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Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by freeflight »

zdragnar wrote: post #115
freeflight wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This made me curious, so I reloaded the site without uBlock origin, and for the most part looks the same; There is one ad at the top, one at the bottom, and a cookie info style ad banner scrolling with the page, 3 ads in total. That's a rather humane amount and the only one that's really intrusive is the one all the way on the top, the scrolling banner can even be minimized to remove it, which leaves a total of 2 ads…

On android chrome, I'm seeing 9 distinct ads just on the front page. Inner pages (specific countries) don't have quite so many.

Wow, that's a lot! Where are those extra ads located?

Gave it a try on my iPhone's Safari; The same 3 ads like on desktop Chrome, but there's two extra ones all the way at the bottom of the page.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by coward123 »

Here's what I thought was really great about this: My family originated in a European country not included in the list. In the 1600s (maybe even late 1500s) we took refuge in one of these countries that allowed a degree of religious tolerance in a specific area. Over the next century, many picked up and came to the new world.

Anyway, point being it was really neat to see my family name still in that very specific area, despite it being a name that would automatically stand out even today as "not from around here."

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by coward123 »

krylon wrote: post #35

It's kind of funny, my surname actually does have a huge cluster around my hometown, but my paternal grandfather I inherited that name from was from another part of Germany and only moved here in the 1940s. One time someone from the USA contacted me on Facebook because he has the same surname, to see if we were related. We weren't, but his great-grandparents were from my hometown and emigrated to the USA around 1900…

Years ago I was in my ancestral village and met a man (with same very distinctive family name) countless generations removed who looked exactly like my grandfather. Even the same physical, stocky build... and yeah, I had to just kind of mind my manners because it was super surreal. Guess it's kinda like the Old Spice commercials - if your granddad wasn't good looking you wouldn't be here?

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by klyrs »

sjmm1989 wrote: post #114
jonenst wrote: post #80

This website is overloaded with adds. It almost feels like a scam. Based on the fact that almost all other comments are not talking about it, I guess at least one of the following hypotheses is true (if not all of them): - most people here use an efficient addblocker - The website changed since its first appearance on the first page (maximize revenue?) - some comments are sponsored - on mobile it feels overwhelming b…

I've accepted that the internet wants my data and have been using Brave for a few years now. Seems like a fair compromise, and their adblocking is pretty decent, even if I get to put up with their little pop ups now and then for BAT tokens. I have it set to maximum ad rate, and just ignore them mostly. They are sort of intrusive, but also not really. Depends on what you are doing. I've had them pop up in the middle o…

Quoting your dead comment for educational purposes...

> Just like how none here have a legitimate reason to downvote something that is just my personal preference and opinion based on usage.

Please read the guidelines. Crabbing about downvotes is on there.

> (Seriously people... be better than redditors.)

Please read the guidelines. Calling this reddit is on there.

> P.S. Who ever flagged my comment... grow up. There is no possible way I am breaking any rules right now. Not that I am immediately aware of at least.

Bottom left corner of the page. You're welcome.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by stubish »

BuildTheRobots wrote: post #152
wsinks wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ha! I don't use an adblocker, and when I first loaded this page, it looked great! and then I quickly quit out and came to the comments instead of using it. And then I saw this, and went back... Oh. I just wasn't on the page long enough to see just how many ads were loaded, wow!!

You make not using an adblocker seem like an active choice - can I ask why?

The continual attention loss dealing with ads is certainly more than the once-per-install job of turning on an adblocker. I'm surprised it isn't mandated in corporate environments to recover attention loss of employees.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by sjmm1989 »

klyrs wrote: post #184
sjmm1989 wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've accepted that the internet wants my data and have been using Brave for a few years now. Seems like a fair compromise, and their adblocking is pretty decent, even if I get to put up with their little pop ups now and then for BAT tokens. I have it set to maximum ad rate, and just ignore them mostly. They are sort of intrusive, but also not really. Depends on what you are doing. I've had them pop up in the middle o…

Quoting your dead comment for educational purposes... > Just like how none here have a legitimate reason to downvote something that is just my personal preference and opinion based on usage. Please read the guidelines. Crabbing about downvotes is on there. > (Seriously people... be better than redditors.) Please read the guidelines. Calling this reddit is on there. > P.S. Who ever flagged my comment... grow up. There…

Replying to you for... polite purposes.

Saying 'be better than' shouldn't be breaking any rules in regards to 'calling this reddit'.

I'm merely making a point that I've seen similar actions performed by redditors, and that I expect better. Is that really so terrible? If you think it is, you need to grow up and come to understand how reality actually works friend. Just because you don't like something someone is saying, doesn't make them wrong to say it. Not always at least.

For instance, if you are actually right to say what you said, and you see me as annoyed or angry for it being that way; are you wrong for having said it?

It's the same thing from my angle. We just have different views on what is acceptable in society, digital or analog as it were. I think it's acceptable to call people out for acting like deplorables. You think it's acceptable to call people for acting how you figure is deplorable. So we aren't really all that different...

I just stand by my opinion, because its correct; like it or not.

I mean for pete's sake... the website doesn't even have downvote arrows (that I can see at least) and yet some of you are still downvoting... lol... Just like Redditors.

Check mate.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by klyrs »

sjmm1989 wrote: post #188
klyrs wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quoting your dead comment for educational purposes... > Just like how none here have a legitimate reason to downvote something that is just my personal preference and opinion based on usage. Please read the guidelines. Crabbing about downvotes is on there. > (Seriously people... be better than redditors.) Please read the guidelines. Calling this reddit is on there. > P.S. Who ever flagged my comment... grow up. There…

Replying to you for... polite purposes. Saying 'be better than' shouldn't be breaking any rules in regards to 'calling this reddit'. I'm merely making a point that I've seen similar actions performed by redditors, and that I expect better. Is that really so terrible? If you think it is, you need to grow up and come to understand how reality actually works friend. Just because you don't like something someone is sayin…

Stick around and make positive contributions and you'll see a downvote button. Can't remember if it's 250 or 750 karma.

Arguing with somebody who's patiently explaining why you got flagged isn't productive. I didn't flag or downvote your dead comment, but for the record, I would have if it wasn't already dead. I'd downvote the comment I'm replying to, but cool feature, you don't get to downvote direct replies.

And, downvotes are for quiet disagreement. Unpopular opinions go grey. Moderation keeps the site more pleasant than other news aggregators. Greying out unpopular opinions does seem to quell the flame wars a bit. You'll get used to it. Nobody owes you a fight. After all, that's what reddit is for.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by ChrisRR »

pooper wrote: post #120
jonenst wrote: post #80

This website is overloaded with adds. It almost feels like a scam. Based on the fact that almost all other comments are not talking about it, I guess at least one of the following hypotheses is true (if not all of them): - most people here use an efficient addblocker - The website changed since its first appearance on the first page (maximize revenue?) - some comments are sponsored - on mobile it feels overwhelming b…

I flagged this submission and recommend this post be deleted and the submitter penalized.

Why? Sites need ads to keep running. There's only two fixed ads and one popup
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