Sun May 28, 2006 12:10 pm
Thanks for sharing, patjade. I'm going to give that a shot. =) I already use adblock and stuff, but no harm in covering the rest of my computer. ^^
Sun May 28, 2006 5:52 pm
DiscordantNote wrote:Officer 1BDI wrote:Gawd, I HATE that banner. It always gets stuck when I'm depositing money into my bank account: everytime I refresh, the stupid song starts over. I tried blocking it with Adblock, but it's a flash banner.
You can still block them. Go to your Adblock options and look for 'overlay flash'. Choose that and you'll be able to click the ad to block it.
Thank you! I'd tried to use that before, but I'd been right-clicking, not left-clicking, which I realized after taking a second look at the menu. Apparantly, I can't read.
Sun May 28, 2006 6:51 pm
I haven't been on Neo all day, so I haven't gotten it yet.
I'm beginning to love Subeta more and moooreeee...
I'm beginning to love Subeta more and moooreeee...
Sun May 28, 2006 10:27 pm
I'm premi. so I don't get ads.Report to TNT.
Mon May 29, 2006 1:04 am
If you can, on the page where you get the annoying/inappropriat/pop-up ad, try to right click on the page, view source and get all the ad information you can. That I was told helps when you're reporting an ad.
Mon May 29, 2006 1:49 am
Wait, if TNT is asking us to report on 'bad' Ads, does that mean that they don't know what ads they're hosting?
Mon May 29, 2006 2:13 am
They have to know about that add. There is a pop up on the "Shop of Offers" page for the same thing. The pop up is just as annoying as the music because blockers won't block it. At least mine won't. And yes it is a neo ad not an adware on my computer.
Mon May 29, 2006 2:48 am
unr4veled wrote:Wait, if TNT is asking us to report on 'bad' Ads, does that mean that they don't know what ads they're hosting?
My theory is they know which companies they rent the space to, but they don't actually review every ad that appears on the site. This is probably impossible to do for some of the Google ads, for example, which are customized for each user depending on their interests. They may have filters set to prevent "bad" stuff from popping up, and perhaps keep their eyes peeled for inappropriate material, but other than that, I doubt they really care what their site is advertising.
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Mon May 29, 2006 7:47 pm
I'm on the bf's computer and this is the first I've had to deal with this particular ad. It only took 4 pages for me to come take a peep at this post I noticed earlier but ignored...I definently reported it...the more complainers the merrier is my motto. Even if I don't see it at home theres no reason other people should suffer for a lack of complaint. 
Tue May 30, 2006 6:16 pm
I use Flash Block for things to block flash. I have to manueally click on the flash for it to open. a great extention for firefox
Tue May 30, 2006 8:51 pm
Officer 1BDI wrote:unr4veled wrote:but other than that, I doubt they really care what their site is advertising.
Pfft. So it's alright for some kid to see an advert about something obscene or at least inappropriate that TNT won't even handle, but if one of us posts something just vaguely vulgar then it's BOOM! The land of freeze for us. Yeah, that sounds good. That sounds VERY good...
Tue May 30, 2006 9:04 pm
Ginger Harp Seal Pup wrote:Officer 1BDI wrote:unr4veled wrote:but other than that, I doubt they really care what their site is advertising.
Pfft. So it's alright for some kid to see an advert about something obscene or at least inappropriate that TNT won't even handle, but if one of us posts something just vaguely vulgar then it's BOOM! The land of freeze for us. Yeah, that sounds good. That sounds VERY good...
Perhaps if you quote her WHOLE sentence instead of taking it out of context you will see that she said " They may have filters set to prevent "bad" stuff from popping up, and perhaps keep their eyes peeled for inappropriate material...".
I have seen very very few if any inappropriate ads (of course I don't make habit of paying attention to them), which to me says they do have some sort of filtering process, just like the do for the neoboards. And just like when something gets past the filters on the boards/mail/etc either they see it and remove it or someone reports it and it is removed. I see no difference whatsoever.
I certaintly do NOT believe for a moment that they ignore inappropriate advertizing or reports thereof.
Wed May 31, 2006 6:04 am
Neopets uses multiple 3rd-party advertising suppliers which pay them a good percentage of the profits each of the ads make.
Advertisers usually pay on a CPM (cost per thousand) view or click rate. I'm assuming the 3rd-party suppliers give Neopets pretty good control over the advertisments displayed since they are a pretty huge client.
Advertisers usually pay on a CPM (cost per thousand) view or click rate. I'm assuming the 3rd-party suppliers give Neopets pretty good control over the advertisments displayed since they are a pretty huge client.
Wed May 31, 2006 6:57 am
I remember there being a porn ad once. It was taken down pretty quickly after people started to notice it.
On the topic of ads, I remember a while ago someone said that blocking the ads is against the rules at Neo because it gives you an advantage over other users. Did that rule change or was it just a rumor that you couldn't?
On the topic of ads, I remember a while ago someone said that blocking the ads is against the rules at Neo because it gives you an advantage over other users. Did that rule change or was it just a rumor that you couldn't?
Wed May 31, 2006 7:03 am
Nefasturris wrote:I remember there being a porn ad once. It was taken down pretty quickly after people started to notice it.
On the topic of ads, I remember a while ago someone said that blocking the ads is against the rules at Neo because it gives you an advantage over other users. Did that rule change or was it just a rumor that you couldn't?
Don't buy into stupid rumors like that; TNT would have no way to inforce that rule even if they wanted to.