Fark NotNewsletter: The results from Adblockblockingpalooza

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1593633715-53189-56630 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D")= > [3D"Facebook"](3D") [=3D"Twitter"](3D") [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [ 7499](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message = from Drew Curtis: ____________________= ____ Hey everyone, hope your week went well. Been slamme= d here, but it's not all bad. An update: Two weeks ago, we ran a 24-= hour test where we blocked adblock to see what impact it was having on our = revenue, since Fark's adblock rate is well over 50% of our overall traffic.= We wanted to compare that test to the same time period a week later = to see if folks would turn adblock off and leave it off for Fark. One week = later, that's what the data indicates. Ad revenues are nearly identic= al during the block test and the same period the week following. Plus= we picked up a bunch of [BareFark](3D"htt=) subscribers during the test, = which was awesome because we'd prefer everyone have BareFark than display a= ds. So tl;dr, 1) the test was a success and 2) we don't have any plan= s to block ad blockers in the near future. However, one interesting = result of the test period was we discovered that there is some entirely val= id confusion as to why [TotalFark](3D"https=) doesn't include ad-blocking.= There's a long story behind that, the short conclusion of which is:&= nbsp;the confusion is totally understandable. The flagship subscripti= on -should- include a no-ads experience. I've got some ideas about wh= at could be done there - and if you'd like to get in on that conversation, = I'll be discussing it on TotalFark probably Friday. By the way, one o= f the benefits of TotalFark is that we discuss long-term changes with Total= Farkers while we're still in the brainstorming phase. So if you'd lik= e to have input, come [join us](3D"https:=). The Fark News Update Li= vestream continues this week - today at 4 p.m. Eastern, tomorrow sometime, = and we haven't decided on Friday, but since we did games last week, we shou= ld probably look at movie night again. Open to suggestions there.&nbs= p; Come join us at [our Twitch channel](3D"http=) at 4= p.m. ________________________ We now return you to your = usual Fark NotNewsletter. ________________________ Top Comments Some of= the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week Funny: TheHighlandHowler was in [a toxic film with Ron Jeremy](3D") NeoCortex4= 2 reacted to [news of The Hed= gehog's alleged crimes](3D"=) Doctor Funkenstein describe= d [a disturbing scene](3D") (I'm not kidd= ing) Uzzah felt pretty smug about [Samsung Blu-ray players malfunctioning](3D") rude= mix defended [the suspicious = rope found hanging in Bubba Wallace's garage at at Talladega Superspeedway Tr0mBoNe ran into](3D"=)[a problem when Samsung Blu-ray players suddenly stopped working](3D" FormlessOne explained [why one of the cops charged in George Floyd's death wasn't wearing a mask = while shopping](3D" Cythraul [comforted Doctor Funkenstein](3D" Tr0mBoN= e showed that [even Jesus has= a wandering eye](3D=) TorpedoOrca revealed [a little-known fact about Nova Scotia](3D") Smart: felching pen had [an idea for special packs of Skittles](3D") levios= aurus pointed out that [one o= f the cops involved in George Floyd's murder did yet another stupid thing= a> CarnySaur noticed](3D" thing for a person who throws a fit over masks at Starbucks to = get angry over](3D" SumoJeb noted that [a woman who accused an innocent family of stealing her= car had things that didn't seem to belong to her](3D") lindalouwh= o shared [reason to believe = that most people can manage to breathe with a cloth mask just fine](3D"http=) FormlessOne explained [why one of the cops charged in George Floyd's death wasn't wearing a mask = while shopping](3D" hobnail [took a close look at the noose found at Talladega Superspeedway](3D" = WalkingSedgwick must've p= osted this using a rental or a friend's computer or something Winterlight came up with [an idea for a sadly useful device](3D" gameshowhost = explained, in a Gen-X way, [why Gen-Z doesn= 't seem to be too worried about giving the virus to baby boomers](3D"=) CSB Sunday Morning: [Summer vacation](=3D") Smart & Funny: GRCooper = rong> learned that [sometimes a trucke= r's honk isn't just because kids in another vehicle requested it](3D"http=) CSB [Cool Story, Bro] Sunday Morning is a thread for Farkers to share true= stories from their own lives based on a weekly topic. If you have a topic = idea for a CSB Sunday Morning thread, please [contact Farkback](3D" ah= ead of time, or just [submit it](3D"ht=) on Saturday afternoon/evening. Plea= se note: While submitted CSB Sunday Morning threads have a high likelihood = of being greenlit, there is no guarantee they will be. TotalFark= Discussion: Note: This section can only be accessed by [To= talFarkers](3D" Smart: Beeblebrox gave = an opinion on [a TotalFarker's imaginar= y tattoo quandary](3D"https://w=) Smart: ytterbium had so= me [insight about couples with differen= t levels of education](3D"=) Funny: Beeblebrox a= sked a question about [an ex breaking h= ealth guidelines by taking a child into Best Buy](3D"h=) Funny: Shakespeare's Monkey's mom is about to be [invited to a bunch of concerts](3D") Smart: TheSteelCricket revealed [the truth about online IQ tests](3D" Smart: rebelyell2= 006 suggested [a fun new way = to celebrate the Fourth of July](3D=) Funny: Dance Party = told a TotalFarker how to mo= unt a large TV by yourself Politics Funny: K= en S. pointed out that [Presi= dent Trump really has done a lot to help Maine's fishing industry](3D" Marcus Aurelius knew [who's to blame for Trump's attempts to stoke racism](3D" RodneyT= oady completed [a sentence = with a familiar cadence](=3D" iago mentioned [someone who managed to pull off what Trump couldn= 't](3D") common sense is an oxymoron knew [why there weren't more people at Trump's rally](3D") Politics Smart: Jack Sabbath [compared the Chicago murders that "horrified" Trump t= o potential murders that didn't seem to trouble him](3D") GardenWe= asel argued that [Trump actua= lly did something about intelligence indicating Putin put a bounty on = members of U.S. military](=3D" markie_farkie saw in hind= sight [a hint that Trump ignored information= about Russia posing a threat to Americans](3D") kazrak = had a suggestion to [encourage police d= epartments to ban chokeholds](3D"htt=) Butterflew considered= [what it would take for some Trump fan= s to turn on him](3D") Top Con= test Entries Some of the top-voted contest entries from l= ast week, listed from highest number of votes down Photoshops:= em> Yammering_Splat_Vector found [a new aunt to get pancake syrup from](3D") DarkJoh= nson somehow created [a break= fast mascot that's even more controversial](3D" Thrakkorzog = ong> figured that [nobody should be this happy](3D"https=) Godscrack [put the instructions in the name of the product](3D" = Yammering_Splat_Vector was [a little late with this gift](3D" Yammering_Splat_Vector = g> made [an ad for the Sackler family b= usiness](3D"=) Iggie found [a new market for vape pens](3D" RedZoneTuba show= ed that [there's still a need for this = classic disinfectant](3D"=) Iggie [gave this red panda the ultimate gift](3D" RedZoneTuba gave us [a glimpse of mating s= eason](3D"https:=) Fartist Friday:[MS Paint your fantas= y job](3D") jbtilley is [all out of bubble gum](3D" This week's Fartist Friday= theme, brought to you by E-brake: Window View H= aiku - write an original Haiku about the view from your window Farktography: Badafuco won Farktography= Contest No. 790: "[Tiptoe Thr= ough the Tulips 3](3D"https://w=)" with a beautifu= l striped and speckled rose Farktography is Fark's weekly photog= raphy contest. If you would like to suggest a Farktography theme, please co= ntact [Elsinore](3D"https://w=). Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by&nb= sp;ox45tallboy) Another fun time on the Quiz last w= eek, although thanks to a screwup on my part, several dozen quiztakers got = all 14 questions instead of the usual 11 and this threw off the whole ranki= ngs. Still, I'm going to give the top 10 a shout-out here: T= he Third Man - 1228 Recoil Therapy - 1093 Mztlplx - 1067 zerkalo - 1028 mybluemake - 1000 bud jones - 1000 TheMothership - 991 mfgordon - 965 bababa - 963 leftofcool -948 The hard= est question on the Hard Quiz was over the ingredients of SPAM. Since Niger= ian princes and male enhancement weren't choices, we were stuck looking on = the label. Only 31% of quiztakers knew that the secret ingredient was sugar= - a trick also utilized by many restaurants in their kids meals, because, = well, sugar tastes good. It also does help with the caramelization when you= 're frying it up. The easiest question on the Hard Quiz was ab= out which company announced they were no longer going to make "commemorativ= e" police batons. 83% of quiztakers knew that for some reason, Louisville&n= bsp;Slugger, famed manufacturer of baseball bats, has been quietly making t= hese truncheons designed to commemorate police officers and their act of wh= acking people with wooden sticks for the past "15 to 20 years" (no one at t= he company seemed to know). I mean, good on them for stopping production, b= ut talk about bad taste... The hardest question on the Easy Quiz was= over why Ford decided to change the date of its new reveal of the upcoming= redesigned Ford Bronco from their initial choice of July 9. It seems 46% o= f quiztakers will be owing Mr. Orenthal James Simpson a birthday card, sinc= e you knew that this was his special day. Also, any tips on the Real Killer= should be sent c/o any metro Las Vegas golf courses. The easiest qu= estion on the Easy Quiz was over which sitcom cast was reuniting for a spec= ial promo show for NBC's Peacock streaming service. 77% of quiztakers knew = that it was "30 Rock" that was getting the band back together. "Scrubs" was= picked up by ABC for its eighth and final season which would have made thi= ngs weird if they did a promo for rival NBC. (I do not acknowledge tha= t show they called "Season Nine of Scrubs" as existing). Congr= atulations to the winners, and if you missed last week's Quiz, you can = ;[catch up right here](3D"). This week's Quiz is up, so go&n= bsp;[test your Weird News knowledge](3D")! --------------------------------------------------------------- ([Fark.com](3D"") sent this newsletter emai= l to: {EMAIL}) To stop these emails, go to the Notifications tab of your [MyFark profile](3D"https:=) to change your subscription preferences. Or, [click here to unsubscribe](3D") from newsletter emails, even if your Fark login isn't '{NAME}'. 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