[PabloOnTheCliffByTheSea]

It is my privilege to announce the return of two former moderators, zootm and sttaffy, back to the Pabook.net moderating team.

I should explain why we now have a total of 5 moderators despite still being a relatively small community. It's mostly because the other mods have been finding my absences from the site increasingly difficult to deal with, all the while trying to keep the site running smoothly on their own. During these times issues could arise that would require urgent discussion between staff and yet days could pass without a response. Less mods also means more work per mod, and being an active moderator is a lot more work than it might seem. A big thank you to them for putting up with this issue for so long.

While I'm doing an announcement, I will make mention of the Google ads which appeared on the site yesterday. The main one you're likely to see is that at the top of the page, in the board header. It's been styled to blend in with the site quite well, so it shouldn't be a huge distraction. Of course, if you're using Adblock in Firefox or a similar technology you won't see it at all. If you want to support the site, consider adding pabook.net to your whitelist. One last thing; only clicks generate revenue, and while I cannot ask you to just randomly click the links, I will mention that you are helping the site if you click on ads that interest you.

Once again, welcome back zootm and sttaffy. :)

[Sandman2012]

Yay! Welcome zootm and sttaffy. Down with mods who capitalize their names!

Thanks, Pab. :)

[zootm]

This Adblock Plus rule (I think it may need to be at the top of the rules) will show ads on the site if you wanna see 'em:

@@|http://*.pabook.net/

[ShyShy]

Yay!

[Magilla]

OHai!

[Hugh]

Sandman2012, on Mar 14 2008, 02:35 AM, said:

Yay! Welcome zootm and sttaffy. Down with mods who capitalize their names!

Yeah! Look at that crazy ALC for cripes sakes, all caps, no class. :P

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Thanks, Pab. :)

This too! :)

[hestermofet]

Yay!

[dre]

Any chance we can make the ad match the site?

[Seams]

fuck the police

[Hugh]

:lol:

wait.... :nightstick:

[ALC]

Welcome aboard, take off your pants and wait for us in the staff forum.

Hugh, on Mar 13 2008, 03:46 PM, said:

Sandman2012, on Mar 14 2008, 02:35 AM, said:

Yay! Welcome zootm and sttaffy. Down with mods who capitalize their names!

Yeah! Look at that crazy ALC for cripes sakes, all caps, no class. :P

DON'T YOU KNOW I'M LOCO?

[PabloOnTheCliffByTheSea]

dre, on Mar 14 2008, 02:12 AM, said:

Any chance we can make the ad match the site?

I spent several hours doing just that, so thanks for the praise. :P

Originally it was the exact same colour as the header but it blended in too well and just looked weird (like it was part of the forum software). That's why I made it a slightly different Hugh hue but the same lightness. I think it's a good balance between being invisible and sticking out too much.

[sttaffy]

i promise i won't use my new powers for evil, or rightwingy-ness.

[Max Power]

I like the ads. Is that a weird thing to say? I've clicked a couple in the hope of generating revenue (I take it clicks will generate revenue and we don't have to purchase anything?).

[shakey_snake]

Pab, Maybe you should let Google know that not every page has to do with books. ;)

[DragonSon]

Yay for new old mods! What kind of debauchery goes on in the staff forum huh?

[Sandman2012]

shakey_snake, on Mar 15 2008, 01:30 PM, said:

Pab, Maybe you should let Google know that not every page has to do with books. ;)

We prefer literate types. It's deliberate. :P

[PabloOnTheCliffByTheSea]

I denied search engines access to the site for years up until recently. That's probably why the ads were stuck on book-related stuff. It should be better now as Google has been indexing the site for the past week or so.