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Re: Firefox

reply to Scott
I could be wrong, but the way I look at it is, that one is a sig and the other is a site wide banner ad. A sig is something that all members are permitted (if not encouraged) to have. So to my way of thinking there is no breaking of the rules nor a breach of trust; Whereas with the site wide plastering of the Firefox ad, we are seeming to be subjected to the explicit thing that BBR promised us that we would not be, by signing up for a Premium account. In fact, it is the very 1st thing on their list of the benefits of becoming a Premium member. No banner advertising.

I understand your question, and I have seen a few Kerry avatars with sigs that link to "Dubya is an Idiot" type sites. While these sometimes aggravate me, I have never advocated them being stripped or censored because they are sigs. I have no implicit or explicit agreement with others about not seeing what their sigs say. And after visiting, I sometimes find the anti-Bush sites rather humorous.

If you look back at my some of my screenshots, you will probably notice that I use FF most of the time. It's not the message of the ads I disagree with, its the ads themselves.
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reply to Scott
And the plot thickens even more.

I can't believe anyone doesn't see anything wrong with this. Did BBR make a donation or take one?

From »www.spreadfirefox.com/

"Spread the word
Put one of our Firefox buttons and ad banners on your web site or promote Firefox in your email signature.

Make a donation
Help us make Firefox the most secure web browser. Match seed funding by Mark Shuttleworth and Lindows for our Security Bug Bounty Program. Donate now.

Volunteer
Our marketing department? That means YOU. Join one of our 8 (and growing!) community marketing projects.
Roll Call
10 most active participants:

1. 23,395 G4TechTV The Screen Savers sfx page
2. 6,210 Overclockers Club sfx page
3. 4,804 BROADBANDREPORTS sfx page

If I am reading this right beside the other obvious problems here is that if we the posters in the various forums find a bug in Firefox and BBR reports it to this website there is monetary rewards involved?

How did you arrive at that conclusion from what you posted above? I didn't see anything about a rewards program. I did see a request for donations "to" firefox, though. Not unusual for freeware/shareware programs.

Or are you referring to the "bounty" offered for security bugs?
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"The Mozilla Foundation has launched a Security Bug Bounty Program that pays $500 cash awards to people who identify critical security vulnerabilities. Please donate today."

It's on the link I posted. You just have to search a little. Any donations are matched for the bounty rewards.

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»www.mozillastore.com/products/donations
»www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-20···-02.html

reply to Scott
Have any of you read the forums over at the affiliate site? I've changed my mind. This site has made a big mistake. There is a lot zealotry being expressed there...not everyone is agreeing but still...to have this site associated with zealots who think it is just fine to trick IE users and mess with their heads, etc. that is not befitting this site.

It is also very clear after you look at the affiliates buttons page that this is an AD and not an "endorsement" and thus does violate the agreement between the site and the purchaser of Premium status.

And what the heck is this? From the bbr affiliates page:
broadbandreports
Firefox really is a better mousetrap, give it a try
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reply to Scott
I tried to stay out of this thread but after doing a little non-biased searching I find things that don't add up as I posted in both of my " the plot thickens threads".

Here are the stats on this site:Users
979193
Registered users over all time Accounts
593309
Current login accounts Recent
287862

Any site looking for a banner ad to get on a site would love to rope this site in. Apparently they did. Not to mention that BBR is now the 3rd most active site promoting the banner ad and promoting Firefox.

Look at the top 2 sites in my previous thread. Does BBR really want to be in this group?

G4techtv and overclockers club? Ack.

reply to Scott
I haven't found out how much this pays yet. But I am working on it.

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Re: Firefox

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I haven't found out how much this pays yet. But I am working on it.

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