 with a browser that is Safari 5.1.10. I should NOT be seeing your Ad Block message, Please fix this. Thanx! o~~~ O