# Losing its Flavor
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598
**Category:** random
**Created:** [April 30, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598 "2006-04-30T21:48:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@playboyadonis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/playboyadonis)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/1 "2006-04-30T21:48:39Z")
I used to think [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) was a good site but now It has become too bogged-down with a spam look and feel.
I am going to stop referring people to this site because I don’t want the rep that I refer people to a site that has a lot of advertisements etc. :deranged: I clicked on some of the advertisements and I am ashamed that kirupa allowed such sites to have a place here.
This site used to be about learning but now it looks like kirupa is all about making money off his site. I used to tell all the user groups that I head to go here and learn about AS, Flash, Graphics, etc. but the site has become the exact thing that I tell people not to visit. :td: I always tell my clients and friends, if you get to a site that has a lot of advertisements or links to off-sites, get out of there immediately. Now if you take a look at kirupa homepage, it has turned into what I tell people to avoid in websites.
The site needs to be cleaned up. It’s too cluttered and I don’t like it anymore. :puzzle:
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/2 "2006-05-01T00:32:59Z")
There will be a redesigned version that takes ads into account. The current design was designed with no ads in mind, but it had to scale to match the amount of traffic [[U]growth[/U]](http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=1y&size=large&compare_sites=&y=r&size=medium&range=1y&url=www.kirupa.com) the site keeps experiencing. The site also goes through about 10-20GB of bandwidth a day 😉
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### Author:  [@GPP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GPP)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/3 "2006-05-01T00:36:02Z")
10 to 20 GB! :wasted:
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### Author:  [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/4 "2006-05-01T01:03:28Z")
[Kirupa.com](http://Kirupa.com) has been one of the most helpful thigns I have come across from the web. Not only has he got this great community- I have made a lot of friends from around the world (which I have never met), and recieved a lot of help and advice from here.
WTH do ya mean it USED to be a good site? It keeps getting better IMO. I just laugh when I see members like the pwned dude come in and have a complain- sure they think they know something- but have THEY got a site as sucessful as mr K?
One could only dream of it 🙂
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### Author:  [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/5 "2006-05-01T01:21:16Z")
I know If it wasn’t for kirupa I would have never met Darkmotion.
He has helped me alot with my work and He is one of the reasons I have gotten so good.
And Harish also helped me alot I admit he is a really tough critique but he has helped alot.
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### Author:  [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/6 "2006-05-01T01:45:49Z")
Errr…I’ve seen pwned mentioned a lot but I’m sorta guessing it’s a bad thing to happen to someone?
On the subject of ads, I was surprised when I saw the changes a while back (long before I joined the forum) but hey, that’s the way of the world…you get nothing for free but what you do get ain’t worth having.
Anyway, since the IE active-x update those ads at the top of the screen don’t work until they’ve been clicked first. Personally, I think it was a really nice move by Kirupa to build in that safety net 😉
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/7 "2006-05-01T02:06:23Z")
Really? I’d like to see what you refer your “clients” to then aside from Kirupa that generates as much traffic or help. Maybe you can help w/ suggestions on how better to improve on a free service to the devoted to the public. When you go into a thread do you get popups or sth? Just curious about what is to much, cause when I’m actually in the threads all there is, is a very small amount of ads at the very top, which are very unobtrusive. Feedback is always welcome. But lets not get it twisted this is a community devoted of people devoted to the community.
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### Author:  [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/8 "2006-05-01T02:20:42Z")
🙂 awww thats all goey heheh
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### Author:  [@squishy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/squishy)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/9 "2006-05-01T02:21:46Z")
adds? lol I never even see them:mountie:
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### Author:  [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/10 "2006-05-01T02:45:49Z")
hahah the bar is only like 10 pixels high hahah
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### Author:  [@NANO3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NANO3)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/11 "2006-05-01T02:50:08Z")
> [@darkmotion](#):
>
> hahah the bar is only like 10 pixels high hahah
It took me ~10 minutes to find some ads 🐇
Kirupa rocks, keep up the good work kMan =)
have you noticed, kirupa doesn’t accept donations either, not that I know of, this site has been built out of true heart.
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### Author:  [@bigmtnskier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigmtnskier)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/12 "2006-05-01T03:24:21Z")
Well then, I guess I don’t need to say anything.
Our fellow Kirupians \*absolutely \*nailed that task :thumb:
Another point: Kirupa goes to MIT, one of the most expensive and prestigious institutions in the United States (and world for that matter). Imagine if you had to pay $46,550 a year for tuition without any sort of financial support.
He has worked his \_\_\_ for this site by putting tons and tons and tons of hours into it. For you to say that this site is “losing its flavor,” is just plain ignorant and _sheer_ stupidity.
Well said SlowRoasted! :hugegrin: “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!”
-Bigmtnskier (a \*proud \*kirupian) :kommie:
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### Author:  [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/13 "2006-05-01T03:45:54Z")
this is the Official Ownage Thread.
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### Author:  [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/14 "2006-05-01T04:07:05Z")
AMEN
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### Author:  [@rhamej](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rhamej)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/15 "2006-05-01T04:39:17Z")
Go back to flashkit where there are no ads :sigh:
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### Author:  [@bigmtnskier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigmtnskier)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/16 "2006-05-01T04:40:50Z")
> [@rhamej](#):
>
> Go back to flashkit where there are no ads :sigh:
:lol::lol::lol:
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### Author:  [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/17 "2006-05-01T04:43:08Z")
thats it I am linking this thread in my sig.
so much pwnage:lol:
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### Author:  [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/18 "2006-05-01T04:47:26Z")
AHAHAHAHA snap
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### Author:  [@bwh2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwh2)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/19 "2006-05-01T04:57:42Z")
i think you also have to differentiate between [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) and the forums. the forum pages have extremely subtle ads. at this point, i really don’t notice the ads. in fact, before posting i had to scan the page to figure out where they even existed.
sure, the [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) homepage and tutorial pages have more ads, but those are still pretty obvious and given that the pages are content-rich, i don’t really mind them.
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### Author:  [@kdd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kdd)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-its-flavor/187598/20 "2006-05-01T04:58:51Z")
:lol: @ rhamej.
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