20 minute advertising rule exception

[Choo]

Right now you can only advertise once per 20 minutes.

But lets say, the chats flowing very fast and nobody can possibly scroll up and see the advert for a couple minutes.
I propose an exception to this rule if your adverisement doesnt last in the shoutbox before the 20 minute mark.

In other words, I propose that you can advertise once every 20 minutes (as normal), or when your ad is cleared from the shoutbox, whichever comes first.

 

[Choo]

It definitely will. Having a conversation with someone will become a lot harder if someone sends an ad every other minute. Not to mention, ads will be spammed the more active the community gets. We also know that there will be abusers. Some people are goona do it every time it gets pushed out, which would sorta get annoying as well.

As an active chatter and advertiser, I actually see people using this idea into thruition (even though its not allowed), never have I been annoyed or seen someone annoyed.

 

[RustyDev]

This could be abused if two users start to talk really fast after it goes out of box without having to scroll.

 

[Choo]

This could be abused if two users start to talk really fast after it goes out of box without having to scroll.

Or, its considered as spam and they get warning points, especially if they are doing it on purpose just for this sole reason

If its any other conversation... then there will be no issue as they are talking fast.

 

[Mick]

Our chat is for conversations, it's not an ad-box.
If conversation is flowing as we want it to be, then I see no reason for ads to suddenly start picking up pace and ruin that.
As it is, we're still seeing too many complaints about too many ads.
Generally speaking, everyone wants to be able to advertise their own product but nobody wants to see anyone else's.

Additionally, chat history clears at different positions for different users depending on when they last loaded chat.
This isn't something that could be reliably enforced, since we'd have no idea what the other users were seeing on their screen.

What is reliable between users is time. If you want to be one of those guys that advertises on the tick and tock of each 20 minute interval, take the personal responsibility necessary to keep track of your own time.

Denied, thanks for the suggestion.