# 🔈 Site announcement: Things that we think you should know **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta - announcements, help, FAQs, etc.\ **Created:** [26 December 2016 11:37 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144 "2016-12-26T11:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 11:37 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/1 "2016-12-26T11:37:58Z")
Disclosures, This thread is for things that we feel it is important to share… * * * ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 11:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/2 "2016-12-26T11:53:04Z")
First off, if the mods so elect, we can look at (drum roll) who downvoted whom. Everyone can already see upvotes. Bletch has been going on about needing downvotes to moderate, so I produced a rather bitching report for him. Amazed I had it in me, tbh. I’m no Steveweb calibre of web developer :lou_smiley: ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 12:24 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/3 "2016-12-26T12:24:00Z")
Makes no odds to me as I only downvote Bletch. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 12:30 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/4 "2016-12-26T12:30:17Z")
Just to interpret pap’s prattlings… I now have a spreadsheet which shows me all the votes ever on Sotonians - up- as well as downvotes. This means that, should I wish, I can see which one of you bastards downvoted me - or anyone else for that matter. We’d previously stated that we didn’t know who downvoted who, we said it was anonymous. This was the case and will continue to be the case for the wider membership\*. However, now moderators can, if they so wish, see this information. The spreadsheet won’t be used to look at individual votes. Instead, I will aggregate the data to look at the number of downvotes that an individual poster receives on a given thread. \*£50 via PayPal will get you a copy of this report. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 12:49 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/5 "2016-12-26T12:49:23Z")
bletch joined the KKK this year and is secretly trying to turn Sotonians into a haven of white power. ---
**Author:** ![Lets-B-Drinking](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lets-b-drinking/32/1041_2.png) [@Lets-B-Drinking](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Lets-B-Drinking)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 16:10 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/6 "2016-12-26T16:10:32Z")
> Originally posted by @pap > > bletch joined the KKK this year and is secretly trying to turn Sotonians into a haven of white power. > > As opposed to a haven of white powder? ---
**Author:** ![TheCholulaKid](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/thecholulakid/32/17_2.png) [@TheCholulaKid](https://www.sotonians.com/u/TheCholulaKid)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 22:31 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/7 "2016-12-26T22:31:36Z")
Clean Bandit are utter fucking turd ---
**Author:** ![KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/krg/32/1061_2.png) [@KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/u/KRG)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 22:35 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/8 "2016-12-26T22:35:39Z")
[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt-A-1srbwQ) ---
**Author:** ![KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/krg/32/1061_2.png) [@KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/u/KRG)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 22:36 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/9 "2016-12-26T22:36:16Z")
\*\*I may have been in the pub since 12. Soz. ---
**Author:** ![gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/gavstar/32/86128_2.png) [@gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/u/gavstar)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2016 22:48 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/10 "2016-12-26T22:48:37Z")
Ooooh I like this game… [![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/e/eecb7f3a3de2aead884b913dc907fdffc9804447.jpeg "YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY) ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 12:23 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/11 "2017-01-08T12:23:22Z")
I’m considering integrating Google search into the site. The current search facility is shit. Google is fast, but it will display ads at the top of the results; we’re not making any dosh from it. Just their cost of doing business. Any objections? ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 12:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/12 "2017-01-08T12:29:48Z")
So you’ll only see ads if you use the search function? We’ll still be otherwise ad-free, right? And I guess if you’ve got a clever enough ad blocked in your browser you might not see ads at all. ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 12:30 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/13 "2017-01-08T12:30:02Z")
No complaints from me ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 12:33 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/14 "2017-01-08T12:33:55Z")
Yeah, peeps with ad blockers won’t see them. Also, I’ve just found out that we could make money from them. But only from people that don’t run blockers. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 12:40 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/15 "2017-01-08T12:40:45Z")
Catch 22, and let’s be honest here does anyone actually click on ads anywhere?? Apart from accidentally? ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 12:48 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/16 "2017-01-08T12:48:29Z")
Fuck it. We’ll give it a trial. Installed. ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 12:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/17 "2017-01-08T12:59:44Z")
I only click on the dating sites and Penis enlargement ads ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 13:00 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/18 "2017-01-08T13:00:59Z")
TBH Google ads is money for nothing. I used to have it on my website and only viewable if you weren’t signed in, which is fair enough. Casual browsers see the ads, those who sign in and contribute to the site content don’t see the ads. The foot-fall on my site was probably 100 visits a day but it still raked in around £60 a quarter which paid for the hosting and more. Nobody would criticise you if you had ads to pay for running costs. ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 13:03 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/19 "2017-01-08T13:03:15Z")
So this entire thread has been to announce to us quietly, that Pap is now on the make from this site and plans weekly Curry Nights in scousehampton. ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2017 13:06 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144/20 "2017-01-08T13:06:38Z")
Soon to be found at England away games :lou_sunglasses: [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/site-announcement-things-that-we-think-you-should-know/2144.md?page=2)