Evil Nasty Foul Ungodly Sinful Ads

[mrmitchell]

[Tassadar]
This ad is an evil sinful ad that turns people into perverts. Please ban it
[/Tassadar]
Seriously, though, aren't Apolyton's ads supposed to be "family-friendly"? I understand the Spears Photo Gallery ads--they're at least okay--but this one caught my attention.

But since it's in the pop-up ad rotation--and not actually a banner--its chances of being taken out are much less likely aren't they?

[Asmodean]

Hmmmm.......Apolyton being a family friendly site is exactly the point here.

This ad is about sex, and as such it should be banned. Whether the man and the woman are dressed or not is beside the point. The ad is about sex. The word sexy is even in it.

And this was not Tassadar mode. It was Asmodean mode.

Asmodean

[Gatekeeper]

11-Year-Old Boy: "Hey, grandma! Look what I found at Apolyton!"

Grandma: (comes over to look) "Eeek!" (faints dead away)

(Grandma cracks head open during fall, and later dies from her injuries.)

(Grandson, traumatized by Grandma's needless death, later becomes a serial killer.)

***

Now, we can all avoid the tragedy mentioned above by simply getting rid of the ad in question, folks. Hurry up now, before a beloved Grandma dies for real after seeing what grandson sees, and the grandson becomes a serial ax murderer because of it.

Gatekeeper

[Dis]

I'm getting Gator downloads now

I never had a pop up blocker, but now I think I may be forced to use one.

[Nubclear]

Re: Evil Nasty Foul Ungodly Sinful Ads

Originally posted by mrmitchell
[Tassadar]
This ad is an evil sinful ad that turns people into perverts. Please ban it
[/Tassadar]

they're at least okay

No, they aren't.

And to this ad. Ever since I got the Google toolbar I don't see ads, but....It's still very bad.

Apolyton claims it's a "family-friendly" site yet these type of ads creep in? Luckily Markos had the sanity to remove the last porno ad that came in...This isn't pictoral porn, but more like suggestive porn.

[mrmitchell]

last porno ad? The ad for the Apolyton Store? It was probably easy for Markos to remove that one. That's a forum banner rotation--IIRC under his complete control. But getting ads out of a pop-up rotation would probably be harder.

Technically, this site is still family-friendly. Its ads (which are on a separate site) just aren't. Surely advertisers offer a family-friendly rotation or something?

[DanQ]

More than just the image of an ad purported to being delivered on Apolyton through our advertising system is needed in order to track down its source. The source code of the ad is needed.

Unfortunately, some advertisers deliver content in addition to or instead of what we have contracted as being acceptable. Rest assured that if the ad in question is indeed coming from one of Apolyton's advertisers it is not with the consent of this site's administration.

It is not always easy and quick to track down the offending party(ies) in these situations either, but we do what we can based on the information at our disposal.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[mrmitchell]

The source code of the ad is needed.

D'oh. I realised that after I closed it...it's probably in history though.

...damn, can't find it.

to the stance on this, though. When I want to see steamy ads, I'll just go to a pr0n site. But I don't want to see steamy ads at Apolyton.

[DrSpike]

Well if you have limited time Dan please find the source of the Gator and co ads before investigating this one.

[Asmodean]

I'm afraid that the Gator project is gonna take some time. Seems to me that someone out there have covered their tracks well.

Asmodean

[Az]

OMG! And she even has got her veil off!

Off with their heads!!!

To the Prudemobile!!!



Comrade Tassadar:


MarkG:


DanQ:

[Asmodean]

This would be funny, Az, were it not for the fact that Apolyton is a family site. Meaning that references to anything sexual should not occur here.

As adults, you and I can agree that the ad is harmless. Nevertheless it does not belong on Apolyton.

Asmodean

[Az]

Let's ban the Britney pop-up, too, then.

[Rasputin]

ban all popups ... oh yeay we can do that ourselves

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by Azazel
Let's ban the Britney pop-up, too, then.

The difference here being that the Britney ad contains no references to anything sexual, whereas this pop-up directly mentions sex.

Asmodean