I want the "John Edwards Affair " ringtone ad pulled from DU.The Hillary nutcracker was considerd

[saracat]

inappropriate.This is also inappropriate for a Democratic Board. I am registering my protest

[Pawel K]

1. I dont see it.

Was it part of the Google ads?

[saracat]

2. It shows up randomly at the bottom of the page.

[Pawel K]

4. Yeah, then these are the google ads.

Skinner can block individual ads from appearing if he knows their URL but keep in mind he has absolutely no control over any new ads. So once in a while we might all see something we don't like and usually other people don't see them as these ads are random and targeted based on the page you happen to be on.

[karlrschneider]

3. Why don't you just make up a complete list of your demands

so they can all be dealt with expeditiously?



:eyes:

[saracat]

7. I have never made any demands.

[TwilightZone]

5. Rather than posting a new thread every time one of these issues arises...

perhaps we should just e-mail the admins.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/contact.html

[saracat]

9. Posting a thread seemed to work for the nutcracker.

[TwilightZone]

14. I wasn't aware that they actually got rid of it.

The reaction to it seemed surprisingly mixed. Somehow, some people thought that it was funny.

[saracat]

16. Even so.it is gone.

[TwilightZone]

19. Could just be an ad rotation.

They tend to run them as long as they're paid for, so maybe the contract just ran out.

Then again, you could certainly be right in that the numerous threads about it influenced the admins to take action.

Either way, I'm glad it's gone.

[lonestarnot]

6. Couldn't someone be sued for libel for dat?

[meegbear]

8. Your protest have been registered ...

would you like to upgrade to "take umbrage"?

[lonestarnot]

10. Does she have to pay for dat?

:rofl:

[saracat]

11. I like it! Please upgrade "protest" to "take umbrage'! LOL!

[lonestarnot]

17. umbrage for $500 Alex, please.

[juajen]

12. I agree.

It is totally inappropriate for a dem board. I haven't seen it, but, I think it's reprehensible, and I certainly do not believe it.

[lonestarnot]

20. I think it is certainly ridiculous! And not funny to have it here.

[dkofos]

13. Turn off javascript in your browser and you won't be bothered with ads.

[saracat]

15. It isn't a question of being "bothered'.The Hillary nutcracker was removed and so should this be.

[onenote]

21. are you certain it was removed?

it was my impression it just rotated out of circulation. I didn't like it, by the way. And I don't like the Edwards ringtone ad.

[Pawel K]

22. You have no proof that the nutcracker was removed because of anything you did

and as I told you above they have no control over the ads that appear which are from google. These ads are chosen from a pool for thousands of different ads and selected based on the page you are on, there is no way they could control such a huge pool of ads.

[saracat]

23. I didn't claim to "do" anything.There were endless posts requesting the

nutcracker be removed.I no longer see it.It was very prominent, now it is gone,

[Rhythm and Blue]

28. It may have just been that the Hillary nutcracker ad simply expired.

They run ads for certain lengths of time; it might have just run its course. However, since ads to the same company remained, I'm guessing they saw the threads, thought "well, this ain't gonna make money," and stopped running that particular ad.

You cannot do a similar thing to the completely-automated, dynamic Google AdWords.

[Rhythm and Blue]

18. Those are Google text ads. We can't do anything about that,

because they're computer-generated on Google's server by observing the words that appear on this page. Advertisers pay to link their ads to certain words (hence the name AdWords), and there's nothing Skinner or anyone at DU can do about it. I mean, they could stop running the ads, but that would be ridiculous and costly.

I suppose you could write Google and say that you consider that ad offensive, but they frankly won't care.

[saracat]

24. So why is the nutcracker gone then? I do not see it anywhere? And why is this outcry different?

No one told the posters who were upset about the Hillary nutcracker to "forget about it, nothing can be done" which is what is being implied.

[Rhythm and Blue]

26. That was a different type of ad.

That was a graphical banner ad: an ad that had been specifically set up by the advertising company. They had paid for, and were running, that particular ad as part of a rotation. All that removing it would take is an email saying "hey, pull that, please." In that case, they'd simply remove that particular ad from their rotation and go about.

These are a totally different type of ad, in which text ads from a pool of hundreds of thousands are automatically chosen by a remote server--and generated on that server for each viewer. If you want to complain, you'll have to complain to Google to pull that ad from its entire advertising network. There is literally no way to block it from appearing here. They are completely different types of ads.

[sandnsea]

25. You can block domains

Skinner can block the domain feeding offensive ads.

[Rhythm and Blue]

27. ...Google?

The domain feeding them is "http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/"

[sandnsea]

31. Yes. Google.

You go into your account and enter domains that you don't want on your site. For instance, if your competitor were showing up on your site, you might want to block their ads.

[yodermon]

40. Incorrect. You can block any particular advertiser from

displaying ads on your page, if you don't like what they are promoting. I do it all the time.

[Zywiec]

29. Go to Options, Edit your Preferences, and turn off all ads!! n/t

[saracat]

32. That doesn't stop it being promoted.No one suggested that for the Hillary ad.

[Zywiec]

35. Who is it promoted to? All paying members of DU can turn off ads

Who cares what the trolls and freepers see?

[saracat]

38. All paying members don't turn off the ads. And turning them off doesn't stop the majority of viewers

from seeing them.And I do care that a Democratic site is carrying such defamation of one of our candidates.If the Hillary nutcracker was offensive this is even more so as it isn't a joke.

[Bake]

30. I pretty much ignore the ads - what is the "John Edwards Affair?"

Maybe I should take umbrage too.

Bake

[saracat]

33. It is in regard to the articles implying he is having an "affair', which he and the

woman have both denied.It was a featured story on Slate and HuffPo as when as a really sleazy story in the National Enquirer. it is part of a smear campaign and IMHO much worse for DU to promote than the Hillary ad which was offensive and deserved to be removed.This is worse as it promotes a character defamation.

[Bake]

34. OK, I take umbrage at that too!

More so than the Hillary Nutcracker (which I thought was pretty funny).

Bake

[Clark2008]

36. I'm sorry - what ringtone equates to John Edwards?

"I'm Sorry. So Sorry"?

:wtf:

[Stewie]

37. Google ads work like their search engine.

I've seen ads for Democratic candidates on conservative websites simply because the candidates name is somewhere on the page. If StopHillary.com has a deal to feature Google ads, chances are a pro-Hillary ad will sometimes pop up.

Same here. If you don't like it just hit refresh.

[Froward69]

39. In regaurds to the "nutcracker" & "affair ringtone"

No one has a "right" to not be offended, from time to time.

[nashville_brook]

41. if you can be tombstoned for coming on DU to promote a CON agenda,

i don't see why we're letting CONs use our space to MAKE MONEY while promoting their agenda.


no more "JOHN EDWARDS AFFAIR" ads, please.

[AmBlue]

42. Here, here.

REMOVE IT PLEASE. Highly inappropriate.

[MethuenProgressive]

43. Can I have a link?

I like funny ringtones.