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Re: Report Inappropriate Ads Here
It's fine. Our goal is not to weed out all aspects of human sexuality from our advertising, and objectively speaking, she is fully dressed in a ruffled skirt. I think every human member of the OOTS has shown more skin than that at one time or another. Is the framing fairly Male Gaze-y? Absolutely. And you can take that into account when choosing whether or not to patronize the advertiser. But as I've said many times in this thread, we're not here to police the internet.
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Re: Report Inappropriate Ads Here
1.) Date and time ad was visible: 9:20 pm EST/GMT-5
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top box
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): It's an ad for a website called www.speeddate.com, with a "you've got 1 chat request" in facebook-type text and imagery. Not sure if it's something intended to be on here, but it was jarring to see a chatbot ad on here.
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1.) Date and time ad was visible: 18:32 PST/GMT-8
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top box
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): It appears be attempting to emulate facebook message format and directs you to "speeddate.com"
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1.) Date and time ad was visible: 11/14/13 at 9:01 Central Time
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): This ad says "you have received a chat request". It said it was from a woman named Stephanie in New York. And it asks "if I want to meet her." Obviously a scam.
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Confirming last two comments. Visible here in EST, at 10:29 PM, too.
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Guys, having four posts about the same ad is kinda overkill isn't it?
It's gone now, btw
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Response yet? No.... must report again!
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1.) Date and time ad was visible: 12/09/2013 at 2:03 pm GMT -6/Central Time
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): First seen on bottom, now it's on both.
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Subject of the ad is: "Make Women Want You" and "This weird seduction technique will quickly turn them on."
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12/9/13
2 pm
Has an ad that states Make Women want you this should be banned.
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Adding that the ad is also visible in Europe.
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1. Date and Time Visible: 12/9/13 3:08 Eastern Time
2. Region: USA
3. Location of Ad: Top Box
4. Brief description of objectionable content: It's an ad for an obvious scam site. It has Make Women Want You next to a woman showing off her cleavage with the words "This weird seduction technique will quickly turn them on"
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1.) Date and time ad was visible: 12/09/2013 at 12:09 pm US PACIFIC
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): First seen on bottom, now it's on both.
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Subject of the ad is: "Make Women Want You" and "This weird seduction technique will quickly turn them on." & "This should be BANNED!"
If, for some reason this ad is not against the rules, it is a bit too pervy in my book.
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Noting this is seen in Canada as well
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I just saw it and blocked it myself before even coming to this thread.
No, you can't advertise your rape how-to guide on my website, thanks. Ugh.
EDIT: Though to be fair, the ad banner did say is should be banned. That was very thoughtful of them to point it out.
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Just putting this in for review, since I'm not sure how closely forum rules against prohibited subjects apply to ad content, in this case religion.
1.) Date and time ad was visible: 1/4/14 5:00 am Pacific
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content: "Life can be Magick" ad on how to use magic and witchcraft to change your life.
EDIT: VV @Alabenson VV That's a browser behavior that can be triggered by the page simply opening a live form to be filled out (in this case an attempt to get your e-mail for her newsletter), so isn't really an indication of malware, just bad web design, although probably deliberately done.
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1.) Date and time ad was visible: 4.1.2014, 15:45 gmt +2
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): Europe
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): bottom
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): "build your city and win real cash" not sure if this is against the rules, but I just wanted to play it safe.
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1.) Date and time ad was visible: 9:06 AM Eastern
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content: "iPhoneWINz. Win an iPhone 5s"
I attempted to check out the website myself, because sometimes stuff like this really DOES happen, you know? I stopped at the point where it required me to link my Facebook account to submit my entry. Likely either phishing or an attempt to spam with hijacked accounts.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
dethkruzer
1.) Date and time ad was visible: 4.1.2014, 15:45 gmt +2
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): Europe
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): bottom
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): "build your city and win real cash" not sure if this is against the rules, but I just wanted to play it safe.
Variant of this ad also visible in Rest of the World (in my case, Australia:)
1.) Date and time ad was visible: 5.1.2014, 04:11 gmt +11
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): Rest of the World
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Bottom
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Mine says "Build your town and win real CA$H" with a picture of a computer-game town in 2 1/2D. I'm just as iffy about it as the above poster - I suspect it's a scam, but I'll leave that to others to decide.
Edit: Just noticed the mouseover for the ad says "Win Real Gold Playing This Browser Game". Definitely thinking this is either a scam or a malicious site.
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1.) Date and time ad was visible: 5:52 pm, Eastern Standard Time
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): "Life Can Be Magick", advertising a book claiming to teach real magic. The content of the website itself (which I find a little questionable) aside, when I clicked to close the link it opened a popup asking me if I was sure I wanted to leave the page, which is frequently a sign that the website is harboring malware.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Alabenson
1.) Date and time ad was visible: 5:52 pm, Eastern Standard Time
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): "Life Can Be Magick", advertising a book claiming to teach real magic. The content of the website itself (which I find a little questionable) aside, when I clicked to close the link it opened a popup asking me if I was sure I wanted to leave the page, which is frequently a sign that the website is harboring malware.
This same advertisement was visible at:
Date and time: 2139 EST
Region: USA
Location: top
description: "Life can be magick : Health money love power fame fortune. Learn magick now" . Links to this site .
It is objectionable because 1) As lessons in real-life magic, it is religious and therefore out of forum scope.
2) While it may not be a scam per se, I find it hard to believe that anyone purchasing the book is going to get what they want out of it. Unless one of the 'money-making spells' is : "Spell to get money: Write a book promising people the secret of making wealth."
3) Sticking in a pretentious 'k' on the end, which in the sight of many real-life practitioners I know is a sure sign of ... well, forum rules prohibit, but it's frequently indicative of style over substance.
Respectfully,
Brian P.
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To add to the previous two posts, this particular ad has been the only ad in the top position for the last five hours or so (US, CST). When clicking the link it takes you to a YouTube link and when attempting to close the page, it has a "are you sure" pop-up.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
dethkruzer
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): "build your city and win real cash" not sure if this is against the rules, but I just wanted to play it safe.
Blocked for being a scam.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
The Dark Fiddler
4.) Brief description of objectionable content: "iPhoneWINz. Win an iPhone 5s"
Blocked for being a scam.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Jimor
4.) Brief description of objectionable content: "Life can be Magick" ad on how to use magic and witchcraft to change your life.
Blocked for religious content and/or being a scam.
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Reporting an ad that seems designed to be sexually explicit, along with strongly implied profanity:
1.) Date and time ad was visible: 1-5-14, 11:40 am
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content: A rough sketch of two figures in what seems to be an explicit pose, with text that reinforces the impression using an obviously vulgar word, barely masked by "@+%" for key letters but clearly intended to be read as profanity.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Palanan
Reporting an ad that seems designed to be sexually explicit, along with strongly implied profanity:
1.) Date and time ad was visible: 1-5-14, 11:40 am
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content: A rough sketch of two figures in what seems to be an explicit pose, with text that reinforces the impression using an obviously vulgar word, barely masked by "@+%" for key letters but clearly intended to be read as profanity.
Also visible in the UK at 5.30pm UK time.
Looking at it I correctly guessed that it is for a web-comic - one called "run freak run", it may be OK as a web comic (no idea) but I agree that the advert as is is not appropriate.
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I didn't see the Run Freak Run ad, but I have seen the comic. A little dark, But not pornographic. Or at least not the first several pages and a dozen of so "random" pages.
YMMV...
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I'll let The Giant weigh in on the obfuscated swearing and whether that's allowed in the advertisements, but I thought I should mention that I don't see what you're seeing.
I only saw it briefly and it's not the top bidder currently so I can't double check, but to me it seemed more like someone either being pinned or assisted (i.e. not sexual), and the phrase means that "those gosh darn annoying witches are absolutely everywhere" (i.e. also not sexual).
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Rawhide
I'll let The Giant weigh in on the obfuscated swearing and whether that's allowed in the advertisements, but I thought I should mention that I don't see what you're seeing.
I only saw it briefly and it's not the top bidder currently so I can't double check, but to me it seemed more like some was either being pinned or assisted (i.e. not sexual), and the phrase means that "those gosh darn annoying witches are absolutely everywhere" (i.e. also not sexual).
That's what it looked like initially to me, and I was a little annoyed to find that after checking here as I habitually do, the picture had flipped like one of those inkblot diagrams. So I'm not sure whether or not it was deliberately intended to be a subtle bit of "haha, we totally didn't mean that thing that a lot of you would have thought, isn't that funny?" Either way, it's not super-great.
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Well... with the text being "Witches f@+%ing everywhere" it's a little more obvious. I know I wouldn't want to browse on public computers with said advert because of the swearing more than the sitting on crotches.
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It is a comic (which includes swearing, yes) about a witch hunter. The line break is what changes the sentence structure. Given context, Rawhide is right.
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Well, I can see it now and I made a screenshot to view it. If you deem it not appropriate please delete the content of the spoiler, too.
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