Timeline for The future of Community Promotion, Open Source, and Hot Network Questions Ads
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| Jun 17, 2021 at 11:46 | comment | added | Adám | @Pureferret Yes. | |
| Jun 17, 2021 at 11:36 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage | @JNat but does it work? | |
| May 25, 2021 at 18:28 | comment | added | JNat StaffMod | To be fair, @samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, editing ads while they're being served wasn't really a feature of the current implementation of Community Promotion Ads — in fact, doing so was actually discouraged. | |
| May 25, 2021 at 16:56 | history | edited | Laurel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 340 characters in body; added 70 characters in body
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| May 25, 2021 at 16:42 | comment | added | Adám | @samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz I've added yours to the list. | |
| May 25, 2021 at 16:42 | history | edited | Adám | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
one more example
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| May 25, 2021 at 15:56 | comment | added | samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz | @JNat Will edits to the ads be possible? This system was used e.g. for tex.meta.stackexchange.com/a/8075 to avoid an ad for a conference to become obsolete. | |
| May 24, 2021 at 17:46 | comment | added | Adám | @JNat I've added two more. With the new system, these two, potentially life-saving, ads might have had to wait for months… | |
| May 24, 2021 at 17:44 | history | edited | Adám | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
more examples
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| May 24, 2021 at 16:29 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | There might be other site specific events going on at specific times - Site anniversaries and other special events come to mind. It seems something that would add to how useful this is - but probably a pain to get working 'after the fact' - whether the means to do so is technical or a process to get someone adding and removing these ads manually | |
| May 24, 2021 at 15:35 | comment | added | JNat StaffMod | We have unmaintained code that needs to go, which is what prompted this project — getting rid of that code needs to happen. Doing so entails getting rid of the dynamically generated pool of ads, unfortunately. We're doing a trial of a new lightweight approach (code-wise), and will iterate on it — if there's enough engagement with the new format, we'll see what can/should be modified, both in terms of guidelines, etc. (meaning faster refreshes, or allowing for special use cases like yours), and potentially in terms of more dev work. So the "before deciding" you mention is now, on this post. | |
| May 24, 2021 at 15:22 | comment | added | Adám | @JNat Btw, if Stack Exchange had asked the community before deciding on drastic changes like this, you could have known in advance. | |
| May 24, 2021 at 15:20 | comment | added | Adám | @JNat I've added links to two examples. | |
| May 24, 2021 at 15:19 | history | edited | Adám | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
add examples
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| May 24, 2021 at 15:18 | comment | added | JNat StaffMod | I wasn't necessarily aware of that being a common use case (if you have some examples, links would be appreciated). And while the proposed approach for the trial does indeed make that use case impossible, depending on its success and how frequently we end up doing and refreshing these, it may become possible again in the future. | |
| May 24, 2021 at 15:04 | comment | added | Adám | @JNat Why not? You may not have been aware of this implication before, but now that you are, please consider it, and make a concious decision about wanting to get rid of it or not. If you don't want to get rid of it, you've got to change your plans! | |
| May 24, 2021 at 15:01 | comment | added | JNat StaffMod | I can confirm that the use case you're mentioning wouldn't be possible any more, yes. Wouldn't say that "want to get rid of [it]" is an accurate description of the situation here, though ;P | |
| May 24, 2021 at 13:58 | history | answered | Adám | CC BY-SA 4.0 |