PROTEST plz sign

So it's saturday, i'm stoned and i feel like starting a protest. What I want from this protest is for the owner(s) of this site to take off the bullshit "legal marijuana" advertisements. In my opinion it is a bad.. no, a terrible! representation of this site and it should be taken away immediately... this isnt the "waste your money on fake bullshit" website is it? because i thought it was dedicated to the growing of Cannabis, our long and loyal friend... please, have a conscience and get rid of that shit,, sure you might lose out on a few bucks but hey,, at least you will sleep better at night.

so i will start of signing this protest

Chuck Bane - Tired Of Sellouts

you know the gallery? i'm sure that costs money to maintain, they put a few (and i think it is very few) advertisements they can help pay for the disc space this website uses to keep people learning.

there are other things to advertise,, whoever sells this shit must of had the highest dollar, and thats why it's here

anyone who knows what weed is would know that it is shit anyway so just dont look at that part of the monitor and let rollitup keep the sponsors

you dont have to see them bro; go into your profile and edit your options....

bunch of fucking sissy's,, what happened to the Raise Hell Generation?? fuck it,, if i knew how to close a thread this one would be so closed

It's not a matter of knowing how, it's a matter of being allowed. To close the thread, that is. Same thing with the options bit gogrow mentioned. I'm sure that if you pay up you can make the advertising go away.

On one hand I'm with you on this, on the other... it's not "my" site, and I know the bandwidth costs moolah, so.. plus, rollitup is pretty damn generous with how much s/he allows folks here to chew up the bandwidth with big-ass pictures, allowing all of us our galleries, and so on. In any event, I'll be honest, it just doesn't bother me enough to put up a fuss. There are other things that bother me a whole lot more and I've learned to pick my battles.

i think the more they get clicked on the more we get paid. i could be wrong, as a mod i don't see them. i know this site does not generate profit for the owner.

Who owns RIU??

LOL.... well I'm still a little scratched up from the last debate I got into over the issue of one being able to make as much money as they can in this business without being labeled a sellout.....

Anyway... here's my 2 cents... it's their website..... it cost money to run, they can advertise whatever they like...... and those that don't like it are free to leave. The only sites I've ever participated in where there was no advertising are sites where EVERYONE has to pay up to be a member.

So it's ok to advertise.... just not a product you consider bullshit? So you immediately slap on the label of "sellout"??? To me this reeks of the same indignation some have that a few are profiting "too much" off of their knowledge and their name so therefore they are a sellout.

I haven't seen the bank books or financial records for this site... I have no idea what the current operating costs of this site are...... have you? It's pretty easy to sit back and be judgmental about how they are operating their site when you have no idea what it really takes. My best guess is that this site... is not operating at a profit...... and if it is....likely a very small profit.

I'm sure I'll get rocks thrown at me again for my capitalist views... whatever! Personally I hope the owners of RIU are able to make as much money as they possibly can!

chuckbane said:

bunch of fucking sissy's,, what happened to the Raise Hell Generation?? fuck it,, if i knew how to close a thread this one would be so closed

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your a douche bag. who cares, plus i'd say the raise hell generation took place 40 years ago in vietnam. all people do now is shoot each other to solve problems. quit being such a little girl

Aw.. now that wasn't necessary. He's not on about ALL advertising, just this one specific thing.

Seamaiden said:

It's not a matter of knowing how, it's a matter of being allowed. To close the thread, that is. Same thing with the options bit gogrow mentioned. I'm sure that if you pay up you can make the advertising go away.

On one hand I'm with you on this, on the other... it's not "my" site, and I know the bandwidth costs moolah, so.. plus, rollitup is pretty damn generous with how much s/he allows folks here to chew up the bandwidth with big-ass pictures, allowing all of us our galleries, and so on. In any event, I'll be honest, it just doesn't bother me enough to put up a fuss. There are other things that bother me a whole lot more and I've learned to pick my battles.

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if i am not mistaken, i disabled the ads long before "elite" was in existence; so i dont believe it to be an elite only option....i have been wrong before though... ill look into it.

I have yet to find an option in my own settings to get rid of advertising. I assumed that this is because I am not a paying member.

Seamaiden said:

I have yet to find an option in my own settings to get rid of advertising. I assumed that this is because I am not a paying member.

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i have just searched through all my options in my profile....disabling the ads seems to have been removed.....glad i did it back then, i guess i got "stuck" with my decision. sorry to have mislead you there seamaiden.

panselmo1989 said:

Who owns RIU??

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"rollitup" owns rollitup. rollitup's Marijuana Growing Profile

I don't have a prob because its their site and damn we use alot and I meen alot of space up-loading pics and videos for journals and such so that advertisement is helping to pay for this site , and besides I don't see alot of people paying to be a member so its the other way that they can keep this site going

I have yet to see an ad here.

Firefox and Ad Block Plus......

i don't think we've taken money for membership in several months. unless rollitup is doing it some way other than paypal. paypal was shut down after the first month. has anyone become elite in the last few weeks?

i wonder what it costs for my posts and pics alone.

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i don't think we've taken money for membership in several months. unless rollitup is doing it some way other than paypal. paypal was shut down after the first month. has anyone become elite in the last few weeks?

i wonder what it costs for my posts and pics alone.

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lol , all I know that I'm just starting my first grow and my first grow journal so I'll prob be using alot of space