Yeah, I totally agree with you. And sadly, I *have* been considering getting a subscription so I can remove the ads because it messes with my space, and I had everything nicely organized. It sucks that not many people have been talking about it...

Considering how common it is to see people making a fuss about the smallest issues on DevArt, it's more than a little creepy to see so little about a fairly big issue.

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" I guess I'm a kind of weird chap, really. I'm constantly surprising myself with my mentality." - Dave Gahan

Heh, true. Maybe all the dramallamas ae subscribed already? ^_^;;

Since most of them tend to be young'ins, I dunno about that! But maybe they are too busy with their own drama to see bigger picture drama LOL

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" I guess I'm a kind of weird chap, really. I'm constantly surprising myself with my mentality." - Dave Gahan

Amen.

I ignore all adds by instinct so it doesn't drive me crazy but it doesn't make me any less angry that they're there, smudging up my gallery for others either.

They're probably getting paid more for doing this so odds are they'll ignore it until people finally deal with it more silently or leave, which in any case seems acceptible. Corperations always work that way. Unless they're testing reactions but it's hard for me to believe they'd not expect a lot of negative feedback. Alas, I ramble in tired blubberiness.

Here's hoping they break the mold.

I just think there is a threshold between discreet ads and obnoxious ads and maybe for some we haven't reached that line yet, but for me we have. I ignore most ads too, though very rarely I do see an ad on devart that catches my eye. But there are so many that just look unimpressive and ugly.

I get the feeling they are trying to pretend it's no big deal. It makes sense as a logical strategy; to acknowledge the problem would suggest they have to deal with it. They can continue to pretend they haven't heard or seen any protests about the ads if they say nothing.

I joined Devart because they seemed to be different and more about the community but I really get the impression sometimes that all that stuff is meant to pay lip service and foster an illusion of hosting an "art mecca" which is really a complex business model.

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" I guess I'm a kind of weird chap, really. I'm constantly surprising myself with my mentality." - Dave Gahan

Hey I found at least one editorial where someone else is trying to get staff attention!

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" I guess I'm a kind of weird chap, really. I'm constantly surprising myself with my mentality." - Dave Gahan

From what I read yesterday their contract keeps changing saying they're required to post an add on every page etc. I personally don't think you can do that putting it anywhere without being obnoxious. The lady they have doing public relations type crap on the subject also keeps bringing up subscribing etc to get rid of them rather than stating any willingness to change them in most cases.

Oh well.

Interesting, where did you hear that? So basically they don't seem interested in working things out with free users, hmm?

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" I guess I'm a kind of weird chap, really. I'm constantly surprising myself with my mentality." - Dave Gahan