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FOR MODERATOR - sm

Posted: Jan 30, 2014

The amount of ads on these boards is getting ridiculous. Today there are ads for sex chat girls. Highly offensive.

Now hold on a minute, what do they pay? - Just joking

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xx

Very funny! - sm

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I love it! That's the solution to our dilemma of getting work outside the MT industry. Hee-hee!

and we can still work at home!! ;) nm - puppypaws

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FYI - ads

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are based on the cookies from searches in your own computer. If you're that offended, you might want to start at home and see who is NOT offended.

I've never seen an offensive ad here. I see ads for shoes, car insurance, cell phones, etc. All stuff I've searched on my computer.

Yup, that's true. - xx

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The ads you see are determined by your own search history. The moderator can't change your search habits.

What? - sm

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I assure you that I do not run searches for sex chat! But I will definitely do some investigating of my teenage son's internet habits. You can bet on that.

Maybe some are - But not all

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Well, nobody at my house can get into my computer except for me, and I saw that ad for a game that looked like a porn flick, and it wasn't me. It may go by IP address, so I would go for maybe someone else in the house, but at a different computer.

Odd part was, A LOT of people here on the forum saw that same thing--it was some sort of electronic game, League of Angels or something or other. After we said something here on the forum, it disappeared.

I do know what you're saying about some ads---like, if I ordered something from a catalog, I do see ads for that store.

I will definitely be checking with my kid! - sm

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I'm the OP, and you can bet your bottom dollar (pun intended) that I'll be doing a little history search on my home computer when I get home. I'm not at my home computer right now. I have the parental controls set, but I suppose he could figure a way around that.

Def need to check - FYI

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I'm here several times a day, every day and have only seen ads for the MT-related things in the banner and the other ads are always related to searches I've done on my computer. I don't do searches related to your original complaint - lol - and I'm the only one who lives here. The ads I see were toys at Christmas, this week car insurance, FTD (that's an F not an S - lol) and car ads.

So you if are seeing offensive ads, you most assuredly should be doing some home investigation.

It's the OP again - sm

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I've been thinking. Since the only place I've seen those offensive ads are on the computer here at my day job (not at home, not an MT job), and since I've never seen anything like that on my home PC...I won't automatically accuse my kid of inappropriate internet behavior. In fact, today is the first day I have seen that ad. Another person in our building uses this work computer at night. It's a guy. I'd hate to think it, but it's possible he's doing some inappropriate "viewing" on this computer. He has to sign into the PC with his own log-in, though. Would I see the ads on my log-in if we share the same computer? Now I'm really wondering.

Try clearing - xx

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your cookies and your search history. That might eliminate the unwanted ads. I have never seen the types of ads others have mentioned on here as offensive, but I am the only user of my computer (and I have no teenagers in the house). The adbots really do access your search history/cookies to determine what ads to present, so it is very likely that somebody with access to your computer (or IP address if you have a home network) is viewing material that makes the adbot think those ads would be welcome.

OP here - sm

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Thanks for that suggestion. I already have my own settings on Firefox and IE as "never remember history" because I deal with client information. The guy who uses this computer at night....I can't access his settings, of course, so we'll see if it continues. Like I said, today was the first day I've ever seen ads like that. I guess they weren't wildly objective, but I'm a prude and to me they were not welcome. It was photos with the text "chat with me," and it was obvious what they want to chat about.

I don't think the moderator can control those ads. - Key-pounder

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More likely than not, they're part of a larger system that is used throughout the internet. I've noticed those ads when visiting other, non-MT-related sites. I've also noticed that often "customized" ads pertaining to things I recently "liked" on Facebook, or purchased online at Amazon or eBay, will show up even on MTStars. So the ads we see for the privilege of having free internet wetsite access is unfortunately the price we have to pay. At least we can ignore the ads, whereas for ad-free pay websites, you have to cough up the dough. I still prefer free sites to pay sites!

the ads are based at what you are looking at on your computer! - pto

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Dearest PTO - sm

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You have missed the whole conversation. I assure you that I am NOT looking at smut. And it doesn't even happen on my computer at home. It happens here on the computer that I share with a man who takes my place in the evenings. A customer service job. I figured it out yesterday, if you had kept up with the conversation. The problem is solved.

your work computer - i was right - pto

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just so happens you were sharing a
computer

As MTs, our searches often - take us to places

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we might not otherwise go. Just last night I was checking on how to spell the generic of Cialis because doctor had said patient was sexually active without "PDE5's."

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