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Okay, so I have customized my home screen, and added a note that reminds me that I do not want to look at whatever the admins like, and put a link to the forum. I sticked it to the top left since I wanted it to stick up on the page since for me it is the most important thing that I want to see.

But apparently whoever designed the customization options had an *entirely* different idea of what I like for there to be, and decided to stick an UNREMOVABLE COLORFUL BANNER on the ABSOLUTE top of the page, even before my note. I would tolerate it if it was an ad banner, but it is exclusively what posts do the admins love so much to stick them up there.
And if you have a huge banner with flashing colors and huge text, and a small monocolor text below it, which will you notice first?

But no, the banner apparently HAS to stay there and ONLY there, as the option to move or delete it has been locked.

But first: Imagine you purchasing a home to stay in. You may customize it with what you want, put anything that you have wherever you want, but then there's a screen. A screen that purely displays ads with colors and cannot be used for anything else. You want to remove it for the space to put a bulletin board with your notes instead of it, but there's a lock that prevents any movement and a system that makes it next to impossible to just smash it with a hammer. So you own the home, but not the most noticeable part - the flashing ad screen.

This exact scenario is what the customize option is right now. Please tell me one person who actually used the panel that HAS to be on the top and didn't just go straight to the forums.
 

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But first: Imagine you purchasing a home to stay in. You may customize it with what you want, put anything that you have wherever you want, but then there's a screen. A screen that purely displays ads with colors and cannot be used for anything else.
You don't own a GBAtemp, though. It's more akin to staying in a hotel that has wall art that you dislike, and you can't take it down, because you're not the owner of the hotel and the hotel management decides what goes there...
 

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You don't own a GBAtemp, though. It's more akin to staying in a hotel that has wall art that you dislike, and you can't take it down, because you're not the owner of the hotel and the hotel management decides what goes there...
The wall art is *not* the first thing you see when you enter the room. And it certainly doesn't display flashy adverts on LCD screens.
 

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Please tell me another major (or major-ish) forum that allows you to completely customize your experience.

The way I see it GBAtemp has more customization options than just about any other website I go on.

And honestly this is not a productive way to have a conversation about features you are requesting of us.
 

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You can get many browser extensions that can block page elements you don't want to see. Most ad blockers will let you do this. Then you can tweak what you see to your hearts content.

Unfortunately we won't be altering our code just because one person dislikes what is shown.
 

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Please tell me another major (or major-ish) forum that allows you to completely customize your experience.

The way I see it GBAtemp has more customization options than just about any other website I go on.

And honestly this is not a productive way to have a conversation about features you are requesting of us.
It's not about the customization options. It's about putting stuff we don't want to see on the first page we see and then not letting us remove it.
Reddit's first page you see is the main feed, which is a collection of posts from subreddits you subscribe to - therefore, it displays content that you're personally interested in, not what content do admins love.
 

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You can get many browser extensions that can block page elements you don't want to see. Most ad blockers will let you do this. Then you can tweak what you see to your hearts content.

Unfortunately we won't be altering our code just because one person dislikes what is shown.

on top of this @Ondrashek06 block the reply box too. it will fit your needs better Ondrashek06.
 

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Reddit has trending categories, a big badge to try Reddit premium, and top gaming subs, as well as big banner ads--all of which cannot be turned off.
First of all, these are NOT the first things you see on the mobile app or on old.reddit.com (I do not use new reddit on PC).
Also, this is advertising and marketing, as Reddit needs to make money.
Plus, trending/top subs are a collection of what the COMMUNITY likes, which can actually be interesting content sometimes, and not just content that admins like so much.
 

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First of all, these are NOT the first things you see on the mobile app or on old.reddit.com (I do not use new reddit on PC).
Also, this is advertising and marketing, as Reddit needs to make money.
Plus, trending/top subs are a collection of what the COMMUNITY likes, which can actually be interesting content sometimes, and not just content that admins like so much.
I mean your opinions are your opinions. But as Shaun said you should be able to use adblock to block elements you want to hide. We can't fulfill every feature request - and this seems to be a pretty niche request.

Fast6191 uses adblock to specifically remove the like button for instance.

Let us know how that goes and perhaps you can share your work-around eventually.

I don't see any reason to keep this thread open further.
 

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First of all, these are NOT the first things you see on the mobile app or on old.reddit.com (I do not use new reddit on PC).
Well, if you can go to old.reddit.com instead of reddit.com - then I promise you can go to gbatemp.net/forums/ instead of gbatemp.net

or if /forums/ is too long and you want to see the latest stuff only:

gbatemp.net/new

just like the reddit link, it's 4 extra characters added (one symbol and three letters).
 
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