Elephant's "Ad" complaint thread...

[Biggs]

I wonder how many kids watched the boobies and listened to the double-speak on The Oscars last night!

I did! They were by far preferable to the boobies one encounters on TubeNet.

[gwwilk]

I wonder how many kids watched the boobies and listened to the double-speak on The Oscars last night!

I did! They were by far preferable to the boobies one encounters on TubeNet.

Isn't that like saying "I would never join a club that would have me as a member"?

[PMeuph]

I believe that the advertiser was pulling a fast one and posting different ads than what they contracted for, using mundane words to see if they could get around filters that way....

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I still believe that some company was spoofing Google and that Google pulled the ads themselves.

Since Adsense came out, several people have tried to earn full time salaries using adsense and have claimed that you can become rich. Some people who read these types of "programs" ( You can buy plenty on ebay for $10), will try whatever they can to lure people into there traps. Adsense sometimes gives out vouchers to incite new customers. The owner of the website you were seeing, probably had one of those.

But honestly, Wade, Have you tried a tweaked "hosts" file on your computer? It might be better than adblock....

[ShoelessWes]

Just an update:

Tubenet was blocked from use at the Sheraton in Oklahoma City this last weekend, where I was working. It cited that it was, "A webpage that contains indecent Pornographic Material or References!"

[The Big Ben]

Has anyone given further thought to a different funding model for TubeNet?

If the random/semi-random advertising was removed and replaced with donations and/or genuine musical advertising content placed by TubeNet, some or all of TubeNet's blocking problems would disappear. This would take organization and cooperation from Sean but has anyone else considered this as a possibility?

Aa random thought which has come to me is that, perhaps, "TubeNet" as a name is being misinterpreted by filtering agents. Variations of the "YouTube" name are being used to draw attention to sites which provide dorn video content. Or, the 'tube' in TubeNet is being interpreted as refering to male 'tubes'.

Jeff "Grasping at straws" Benedict

[PMeuph]

Has anyone given further thought to a different funding model for TubeNet?

If the random/semi-random advertising was removed and replaced with donations and/or genuine musical advertising content placed by TubeNet, some or all of TubeNet's blocking problems would disappear. This would take organization and cooperation from Sean but has anyone else considered this as a possibility?

Aa random thought which has come to me is that, perhaps, "TubeNet" as a name is being misinterpreted by filtering agents. Variations of the "YouTube" name are being used to draw attention to sites which provide dorn video content. Or, the 'tube' in TubeNet is being interpreted as refering to male 'tubes'.

Jeff "Grasping at straws" Benedict

Here was my response several weeks ago to diffent funding models...

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It might be that

"TubeNet" as a name is being misinterpreted by filtering agents.

It could also be that certain words (used innocently) like dating, girls, "Naked Lady" are found on this board and are misinterpreted. With the filtering of some algorithm these "keywords" might be drawing in the ads....

[ppalan]

I just installed a free app on my MacBook called Do Not Track Plus (DNT+) from a company called Abine http://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php?. All of the offending ads on the right side of the screen are gone. After the quick download and install, there's a small icon on the top right corner of my Firefox window. Clicking this icon gives you itemized list of what's blocked and who's tracking you. (e.g. Google Adsense) It seems to work extremely well and the free isn't just an introductory or time-limited version. Here's info from the above referenced website:

Free tool that puts you back in control of your information
Best available blocking stops more than 600 trackers
Compatible with Mac or PC for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer
Automatically updates to catch new trackers

Hope this is of some use to folks; those ads were annoying and certainly wholly inappropriate in a school setting.
Pete

[JB]

I just installed a free app on my MacBook called Do Not Track Plus (DNT+) from a company called Abine http://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php?.

Thanks for that. This works very well!...

+1. This remedy resulted in a very significant/positive change in the "viewing experience" on this site (at least for me) with the 'questionable ad' matter. (In other words, suddenly more "kid/wife/student -friendly...)

[Rick F]

Pete,

I installed DNT+ into my browser (FF-10) and it works very well. Surprised how many tracking sites are out there on most sites... not to mention the ads. Then I turned off my 'HOSTS' file to see if DNT+ would stop ALL of the ads, and it does! HOSTS file has to be updated about once each month, but this plug-in automatically updates.

Thanks for that.

[sousaphone68]

The filters mentioned above will solve the ad problem but will not stop teachers like the Elephant getting it in the neck from parents if the members of the board keep posting lewd and inappropiate images and videos in the hope of being funny or dismissing a thread. I dont expect excerpts of full metal jacket or happy endings parodies when reading about tubas and do not see the need for them.

[MartyNeilan]

I do think that some of the things posted here, however well intentioned, are grossly inappropriate. However, considering that a military band is a viable option for many tuba players, I don't take issue with Full Metal Jacket (at least the first half) as many will encounter far worse than what is depicted during BCT.
That said, I would not recommend T-N to any student below college age. It is a grown-up board with grown-up discussions.

[MartyNeilan]

Now that "russiantuba" has started posting more often, I keep getting sidebar ads for Russian Love Match. Arghhh!

[tclements]

I must have missed something as I have never seen any ads that could be considered inappropriate.