airtwardo 7 #1 March 19, 2006 Why does the word "Icon" when typed into the text of a post...then become a 'link' to the Icon website? I didn't 'link' it for THIS post, yet there it is?! Is it a glitch, or intentional? The links below illustrate what I'm talking about too, one is mine the other someone elses. I'm sponsored by another manufacturer, don't want 'my guys' to think I'm a turncoat! http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2127819#2127819 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2132232#2132232 ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #2 March 19, 2006 probably for the same reason you can't send a pm without an aerodyne add at the bottom of it. Someone spent some money is what i am guessing. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #3 March 19, 2006 Quoteprobably for the same reason you can't send a pm without an aerodyne add at the bottom of it. Someone spent some money is what i am guessing. *** That's cool if that's the case. But I wish I could change the word in MY story to something meaning the same, but 'unlinkable'. (is that even a word?) ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #4 March 19, 2006 If you don't want to use the "I" word there's always: effigy picture imageThe only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #5 March 19, 2006 Not sure. Someone noticed it recently and put a question in Errors & Bug reports."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #6 March 19, 2006 QuoteIs it a glitch, or intentional? Paid ad. Websites get paid by advertisers for certain words. Those words will automaticly link to the website of the person who paid for it."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katzurki 0 #7 March 19, 2006 Icon. Icon, Icon, Icon. Aerodyne, Aerodyne, Icon, Pilot, Aerodyne. Pilot, Pilot, Icon, Aerodyne, Aerodyne, Aerodyne, Pilot, Pilot. See? Nothing. I think you ARE a turncoat, twardo...sorry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #8 March 19, 2006 QuoteWhy does the word "" when typed What word? All I see is " ".....7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #9 March 19, 2006 Icon Aerodyne Icon Aerodyne edit: open and close a tag in the middle of the word and it doesn't link. If this continues, I'll cancel my Premier membership. It is, in my opinion, crossing the line by turning editiorial material into advertising. edit2: that complete Aerodyne rig I was planning on purchasing? If this feature doesn't go, I'll buy something else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #10 March 20, 2006 QuoteIcon Aerodyne Icon Aerodyne *** Icon...Icon Ah HA! Now I see! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #11 March 20, 2006 Aerodyne Whee. The whole thing is pretty screwed up. If I try to link the word Aerodyne to anything (the link above should go to PD's site ), it gets overwritten. Therefore any existing content on this site linking anywhere other than the Aerodyne website will be masked and effectively lost. Never mind that a post in History & Trivia talking about an appeal to purchase a headstone for a deceased skydiver and icon of the sport is now an advertisement for a harness/container. I think I'll stop now; I'm getting all worked up and pissed off. I'll give it a fortnight before cancelling my membership. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #12 March 20, 2006 Good points,Dave. It is a slippery slope. I understand the need for funds to support the site, and obviously, I yet to pay for my postwhoring through premier membership. But this, while damn slick functionality for advertisers could get really ugly, really quick, particularly if it doesn't exclude brand names that are also common English words."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katzurki 0 #13 March 20, 2006 Aerodyne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 7 #14 March 20, 2006 QuoteI understand the need for funds to support the site, *** Yup! And it's definitely understandable... I personally don't have a problem with it, I just didn't realize it was happening. Kind of threw me, when a word in a post I wrote was 'linked' to a website that had no correlation to the post. It's all GOOD! Edited to add: I think I'm going to make a rig called BOOBIES! Imagine the refered links I'd get! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Samurai136 0 #15 March 20, 2006 QuoteAerodyne So if I type in Icon or aerodyne there's an automatic link? apparently not.... what am I missing? other than two words that are invisible...."Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites katzurki 0 #16 March 20, 2006 Yes, but mine links to PD site :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DeNReN 0 #17 March 20, 2006 While I do understand the ire of having one words turned into advertisments .....pissing off the one with the Red Hot Fork may not be advisable May I suggest NOT thwarting his newest revenue by redirecting links..... and posting to the suggestions and feedback forum with alternitive suggestions instead This suck up has been brought to you by DeN's simple rigging tools inc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pop 0 #18 March 20, 2006 Ico n "Icon" Javelin7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RhondaLea 4 #19 March 20, 2006 QuoteWhile I do understand the ire of having one words turned into advertisments .....pissing off the one with the Red Hot Fork may not be advisable May I suggest NOT thwarting his newest revenue by redirecting links..... and posting to the suggestions and feedback forum with alternitive suggestions instead This suck up has been brought to you by DeN's simple rigging tools inc. I think anything we can do to thwart this is the right thing to do. I would resent (like crazy) having my words turned into ads. Fortunately icon is not a word I use, although I do use the word emoticon. And I do not like what the preview of this post is showing me even a little bit. It's an outrage. I'm all for making money, but there is a line, and this crosses that line. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites katzurki 0 #20 March 20, 2006 A lot of words in our lexicon contain the -icon particle: emoticon, catholicon, iconoclast, and many others. How ever will DZ.commers go on freely discussing the wonders of biconvex and biconcave lenses? How, I ask you, shall anyone ever refer to a biconditional from now on? What about multiconductors? Brace yourselves, for even such an iconically sacred concept as silicon boobies also gets horribly twisted. This blows my mind into a state of semiconsciousness. This unintentionally anticonsumer policy must be brought to an end, for it hurts Aerodyne and their Icon. Shall we all rise iconoclastically and suggest that perhaps a semiconservative advertising approach is in order? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites soulshine 0 #21 March 20, 2006 You have waaaayyy too much time on your hands. Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity! ~DEVIOUS BEEF~~FGF #69~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites katzurki 0 #22 March 20, 2006 Yeah, but soon I'll heal up... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sangiro 26 #23 March 20, 2006 Hey airtwardo, I've posted some comments on this in the Feedback and Suggestions forum. Those who threaten to cancel their Premier Memberships because of linked keywords, and those who have found a new cause in life to "resists" as much as they can; I'd hate to see you leave or spend too much time on much-ado-about-nothing but I would love to hear your suggestions and feedback. Read a bit more about how we will manage this product. It's a good option for advertisers and it's far less obnoxious than pop-up flash ads or huge mid-page flash blocks to users. Linked keywords are used pretty widely on the web. Nothing new here. Anyway, let's continue this discussion in the appropriate forum. Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 7 #24 March 20, 2006 QuoteLinked keywords are used pretty widely on the web. Nothing new here. *** Easy for YOU to say! I only just figured out how to turn ON a dang computer not long ago. Which was the reason for my initial query, I didn't know such things were possible... (I was actually wondering in MY computer did it via some magical implanted skydiving-gear virus) That said, thanks for clearing it up for me, and others. Like I said above, I don't care...just wondered. ..and it IS much less intrusive than other popular forms of pop-up advertising. 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airtwardo 7 #14 March 20, 2006 QuoteI understand the need for funds to support the site, *** Yup! And it's definitely understandable... I personally don't have a problem with it, I just didn't realize it was happening. Kind of threw me, when a word in a post I wrote was 'linked' to a website that had no correlation to the post. It's all GOOD! Edited to add: I think I'm going to make a rig called BOOBIES! Imagine the refered links I'd get! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #15 March 20, 2006 QuoteAerodyne So if I type in Icon or aerodyne there's an automatic link? apparently not.... what am I missing? other than two words that are invisible...."Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katzurki 0 #16 March 20, 2006 Yes, but mine links to PD site :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #17 March 20, 2006 While I do understand the ire of having one words turned into advertisments .....pissing off the one with the Red Hot Fork may not be advisable May I suggest NOT thwarting his newest revenue by redirecting links..... and posting to the suggestions and feedback forum with alternitive suggestions instead This suck up has been brought to you by DeN's simple rigging tools inc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #18 March 20, 2006 Ico n "Icon" Javelin7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #19 March 20, 2006 QuoteWhile I do understand the ire of having one words turned into advertisments .....pissing off the one with the Red Hot Fork may not be advisable May I suggest NOT thwarting his newest revenue by redirecting links..... and posting to the suggestions and feedback forum with alternitive suggestions instead This suck up has been brought to you by DeN's simple rigging tools inc. I think anything we can do to thwart this is the right thing to do. I would resent (like crazy) having my words turned into ads. Fortunately icon is not a word I use, although I do use the word emoticon. And I do not like what the preview of this post is showing me even a little bit. It's an outrage. I'm all for making money, but there is a line, and this crosses that line. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katzurki 0 #20 March 20, 2006 A lot of words in our lexicon contain the -icon particle: emoticon, catholicon, iconoclast, and many others. How ever will DZ.commers go on freely discussing the wonders of biconvex and biconcave lenses? How, I ask you, shall anyone ever refer to a biconditional from now on? What about multiconductors? Brace yourselves, for even such an iconically sacred concept as silicon boobies also gets horribly twisted. This blows my mind into a state of semiconsciousness. This unintentionally anticonsumer policy must be brought to an end, for it hurts Aerodyne and their Icon. Shall we all rise iconoclastically and suggest that perhaps a semiconservative advertising approach is in order? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soulshine 0 #21 March 20, 2006 You have waaaayyy too much time on your hands. Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity! ~DEVIOUS BEEF~~FGF #69~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katzurki 0 #22 March 20, 2006 Yeah, but soon I'll heal up... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #23 March 20, 2006 Hey airtwardo, I've posted some comments on this in the Feedback and Suggestions forum. Those who threaten to cancel their Premier Memberships because of linked keywords, and those who have found a new cause in life to "resists" as much as they can; I'd hate to see you leave or spend too much time on much-ado-about-nothing but I would love to hear your suggestions and feedback. Read a bit more about how we will manage this product. It's a good option for advertisers and it's far less obnoxious than pop-up flash ads or huge mid-page flash blocks to users. Linked keywords are used pretty widely on the web. Nothing new here. Anyway, let's continue this discussion in the appropriate forum. Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #24 March 20, 2006 QuoteLinked keywords are used pretty widely on the web. Nothing new here. *** Easy for YOU to say! I only just figured out how to turn ON a dang computer not long ago. Which was the reason for my initial query, I didn't know such things were possible... (I was actually wondering in MY computer did it via some magical implanted skydiving-gear virus) That said, thanks for clearing it up for me, and others. Like I said above, I don't care...just wondered. ..and it IS much less intrusive than other popular forms of pop-up advertising. It's ALL Good! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sioux 0 #25 March 20, 2006 AlpinElite Icon rock climbing Swiss Adventure Holiday Alpine Elite Adventure Switzerland ..... just checking .... I haven't seen such convoluted lines of conversation and such expert chronicling thereof since my days of all day bong marathons in college. ~ Lindercles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
