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Politics There's bad ads running on Fark lately and we're going to kill the people responsible. We could use your help





We've been getting a lot of reports lately about bad ads running on Fark. Ads that play noise, ads that expand, ads that take over the entire screen, pop-ups, and worst of all at least a couple instances of ads depicting banana hammocks.



Recently we switched ad networks, and in the process we switched google adsense from the old partner to the new. The old partner had a ton of filters installed over the years to keep these crap ads from running on Fark. When we switched ad networks, the filter essentially got reset. The new ad network hadn't been running adsense so they don't have any filters. We're having to rebuild it from the ground up.



For those who don't know how adsense works, here's a short paraphrased explanation: It's essentially a remnant ad network. We don't know who's buying ads on Fark until they actually run. Why the hell anyone thinks that annoying readers is the path to a successful ad campaign I'll never know.



So if you see an ad that makes noise, expands, pops, or is in any other way annoying, see if you can get a copy of the url of the image and the url of the destination. If you could email me either directly or via the submit form (chosing 'bad banner ad' as the subject) and let me know what the urls are, we will kill it with fire. If I can find who is responsible for these ads, they will be shoved up a dog's ass and shot.



PS - I should have the next installment of our previous ban discussion ready to go next week, things have been kinda busy lately with the election thingee.



PSS - I am travelling today and can't respond in the thread so if anyone has any comments or questions feel free to contact me We've been getting a lot of reports lately about bad ads running on Fark. Ads that play noise, ads that expand, ads that take over the entire screen, pop-ups, and worst of all at least a couple instances of ads depicting banana hammocks.Recently we switched ad networks, and in the process we switched google adsense from the old partner to the new. The old partner had a ton of filters installed over the years to keep these crap ads from running on Fark. When we switched ad networks, the filter essentially got reset. The new ad network hadn't been running adsense so they don't have any filters. We're having to rebuild it from the ground up.For those who don't know how adsense works, here's a short paraphrased explanation: It's essentially a remnant ad network. We don't know who's buying ads on Fark until they actually run. Why the hell anyone thinks that annoying readers is the path to a successful ad campaign I'll never know.So if you see an ad that makes noise, expands, pops, or is in any other way annoying, see if you can get a copy of the url of the image and the url of the destination. If you could email me either directly or via the submit form (chosing 'bad banner ad' as the subject) and let me know what the urls are, we will kill it with fire. If I can find who is responsible for these ads, they will be shoved up a dog's ass and shot.PS - I should have the next installment of our previous ban discussion ready to go next week, things have been kinda busy lately with the election thingee.PSS - I am travelling today and can't respond in the thread so if anyone has any comments or questions feel free to contact me · · ·

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