This isn't the kind of compromise that we should be making. On 12/31/11, Zack Exley <zex...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi everyone - > > It's a trade off between doing things that might annoy some people in the > banners vs. reducing the number of days we need to run banners at all. It's > hard to find the right balance. > > We're always trying to find the least annoying banners that make the most > money so that we can run them the shortest possible time. > > We reduced the fundraiser from 50 days to 46 this year. Next year we hope > to shave more days off again. > > The alternating message banners work really well on the last couple days > because there are two different very effective messages in those days. But > we're always looking for a better way, so maybe next year we won't have to > do alternating messages at all. > > Zack > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < >> amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: >> >> > 2011/12/31 geni <geni...@gmail.com>: >> > > We appear to have actual blinking ads. Unfortunate. Still I suppose >> > > the occasion should be marked. >> > >> > They are not blinking in a manner that is even remotely obnoxious. And >> > they are also used for displaying bilingual messages, which is very >> > useful for areas in which you can't be sure whether people prefer >> > English or the local language, like India. >> >> >> Actually, no. They are obnoxious in any language and area. Also, the most >> widely viewed banners are in English in India. >> >> We see the same blinks with the same pair of eyes as the rest of the >> world. >> Content of the blink-ads, doesn't change what they are. >> >> Regards >> Theo >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > > > -- > Zack Exley > Chief Community Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >
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