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CGR · 04-01-08, 10:20 AM

SOooooo. I click a link on one of my alert emails and see these red words in the posts. Fortunately I do not login automatically to the site, otherwise I wouldnt see them.

Why is this ad thing there? I found it very annoying when I hovered over the word "sites" to have an advertisement for porn....

muddocktor · 04-01-08, 02:33 PM

You had a porn link in the contextual ad? Can you dup this and take a screenshot for us?

EDIT:If you can get a screenshot of this, PM me and I will give you an emaill addy to send the screenie to so I can post it for the higher ups to look at.

curtis1552 · 04-01-08, 02:52 PM

Hey! I got gay chat rooms when I didn't automatically log in. I was going to make a thread for it but you already had one.

It is very intermittent, each page highlighting random words, and each word showing different ads. Some thread don't have any words highlighted, and others have dozens.
Is it common to have the highlights removed from a forum for forum members? (on other forums?)

Also none of the popups will show for me now, they show a small gray square but no popup.

CGR · 04-01-08, 03:05 PM

I will try. Have not been able to get the word "sites" to come up in red again.

And it was gay porn that was advertised.

Edit:Yea, I think it was what curtis's SS shows.. I only glanced at it for a second. Guess it technically isnt porn.

Ben333 · 04-01-08, 10:08 PM

Again, If I see this on my end, I'm gonna leave OCF.

Voodoo Rufus · 04-01-08, 11:42 PM

And that would benefit the forums how, Ben?

When things like this are brought to light, they are dealt with as quickly as possible when the people who manage this forum are notified. It WILL be dealt with, do not worry about that. No software ad bot is infallible, it seems.

Captain Newbie · 04-01-08, 11:48 PM

Five, four, three, two, one, someone needs to explain this.

muddocktor · 04-01-08, 11:50 PM

Ben, as long as you log in to the forums, you won't see these ads. This wasn't my idea or any of the other mods or admins, but now visitors to the forums (or members not logged in) will be served those friggen contextual ads. I hate them with a passion myself and I can't blame anyone else for hating them too. But as long as you are logged in, they are not supposed to appear. If they do, then get in touch with one of the Staff and notify us so we can notify iNet. As a matter of fact, I have posted already about some of you being served up the Gay chat room contextual ads.

Also, and this is my personal opinion and not related to anything iNet or the other Staff here might feel about the subject. I highly recommend the use of Firefox with AdBlock Plus if you want to visit the forums without being logged in. AdBlock Plus is highly effective on removing those dreadful contextual ad links.

Captain Newbie · 04-01-08, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by muddocktor

Ben, as long as you log in to the forums, you won't see these ads. This wasn't my idea or any of the other mods or admins, but now visitors to the forums (or members not logged in) will be served those friggen contextual ads. I hate them with a passion myself and I can't blame anyone else for hating them too. But as long as you are logged in, they are not supposed to appear. If they do, then get in touch with one of the Staff and notify us so we can notify iNet. As a matter of fact, I have posted already about some of you being served up the Gay chat room contextual ads.

Hear that? That's the sound of new membership flying away.

David · 04-02-08, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Newbie

Hear that? That's the sound of new membership flying away.

If the inline ads creep into my screen when I'm logged in, ever, then there will also be the sound of mods flying away.

I don't like it, but I have long since given up on moaning at iNet about advertising.

When they took over we were promised only a single small ad at the top of the forum. Now we have tower ads, a larger ad at the top, ads at the bottom and ****ing inline ****ing text ads.

Lies, ****ing lies. I'm going for a cup of tea before I implode.

David · 04-02-08, 08:53 AM

Consolidating this into one thread.

See here:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=554423

04-01-08, 10:20 AM	Thread Starter #1
CGR Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Lower NY	EchoTopic? SOooooo. I click a link on one of my alert emails and see these red words in the posts. Fortunately I do not login automatically to the site, otherwise I wouldnt see them. Why is this ad thing there? I found it very annoying when I hovered over the word "sites" to have an advertisement for porn.... __________________ Main System:.................................................. ......................Second System: DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL w/ Q6600 GO@ 3.2 (9x360), 1.4v....DFI Ultra-D w/Opteron 170 @ 2.7 G.skill 4GB (2x2gb).................................................. ..............G.Skill Extreme 2GB (2x1gb) HIS 4850 680/1108.................................................. .............Nvidia 7600GT WD VRaptor 300gb/Seagate 1TB..........................................Raptor 74gb/Seagate 200gb OCZ GameXtreme 600SLI
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04-01-08, 02:33 PM	#2
muddocktor Retired Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New Iberia, LA	You had a porn link in the contextual ad? Can you dup this and take a screenshot for us? EDIT:If you can get a screenshot of this, PM me and I will give you an emaill addy to send the screenie to so I can post it for the higher ups to look at.
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04-01-08, 02:52 PM	#3
curtis1552 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio	Hey! I got gay chat rooms when I didn't automatically log in. I was going to make a thread for it but you already had one. It is very intermittent, each page highlighting random words, and each word showing different ads. Some thread don't have any words highlighted, and others have dozens. Is it common to have the highlights removed from a forum for forum members? (on other forums?) Also none of the popups will show for me now, they show a small gray square but no popup. __________________ Desk Puter - Foxconn C51GU01; AMD X2 3800+ - Dual 2.0Ghz; 1.5gb RAM; Nvidia 6600GT pcie; Win 7 64 bit / Mint 9 NetBook - Acer Aspire One D250: 160Gb HDD: Win 7 / Backtrack 4 / Mint Debian / MeeGo Server Puter - Supermicro X5DAE; Dual Processor - E7505 XEON - Dual 2.66Ghz; 2gb RAM: Nvidia 6600GT agp; Win 7 32 bit / Mint 9. HEAT Restarting a computer is not how you fix a problem... I suffer from Fenestraephobia I don't think being turned on while turning it on is too high on the creepy list - freakdiablo Last edited by curtis1552; 04-01-08 at 03:14 PM.
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04-01-08, 03:05 PM	Thread Starter #4
CGR Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Lower NY	I will try. Have not been able to get the word "sites" to come up in red again. And it was gay porn that was advertised. Edit:Yea, I think it was what curtis's SS shows.. I only glanced at it for a second. Guess it technically isnt porn. __________________ Main System:.................................................. ......................Second System: DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL w/ Q6600 GO@ 3.2 (9x360), 1.4v....DFI Ultra-D w/Opteron 170 @ 2.7 G.skill 4GB (2x2gb).................................................. ..............G.Skill Extreme 2GB (2x1gb) HIS 4850 680/1108.................................................. .............Nvidia 7600GT WD VRaptor 300gb/Seagate 1TB..........................................Raptor 74gb/Seagate 200gb OCZ GameXtreme 600SLI Last edited by CGR; 04-01-08 at 03:20 PM.
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04-01-08, 10:08 PM	#5
Ben333 Folding for Team 32! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Hampshire	Again, If I see this on my end, I'm gonna leave OCF.
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04-01-08, 11:42 PM	#6
Voodoo Rufus Powder Junkie Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bakersfield, CA	And that would benefit the forums how, Ben? When things like this are brought to light, they are dealt with as quickly as possible when the people who manage this forum are notified. It WILL be dealt with, do not worry about that. No software ad bot is infallible, it seems. __________________ "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar!" Serious Gamers Halo Custom Edition Green Leaves!
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04-01-08, 11:48 PM	#7
Captain Newbie Senior Django-loving Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Right seat with a bored "don't kill me" expression	Five, four, three, two, one, someone needs to explain this. __________________ B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Political Science \| Commercial Pilot Airplane Single and Multiengine Land, Instrument Airplane "And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untresspassed sanctity of space Put out my hand, and touched the face of God." Strong * Focused * Safe Apple Mac Pro 4,1, Two Nehalem Xeons 2.26GHzx4 (Hyperthreaded), 12 GB DDR3 FBDRAM \| MacBook Pro 15" (2009)
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04-01-08, 11:50 PM	#8
muddocktor Retired Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New Iberia, LA	Ben, as long as you log in to the forums, you won't see these ads. This wasn't my idea or any of the other mods or admins, but now visitors to the forums (or members not logged in) will be served those friggen contextual ads. I hate them with a passion myself and I can't blame anyone else for hating them too. But as long as you are logged in, they are not supposed to appear. If they do, then get in touch with one of the Staff and notify us so we can notify iNet. As a matter of fact, I have posted already about some of you being served up the Gay chat room contextual ads. Also, and this is my personal opinion and not related to anything iNet or the other Staff here might feel about the subject. I highly recommend the use of Firefox with AdBlock Plus if you want to visit the forums without being logged in. AdBlock Plus is highly effective on removing those dreadful contextual ad links.
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04-02-08, 08:53 AM	#11
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	Consolidating this into one thread. See here: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=554423 __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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