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Enough with the POPUP already

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Will S · · Joshua Tree · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 1,061

I get it, REI will match AF donations. Getting a popup every third page is a little ridiculous. I'm just about ready to stop adding content here if I can't navigate without endless popups.

Nick Wilder · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 4,098

Okay... I cut it in half (every 30 page views now). Two things though:

- As we'll announce next week, it's really working. The donations and new memberships are AWESOME since starting these things.

- As someone said elsewhere, consider this the pledge drive for public radio. It's irritating, but it's a small price for a good cause, and it has an end date in the near future (June 30).

nathanael · · Riverside, CA · Joined May 2011 · Points: 525

I like the wikipedia model where there is a big banner on some (every?) pages prompting for donations, but the banner will go away after you donate. This gets a donation from me most years. The popup is a bit too invasive, especially if it doesn't leave if you've donated. Maybe the technology isn't there yet.

Now that the view/popup has been decreased it's more manageable, thanks.

R. Moran · · Moab , UT · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 140

More pop ups please. Especially if it is generating revenue to save climbing areas.Join the Access Fund people they are our own personal super heroes.

Dallas R · · Traveling the USA · Joined May 2013 · Points: 191
Nick Wilder wrote:.. it's really working. The donations and new memberships are AWESOME since starting these things. ... It's irritating...
If the popup were the only thing driving the increase in members I would agree with your logic. But I joined the Access Fund not based on the pop-up, but based on the forum discussion about REI hosting MP. The banner advertisement on the side was sufficient.

+1 on pop-ups are irritating.

Thank you for getting the pop-up out of my face.
caesar.salad · · earth · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 75

I, for one, welcome our popup overlords.

Muscrat · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 3,625
R. Moran wrote:More pop ups please. Especially if it is generating revenue to save climbing areas.Join the Access Fund people they are our own personal super heroes.
+1
FrankPS · · Atascadero, CA · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 276

I like Pop Tarts, too, but mostly the frosted ones.

Mark NH · · 03053 · Joined Feb 2013 · Points: 0

Have people nothing better to do than gripe about a pop up that benefits the climbing community? Click on it and it's gone! Over and done. One second of your life you won't get back! Is that too much to ask to help with climbing access issues?

Of course these people will probably also be the first to want the Access Fund's help when their local climbing area is threatened for some reason.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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