DU Admins: Why Can't You Block The Bigoted "Yes On Prop 8" Banner Ads??!!!

[stopbush]

Do we really need to see anti-gay, bigoted banner ads infesting DU at every page? C'mon!

[Ms. Toad]

1. Odd. I'm not seeing them -

and I don't have anything blocked, since I understand that DU gets more money if I let them display.

[KamaAina]

3. Eurghh. I didn't know that.

Now I may be forced to willingly expose myself to, one might say, Ad nauseam. :P

[Ms. Toad]

11. I haven't heard anything recently

but when it was initially explained they said they got $ for page display views, and more $ for click-throughs. It may have changed - except for when I have dial up I let them display. I don't know whether it makes a difference if you use a browser to block the ads or the preferences tool (if you're a donor).

I don't really notice most of them - except one that was on the home page that was the visual equivalent of the Hustler meat grinder cover - even though it was from a politically compatible source. (I'm dating myself - curious to see if anyone else remembers that cover). I did block images from that source for a while.

[musette_sf]

2. if you donate

they will disappear

i don't like them either.

but then again i don't see them.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Have you contacted them about them?

Your profile says you are in California - it's quite possible that only people using California ISPs see them.

[anigbrowl]

5. I did yesterday., so here's hoping.

[antigone382]

6. If you send a private message to the admins they probably will block the ad.

As I recall, the DU admins don't have the time or capability to filter ads before we actually see them (or to search through posts made to the various forums complaining about them), but once we do the admins can block them IF we send them a message to let them know the ads are there. I haven't seen this particular ad (not being from California, I suppose), so I can't alert them because I don't know it's precise content. But I'm sure the admins would appreciate your letting them know that an ad that supports discrimination against our own is being displayed on this site.

[BelgianMadCow]

7. Google ads are weird things - they are tailored to "YOU".

I get offers to vote from abroad in belgium. I'm sure you people do not.

[Luminous Animal]

19. By the way, it does not say "Google Ad"

Whereas, many others do.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Oh, fer fuck's sake - the ads are automatically generated based on keywords on the pages.

Jesus Christ, but people get self-righteously indignant over the littlest fucking things.

The admins have no more control what google ads serve to DU than I do over Oprah's inability to be anything but self-serving.

[stopbush]

12. Sorry, but I don't think a Prop that takes away the right of gays to

marry in CA is a little fucking thing.

BTW - that fucking banner ad is staring me in the face as I type.

Look, as a father of two young kids, I'm sick of having to explain the unacceptable to my kids, like explaining the bigotry of the fucking fantasy believing Bible thumpers and their god-damned asshole-ism when it comes to gay marriage. Fuck the Xians, fuck Prop 8 and fuck not having control over which Google ads post on DU.

[dysfunctional press]

13. it's the ad that's the "little fucking thing" not the proposition.

get a grip, already.

[Luminous Animal]

17. Really?

So you wouldn't mind if an Aryan Nation ad popped up slamming Obama?

[dysfunctional press]

24. does google even carry aryan nation ads?

but no- it wouldn't bother me, because i don't take notice of the ads.

[Luminous Animal]

25. It doesn't appear to be a google ad....

and furthermore, if they are going to carry one bigoted organization's ads, why not another? Some bigots are better than others?

[dysfunctional press]

28. does aryan nation buy ads?

:shrug:

maybe prussian blue could hawk their new cd...?

[Luminous Animal]

32. If DU is going to feature "Yes on 8" then Prussian Blue

wouldn't surprise me.

Equal access for bigot! Yawhoo!

[dysfunctional press]

51. DU doesn't "feature" "yes on 8"- so your premise is false to begin with.

:shrug:

[Luminous Animal]

52. Specifically, DU features Yes on Prop 8 advertising.

I'm looking at one right now.

[dysfunctional press]

53. you should check your dictionary for the proper definition of "feature"...

because they don't. just having something appear on the screen is NOT the same as the website "featuring" it.

sorry.

you'll have to settle for 'getting a grip' just like a normal person.

[Rabrrrrrr]

49. Look- dude - the ads are randomly generated from a pool of ads.

Like I said up above, DU has no control over what ads show up.

Stop being so self-righteously pure, and get a grip.

[cboy4]

47. Thanks stopbush for writing this.

:)

[terrya]

30. Some of us are indignant about writing bigotry into a state constitution.

Please cut us some slack, ok?

[Duncan Grant]

43. If the ads are generated by key words, shouldn't we be seeing Palin/McCain ads, too?

I can't get an answer this question. :hi:

[terrya]

48. Yes...that would be true.

You're absolutely right.

:hi:

[dkofos]

9. I don't see any adds.

I just keep Java and Java script turned off.

[JuniperLea]

10. Don't worry! Be happy!

Those idiots are PAYING to have their banners preach to the other church's choir! Oh... quier... forgot;)

They are wasting their money... these are ads they can't pay for elsewhere:)

[apocalypsehow]

14. I've never seen one, what are you talking about?

:shrug:

[Greyskye]

15. You're a DU donor, the OP is not

If you donate, you get rid of a bunch of displayed ads.

In addition, I run the AdBlock Plus Firefox plugin. I hardly ever see ads on web pages anymore. :evilgrin:

[apocalypsehow]

18. Thanks for the reply, I honestly didn't realize that. n/t.

[Posteritatis]

16. I've been more annoyed at the Flash ads with sound effects (nt)

[Greyskye]

21. Download AdBlock Plus

http://adblockplus.org/en/

I run the Firefox plugin, available at the Mozilla website: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

It's free, and you'll never see them again.

[Name removed]

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[Greyskye]

34. My pleasure. Pass it on!

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

20. I believe you could block them, by donating.

[Luminous Animal]

22. So you suggest donating to an organization

that is funded by bigoted advertising. Sweeeet!

[BlooInBloo]

23. Teh stupid!!! IT BURNS!!!!!

Please keep going. PLEASE?

:rofl:

[Luminous Animal]

26. Intellegent response.

You should coach Sarah Palin.

[BlooInBloo]

33. Teh irony! IT BURNS!!!!

:rofl:

Thank you SOOOOO much for continuing!

[Luminous Animal]

37. You are welcome. Currently there is an anti-gay ad

featured at the top of this page. As I type this, I am subjected to its bigoted message. In the ad, it purports to educate me about "protecting marriage", when, in fact, it is a link to a fabulously well funded rightwing organization that is organized around depriving California citizens of their rights under our Constitution.

Apparently, it is okay for the DU powers-that-be to profit from this bigotry because one can simply "not see it" if they want to. Because, we all know like a baby playing peek-a-boo, if you don't see it, it isn't there.

To follow that logic, we should just ignore the big mean GOP because what you can't see can't hurt you.

[BlooInBloo]

39. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Please stop. You're killing me.
:rofl:

[Luminous Animal]

41. How can I stop when you are so insightful?

Thank you for your well reasoned arguments. You will go far in politics.

[BlooInBloo]

42. You're welcome.

[progressoid]

27. snort...

I was about to respond too, but I'm not sure it would have been well received.

:eyes:

Moving on.

[Luminous Animal]

31. So we're activists when Rush spews his bigotry...

emailing and calling his advertisers. But bigoted advertising revenue is just another day in DU's kingdom?

[progressoid]

35. If those dumbasses want to waste their money advetising on a liberal website

Fine by me.

Don't want to see the ads? Put a few bucks in the kitty.

[JonLP24]

38. I support donating to DU

However, I don't feel like someone should have to pay so they don't have to see a racist/sexist/homophobe ad

[Luminous Animal]

40. Because we all know...

if you can't see it, it isn't there. Ya right.

The so-called dumbasses are not wasting their money... there are plenty of anti-day bigots on DU. AND the admins profit from the ads ability to spread hatred and bigotry.

[RB TexLa]

36. What about the bigoted end our dependence on foreign oil ones?

[stopbush]

44. Thanks to the person who donated in my name and got me a star.

The ads are gone.

I have donated to DU for years, but money is tight these days. I appreciate the person stepping in to make this ad problem go away.

[Luminous Animal]

45. Cool...

So now you can't see the bigots but the Admins can pocket the profits!

[lligrd]

46. Let Them Waste Their Money On DU. I'm More Worried About

the deluge of TV ads I have personally witnessed in the last few days and I don't even watch much TV.

[EOTE]

50. I agree.

It seems to me that, as offensive as the ads are, it's best to let them keep running as they are. Can you imagine anyone on the DU being swayed by ads like that? They're just wasting their money, which means that there will be less money to spend elsewhere.