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interwhat: Jul 23, 2005; it's kickin in dude

I'm seeing some very pretty palm trees with no other context. Notsobad

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:02

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 00:56

Musharraf: Aug 26, 2004; by Reene

I mean what do you want, its an indie forum, they dont have big corporate moneybags, and its not like lowtax is getting paid thousands of dollars by goons just for existing.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:02

Jose Oquendo: Jun 20, 2004; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

Musharraf posted:

I mean what do you want, its an indie forum, they dont have big corporate moneybags, and its not like lowtax is getting paid thousands of dollars by goons just for existing.

The issues are:

-The ads look like the type you get if your browser or computer has a virus or malware
-They are appearing for people who purchased the no-ads feature

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:12

Drunk Nerds: Jan 25, 2011; Just close your eyes; Fun Shoe

Eh, I paid like $10 for no ads 10 years ago. I got my money's worth.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:14

redm: Feb 20, 2016; Sugartime Jones

Pewdiepie posted:

Just use the awful app on your phone it�s programmed by someone completely unrelated to the forums administration and best of all it�s completely free.

Alternatively, you could try the Something App. It also is made by a separate guy, but doesn't look like it was designed with small children in mind as the user base. I don't know if it's still in the google play store, but I bet a google search might work. I'll stop browsing on my desktop when I'm loving dead and buried, thank you very much.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:14

Musharraf: Aug 26, 2004; by Reene

Jose Oquendo posted:

The issues are:

-The ads look like the type you get if your browser or computer has a virus or malware

Yeah, this is completely wrong. Mine are actually anti-malware.

Also, if you don't like it, go donate to Lowtax's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingGarbage
He's making under $10k per month from goons, so how do you expect him to make a decent living without serving ads?

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:17

Live Free: Jan 5, 2019; by VideoGames

Musharraf posted:

Yeah, this is completely wrong. Mine are actually anti-malware.

Also, if you don't like it, go donate to Lowtax's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingGarbage
He's making under $10k per month from goons, so how do you expect him to make a decent living without serving ads?

poor thing...only 10k?

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:20

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

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# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:21

Jose Oquendo: Jun 20, 2004; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

Musharraf posted:

Yeah, this is completely wrong. Mine are actually anti-malware.

I'm not really sure what you mean? Are the ads people are seeing malware or not?

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:21

Drunk Nerds: Jan 25, 2011; Just close your eyes; Fun Shoe

According to the QCS thread, this is not intentional

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:25

Rectal Death Adept: Jun 20, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

Drunk Nerds posted:

According to the QCS thread, this is not intentional

someone should really look into advertisement companies taking websites over by force.

Can someone check on the SA servers? Did a Google Strike Team rappel out of the airvents and stick a USB drive in the mainframe?

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:30

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Getting ads despite having No-Ads? Sounds like a hilarious concept for a front-page SA article!

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:31

Musharraf: Aug 26, 2004; by Reene

Jose Oquendo posted:

I'm not really sure what you mean? Are the ads people are seeing malware or not?

I mean my ads are for anti-malware products. The ads themselves obviously aren't malware, they're the programmatic adaptive future revenue stream of Something Awful. Behold teh grand plan of logan@somethingawful.com.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:33

schreibs: Oct 11, 2009

Trying to buy no ads shows they are aware of multiple issues :lol:

<blink>Apple's mail servers bounce our emails! We are looking into this. In the mean time, please do not use an iCloud (@me.com or @icloud.com) email address when checking outTHIS SHOULD BE BLINKING, WHY IS IT NOT WORKING</blink>

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:34

Jose Oquendo: Jun 20, 2004; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

Musharraf posted:

I mean my ads are for anti-malware products. The ads themselves obviously aren't malware, they're the programmatic adaptive future revenue stream of Something Awful. Behold teh grand plan of logan@somethingawful.com.

Yes you're correct. My complaint is that they LOOK like the kind you get when your browser is hijacked or something else malware related. All hail the programmatic adaptive future revenue stream.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:41

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

quote:

I wanted to mention again that we�re mainly waiting for advertising revenue to ramp up, as we�ve just implemented a new direct advertising campaign.

I realize this sounds like a raw deal at the moment in terms of payment in exchange for labor. However, people who want to start writing now will be given highest priority in both payment and approval.

The business has been left to lapse for quite some time. My role here is to make it a profitable business again, and it�s my obsession to do so.

If you don�t suspect that writing for the front page will ever be worth it in terms of pay and/or exposure, then I encourage you not to submit. We�re looking to build a team of people who are committed to making SA even better than it was a decade and a half ago.

I�m a businesswoman first and foremost, and it is against my morals to extract labor from people for free when I can afford to pay them. I see great potential in the future of SA as an entertainment brand, and if you do too, then we�d love to have you as a member of the team.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:44

Drunk Nerds: Jan 25, 2011; Just close your eyes; Fun Shoe

Rectal Death Adept posted:

someone should really look into advertisement companies taking websites over by force.

Can someone check on the SA servers? Did a Google Strike Team rappel out of the airvents and stick a USB drive in the mainframe?

Forget it, Jake: It's Radiumtown

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:51

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

infernal machines posted:

lol where is this from?

The ads i get are evolving
"California Psychics"
The gently caress ads: "7 women for every man," "87% compassionate beautiful women"
"Historical Font Database"

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:54

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

Lol these ads are seedy as gently caress they really do like the kinda poo poo you see when there's viruses

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:55

FOLK STYLE FISTING: Jan 2, 2020; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

We're all digital natives ripe for monetization

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:56

Chewbecca: Feb 13, 2005; Just chillin' : )

Alien Sex Manual posted:

No ads on Awful App

Other than the fact that I can't post new threads from the app on Android (and have to log in via browser to do so), the app is exceptional. And no ads! :hmmyes:

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:58

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

SniperWoreConverse posted:

lol where is this from?

The ads i get are evolving
"California Psychics"
The gently caress ads: "7 women for every man," "87% compassionate beautiful women"
"Historical Font Database"

A now gassed front page thread.

According to Jeffrey of YOSPOS it was a change to the ad script on Google's side.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:58

Chewbecca: Feb 13, 2005; Just chillin' : )

FOLK STYLE FISTING posted:

We're all digital natives ripe for monetization

The term digital natives is so retarded I can't lol

# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:59

Do it ironically: Jul 13, 2010; by Pragmatica

infernal machines posted:

Listen I also have an amazing internship you might be interested in, you�ll have to pay us to intern but think of the experience you�ll get

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:02

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

I'm curious who, if not people committed to this website, is posting on the Something Awful forums in the year 2020

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:05

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

Alright so i'm also getting ads for "stylish large-cup swimwear"

Sort of getting a picture here. In the algorithm i'm an apparently wealthy geriatric lesbian with some killer jugs and i'm into woo-y mumbo jumbo and not paying taxes

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:07

interwhat: Jul 23, 2005; it's kickin in dude

I've never experienced "ads you see when you have a virus" but they definitely look like the ads at the bottom of an xvideos video.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:08

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

I just got one for "premier Odessa dating solution #1 results-based dating" and one that was just a fit middle aged dude on a computer that had a cyber-looking lock on the screen and a BUY NOW! button

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:12

tripwood: Jul 21, 2003; "Cuno can see you're trying to shit him, but Cuno's unshittable, so fuck does Cuno care?"

Hint: He doesn't care.

Finally the nudge I needed to get the awful app I guess.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:13

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

Yeah, hands down the algo got me pinned:

Lesbian over 50 with huge tits and horny as hell. Wants to party, into new age mumbo jumbo and fancy kinds of water. Wealthy and into luxury goods of all kinds. Won't pay taxes.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:16

FOLK STYLE FISTING: Jan 2, 2020; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Lowtax, https://freestar.com/ is just providing you access to an aggressive header bidding script that you could be running for free via prebid.js. It would take any competent programmer less than a half hour to set that up and you wouldn't have to do a rev share with a third party.

Also, header bidding allows all kinds of unsavory and malicious ads to be run on the site. HTH

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:16

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

You should tell Jeffrey over in QCS

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:18

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

I'm already getting ads like "should we deport the illegals??"

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:23

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

FOLK STYLE FISTING posted:

Lowtax, https://freestar.com/ is just providing you access to an aggressive header bidding script that you could be running for free via prebid.js. It would take any competent programmer less than a half hour to set that up and you wouldn't have to do a rev share with a third party.

Also, header bidding allows all kinds of unsavory and malicious ads to be run on the site. HTH

I am going to laugh so hard if this is a result of the "programmatic direct ad sales" campaign

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:35

defaultluser: Jan 13, 2007; The person can drink sake for the following five reasons. First of all, for the national holiday. Moreover, it fills with the nectar. Finally, for reasons. Next, to heal the dryness of the place. After that, to refuse the future; Fun Shoe

Yeah,, I paid for No Ads. Looks like I got the Free Upgrade to Mo Ads!

Luckily, uBlock Origin hides this completely.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:43

FOLK STYLE FISTING: Jan 2, 2020; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

programmatic ads is industry slang for "we will send bid requests for each ad slot to a bunch of fly by night ad networks for each impression, and whoever bids the highest for each slot, wins the bid auction and gets their ad presented"

edit: in other words, "no human approves the ads that run on your site, and we can't even tell which ad network is responsible for the offensive ads/malware infections you are complaining about."

FOLK STYLE FISTING fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Feb 23, 2020

# ? Feb 23, 2020 03:49

VikingSkull: Jan 23, 2017; Look Viking you're a trash Trump supporter what the fuck makes you think you can have an avatar that isn't what I decide? Shut your fucking trap and go away. Your trolling is tiresome and just shits up the forum.

no, gently caress you ads!

# ? Feb 23, 2020 04:04

Booourns: Jan 20, 2004; Please send a report when you see me complain about other posters and threads outside of QCS

~thanks!

I don't know what's worse, that the people in charge possibly implemented this without saying anything, or that people who aren't in charge are able to inject their own ads

# ? Feb 23, 2020 04:05

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

FOLK STYLE FISTING posted:

programmatic ads is industry slang for "we will send bid requests for each ad slot to a bunch of fly by night ad networks for each impression, and whoever bids the highest for each slot, wins the bid auction and gets their ad presented"

edit: in other words, "no human approves the ads that run on your site, and we can't even tell which ad network is responsible for the offensive ads/malware infections you are complaining about."

Yeah, I'm just laughing at the thought of this being done to further monetize the site without informing the site admin, resulting in some poo poo going sideways, but at least in a harmless way*.

*As opposed to drive-by malware ads or something

# ? Feb 23, 2020 04:07

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 00:56

Jose Oquendo: Jun 20, 2004; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

They're turned off and, uhh, it turns out Google didn't do it.

# ? Feb 23, 2020 04:10

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