Political Ads????

**Freddels** · #1 01-17-2010, 12:37 PM

So I guess political discussion is now allowed since there are political banner ads on this forum. This has been brought up in the past and yet it's here again.

Asa Samuel · #2 01-17-2010, 12:38 PM

Do you not read stickys? a word about political ads -READ!

iamlowsound · #3 01-17-2010, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Freddels

So I guess political discussion is now allowed since there are political banner ads on this forum. This has been brought up in the past and yet it's here again.

You should really read stickies. It is hard to control what ads come up with google ads. You really are beating a dead horse with this thread.

lowsound

**Freddels** · #4 01-17-2010, 02:23 PM

No, I don't read all the stickies but I am sick of the ads.

TortillaChip520 · #5 01-17-2010, 02:25 PM

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!
How's THAT for political???

**Freddels** · #6 01-17-2010, 02:28 PM

If this forum cannot control the ads then perhaps they shouldn't allow the Google ads. Afterall, who knows what will show up and this is supposed to be an all ages forum. They cannot hide behind the "we have no control over the ads" statement.

RWP · #7 01-17-2010, 02:30 PM

Run Firefox with noscript and adblock. You'll never see another ad.

bassman03 · #8 01-17-2010, 02:31 PM

Isn't there something that says not to question the higher leaders of talkbass or you'll be banned?

standupright · #9 01-17-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Freddels

No, I don't read all the stickies but I am sick of the ads.

use firefox browser with "adblock" plugin. problem solved.

username n/a · #10 01-17-2010, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bassman03

Isn't there something that says not to question the higher leaders of talkbass or you'll be banned?

No, but you could get an infraction if you do it publicly. Which might result with a banning.

standupright · #11 01-17-2010, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Freddels

I run firefox with the popup blocker. How do set up adblock and noscript?

adblock addons - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...d=5&sort=&lup=

noscript addons - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...d=5&sort=&lup=

Chunk-O-Funk · #12 01-17-2010, 02:37 PM

I have FF with just NoScript.

No ads.

LiquidMidnight · #13 01-17-2010, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bassman03

Isn't there something that says not to question the higher leaders of talkbass or you'll be banned?

Facism on Talkbass!!!

In all seriousness, the gripe about the political ads is making a mountain out of the proverbial molehill, IMO. If the Google ads help Talkbass sustain itself, then I don't see a big deal. It's not like they're ads for scat porn or asking posters to join Stormfront.org.

Just my opinion.

bassguppy · #14 01-17-2010, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight

It's not like they're ads for scat porn

2 girls, 1 cup.

Stanley Design · #15 01-17-2010, 03:44 PM

The only adds I've seen lately are adds for the new SWR amp and that fat cartoon lady getting skinny. Get over it either way!

**jmattbassplaya** · #16 01-17-2010, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Stanley Design

The only adds I've seen lately are adds for the new SWR amp and that fat cartoon lady getting skinny. Get over it either way!

Same here. I haven`t seen a political ad since the election, and even then they were few and far between.

dangnewt · #17 01-17-2010, 03:54 PM

We in Massachusetts have a special election on Tuesday for the US Senate to fill the seat previously held by Ted Kennedy.

I either have been lucky enought not to get any of the political banner ads or have ignored them.

MadMan118 · #18 01-17-2010, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Freddels

If this forum cannot control the ads then perhaps they shouldn't allow the Google ads. Afterall, who knows what will show up and this is supposed to be an all ages forum. They cannot hide behind the "we have no control over the ads" statement.

Cool then you're okay with paying the bills to keep TB going then?

cassanova · #19 01-17-2010, 04:29 PM

I don't see many political ad's pop up here but they have from time to time. I'm also not openly questioning moderation or anything like that because I really don't care if these types of ad's pop up or not; But the rule does state no political threads. One would think advertising would also apply to this rule.

**john turner** · #20 01-17-2010, 04:42 PM

we block what we can find.

complaining about this is like complaining about how we allow trolls, and don't block them before they post. we cannot prevent folks from ever violating our terms of use, or our acceptable content policies, at least initially, whether it's with ads or with posts. we can only block them once they do.

the folks submitting these ads to google -lie- about them to take advantage of google's system, and thus get around folks, like us, who block broad types of ads with google's help.

the ironic thing about this is that these ads, which are specifically and purposely bypassing the filters both we and google put up, are presenting themselves in places they are specifically not welcome. no better way to hurt their own cause, whatever it is.

another thing to remember is that ads are regional, and are targetted to folks based on what is known of their surfing history. you might see an ad presenting some political content that nobody else outside your area sees. i know -i- haven't seen any political ads.

if you would pm me the url of the ads that you are seeing, i can make sure they get blocked. and in the future, if you see ads like this, please submit them to me or one of the other admins directly, so we can take care of it.