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Re: Removal of Ads from LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 9 Jun 2026 03:03:04 GMT
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I'm sorry that the ads didn't work out. (though selfishly happy to see the site
without them). :-)
Thank you for all your work, Jerry. I'll be happy to send a donation.
-Suz
In lugnet.announce, "Gereon \"Jerry\" Stein" <jerry@lugnet.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> due to repeated requests and more appropriately due to the poor
> performance of
> ads in general when it comes to refinancing the costs for hosting and
> maintenance, I have taken the decision to drop ads from LUGNET altogether.
>
> Most of the removal should be complete by now - if you hit pages where I
> missed
> to remove the ads display code, please reply to this thread or drop me
> an email
> and I shall do the needful.
>
> My plan is to keep LUGNET alive for everybody who still enjoys to visit this
> place for reference or just for a glimpse of what was once the go-to
> location
> for enthusiasts of the brick-building hobby.
>
> As resources (and I'm not counting the time I'm throwing in myself) do
> not come
> cheap and many have offered to do so, I will be grateful for donations
> sent to
> paypal@lugnet.com. No obligations - I'm grateful for anything and I'm
> just as
> grateful if you just come by every now and then and still enjoy the site.
>
> Happy bricking,
>
> Jerry
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| (...) Hi Suz, yeah, the ads became more and more annoying as well as disconnected to the other LUGNET content - if they can't provide delivery of relevant ads, we're better off not placing ads at all. Ads actually used to be sort of relevant and (...) (2 weeks ago, 9-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Removal of Ads from LUGNET
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| Hi everybody, due to repeated requests and more appropriately due to the poor performance of ads in general when it comes to refinancing the costs for hosting and maintenance, I have taken the decision to drop ads from LUGNET altogether. Most of the (...) (2 weeks ago, 7-Jun-26, to lugnet.announce)
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