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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Wedley on 19 Jan 2009, 12:38

Title: Religious ads on QC
Post by: Wedley on 19 Jan 2009, 12:38

Hey guys...

Did anyone else notice a heap of pseudo-scientific pro-Christian crap turning up on the site today?

Any theories?

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: JD on 19 Jan 2009, 14:14

Haven't seen any.

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 19 Jan 2009, 15:26

Uh






















Did I miss something?

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: Jeff7 on 19 Jan 2009, 15:33

Ah yes, I see. One of them goes here (http://www.gnmagazine.org/afterdeath/?S=2&gclid=CM3Os73lm5gCFQpuGgodkDTGmA).

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: JReynolds on 19 Jan 2009, 16:31

Yes, I saw them a couple of days ago. Pretty strange, since the ads here are mostly atheist-leaning.

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: Surgoshan on 19 Jan 2009, 20:25

Probably just a random google-ad style thing.

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: Malek on 19 Jan 2009, 20:54

Quote from: Jeff7 on 19 Jan 2009, 15:33

Ah yes, I see. One of them goes here (http://www.gnmagazine.org/afterdeath/?S=2&gclid=CM3Os73lm5gCFQpuGgodkDTGmA).

I went to the link and i got spamed with empty interwindows and crashed.  :-(

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: kaitco on 19 Jan 2009, 20:59

All ads are full of fail. Firefox + Adblock FTW. I know ads are a part of how Jeph keeps the comic coming, but I choose to make it up in T-shirts...

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: sofiabailote on 20 Jan 2009, 03:33

I saw something with nuns on it... actually thought it was a joke.

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: jtheory on 21 Jan 2009, 09:30

I know some people will say that those ads are just random, the outcome of just some completely blind ad targeting and rotation process somewhere, but it seems much clearer to me that they are definitely planned, Intelligently Advertised, if you will, by some conscious being that wants to tell us something.   A number of prominent scientists and politicians support this idea of IA -- please try to spread the word.

Title: Re: Religious ads on QC
Post by: benji on 21 Jan 2009, 11:10

Quote from: Surgoshan on 19 Jan 2009, 20:25

Probably just a random google-ad style thing.

This is what is happening more or less.

Quote from: jtheory on 21 Jan 2009, 09:30

I know some people will say that those ads are just random, the outcome of just some completely blind ad targeting and rotation process somewhere, but it seems much clearer to me that they are definitely planned, Intelligently Advertised, if you will, by some conscious being that wants to tell us something.   A number of prominent scientists and politicians support this idea of IA -- please try to spread the word.

This was well played.

Jeph's control over things like this is limited. he can place things on a banned list, but he can't anticipate everyone that might place an offensive add out there, so he basically has to wait until they start showing up on his sight. Also, he has to care enough to place them on the banned list.