peteski Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 I have never used that feature. Not that I want to. You learn something new every day. I wonder is some people think that those exchanges they have in public are private? Or maybe they don't care?
StevenGuthmiller Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Just want to thank the mods again for their prompt action on this issue. things are looking as if they are back to normal, and I think that I can speak for others when I say thank you very much!! Steve
stavanzer Posted April 30, 2020 Posted April 30, 2020 The Ads are back. Nothing this morning. And now 4 hours later, ShaZam! All over the page.
Roger U Posted April 30, 2020 Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, alexis said: The Ads are back. Nothing this morning. And now 4 hours later, ShaZam! All over the page. x2, Same thing happening here again.
Little Timmy Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 Yep ! I cannot read half the thread title's because their's an ad super-imposed over them.
Deuces ll Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 Now I'm starting to see adds on the main forum index.... ?
smellyfatdude Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 I recently started using Brave browser on my pc, with a built in ad blocker. Works terrific, and I don’t see a single ad.
Dave Ambrose Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 Ugh. I'll go check the settings after work. (yes, I'm still working) Google's motto used to be "Don't be evil." Guess that's gone away.
Snake45 Posted May 1, 2020 Author Posted May 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said: Google's motto used to be "Don't be evil." Guess that's gone away. Oh that is SO 2015. Today I'm seeing ads for firearms suppressors (commonly but incorrectly known as "silencers"). Although I'm interested in firearms, I've never googled suppressors (they're pretty expensive and wrapped in red tape) in my life. WTF?
peteski Posted May 2, 2020 Posted May 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Snake45 said: Oh that is SO 2015. Today I'm seeing ads for firearms suppressors (commonly but incorrectly known as "silencers"). Although I'm interested in firearms, I've never googled suppressors (they're pretty expensive and wrapped in red tape) in my life. WTF? It is not just your Google search history. Google has all sorts of info about you collected, and use that to show you ads they "think" spark your interest. The thought was that government was the "big brother" is so wrong - Google and other Internet giants are the true "big brother" collecting all sorts of info about us and watching us.
Tom Geiger Posted May 2, 2020 Posted May 2, 2020 On 5/1/2020 at 12:51 PM, Snake45 said: Oh that is SO 2015. Today I'm seeing ads for firearms suppressors (commonly but incorrectly known as "silencers"). Although I'm interested in firearms, I've never googled suppressors (they're pretty expensive and wrapped in red tape) in my life. WTF? Didntja respond to the post about the toy Glock yesterday?
Snake45 Posted May 2, 2020 Author Posted May 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said: Didntja respond to the post about the toy Glock yesterday? Oh I'm a member of several gun boards, and have searched for a certain amount of other gun stuff. I just wonder how the algorithm decided I'd be a good customer for an expensive suppressor, in which I have shown exactly ZERO interest.
Tom Geiger Posted May 2, 2020 Posted May 2, 2020 Just now, Snake45 said: Oh I'm a member of several gun boards, and have searched for a certain amount of other gun stuff. I just wonder how the algorithm decided I'd be a good customer for an expensive suppressor, in which I have shown exactly ZERO interest. The same way the eBay algorithm takes a search for "Chrysler 300" and sends you junk for "300 CDs"
Snake45 Posted May 2, 2020 Author Posted May 2, 2020 You'd THINK that the algorithm would decide to present US with ads for model retailers, paints, airbrushes, hobby tools of all kinds, and so forth. But, evidently, not. Every now and then there will be a model car on eBay, but not nearly as often as you might expect.
Tom Geiger Posted May 2, 2020 Posted May 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Snake45 said: You'd THINK that the algorithm would decide to present US with ads for model retailers, paints, airbrushes, hobby tools of all kinds, and so forth. But, evidently, not. Nope! That algorithm only reads "MODEL" and sends us lingerie ads! ?
Classicgas Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 17 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Nope! That algorithm only reads "MODEL" and sends us lingerie ads! ? And dating sites?
Rbray47 Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 One ad in particular keeps breaking my train of thought...
TarheelRick Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 Just read through this whole post. Thankfully I have never had the venetian blind ads or the ones overlapping the subject titles. The most problems I have are those between comments. A few of those are designed to subtly look like another comment. That being said, I have my adblocker turned off for this site and so far I have not had a single ad pop up while reading all six pages of this post. Now I will probably go to the next post and be attacked unmercifully with ads. Anyway, a big thank you to Dave for trying to help with this problem.
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