[Foundation-l] Blink tag jokes are now obsolete.

Sat Dec 31 14:47:07 UTC 2011

Hi Zack

I have a questions. I donated in the past, so I saw some donation request
emails also came in. Are there likely to be more emails between now and the
end?

I understand the point about efficiency and maximizing the revenue, but a
heads-up before the team tries something new might also be helpful.

Regards
Theo

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Zack Exley <zexley at 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 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Amir E. Aharoni <
> > amir.aharoni at mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> >
> > > 2011/12/31 geni <geniice at 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
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