WordPress.com Forums » Tag: inappropriate ads - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/inappropriate-ads WordPress.com Forums » Tag: inappropriate ads - Recent Posts en Sun, 19 May 2013 06:27:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "How can we tell you about ads that offend us?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-we-tell-you-about-ads-that-offend-us#post-1082697 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:34:57 +0000 timethief 1082697@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ All of WordPress.com ads are family-friendly. If you feel an ad is inappropriate please take a screenshot of it, upload it via Media -> Add New to your Media Library. Then return to this thread to post the file name to let Staff them know it’s there for them to view.

Also note to eliminate all advertising on our free hosted WordPress.com blogs we can purchase an annually renewable No-Ads upgrade.

P.S. I don't have the time or inclination to view or ruminate over which ads are offensive or not. I detest all advertising on blogs that's why my main blog has a No-Ads upgrade. As for me, I use and Ad Blocker like millions of others do and I suggest you download one for your browser. They work very well.

]]> nitpicker77 on "How can we tell you about ads that offend us?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-we-tell-you-about-ads-that-offend-us#post-1082692 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:30:25 +0000 nitpicker77 1082692@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Please do not allow ads that flash and show one or more ways to dismiss them that instead make a new tab and give a whole page of unwanted further advertising. In fact, I suggest that all ads automatically come with a button to indicate annoyance with the subject or form of the ad. Another button to indicate that an ad is appreciated would also be appropriate. So far, as a reader, abusive ads make me want to avoid WordPress sites. I think you don't want to offend me and many others. Please let us help you do that.

]]> kardotim on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1074542 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:45:23 +0000 kardotim 1074542@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Our apologies, this shouldn't happen again. Thank you for the report.

]]> amoraleite on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1073878 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:01:14 +0000 amoraleite 1073878@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ OK thank you timethief. :)

]]> timethief on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1073877 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:59:55 +0000 timethief 1073877@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @amoraleite
There's no need to get into any exchange of opinions here. What matters is what Staff decide and I have flagged this thread for their attention.

]]> amoraleite on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1073875 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:57:29 +0000 amoraleite 1073875@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I did not say obscene. I said inappropriate. Not explicit, but inappropriate. I have two requests of different fathers who do not like what they saw. These children 3-5 years old accompanied by parents.

]]> timethief on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1073871 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:56:41 +0000 timethief 1073871@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @amoraleite
This isn't a matter for Volunteers. We have been asked to post what I posted above. You have provided the screenhot URLs for Staff to examine and we Volunteers have no role to play here at all.

]]> raincoaster on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1073869 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:54:47 +0000 raincoaster 1073869@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No, WP puts ads in several places. It's only Word Ads that only go at the bottom.

]]> notawoodpecker on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1073866 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:53:20 +0000 notawoodpecker 1073866@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ First, I really don't see anything wrong with those. Nothing that isn't in most newspapers and magazines.

Second, I'm not sure those are inserted by WP. I thought WP ads were only at the bottom of the pages.

]]> raincoaster on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1073864 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:52:02 +0000 raincoaster 1073864@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ They're cheesy, but not obscene.

]]> amoraleite on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1073852 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:43:40 +0000 amoraleite 1073852@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for your reply.
So I'm thinking of paying to remove these ads. I even created a blog on wordpress.org. But really people have written to me saying that the pictures are inappropriate. I am very sad about it. I'm a user of wordpress.com for a long time.

Again. My blog is seen by children.

File name: screen-shot-2012-11-20-at-5-59-34-pm.png
http://amoraleite.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-20-at-5-59-34-pm.png

File name: screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-6-12-13-pm.png
http://amoraleite.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-6-12-13-pm.png

]]> timethief on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1072392 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:03:21 +0000 timethief 1072392@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ To off-set the costs of providing free hosting to millions of bloggers, WordPress.com has been running advertising on our free hosted blogs since 2006. Many bloggers do not know this because despite the fact they ticked the box required to get a free blog, they did not read the ToS. Many also do not read the advertising entry in the support documents after registering their username and blog(s). Also note that as the ads do not display to us when we are logged in, and as many use browsers with ad blockers when logged out, they may not realize they are there at all.

If the ads you see are found at the end of blog posts then what you are seeing is WordPress.com generated advertising. All of WordPress.com ads are family-friendly. If you feel an ad is inappropriate please take a screenshot of it, upload it via Media -> Add New to your Media Library. Then return to this thread to post the file name to let Staff them know it's there for them to view.

Lastly, note to eliminate all advertising on our free hosted WordPress.com blogs we can purchase an annually renewable No-Ads upgrade.

]]> amoraleite on "Bad ads" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bad-ads#post-1072380 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:55:49 +0000 amoraleite 1072380@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Bad ads are showing to the public that frequents my site.
Please remove these ads want or have to shut down the blog. These are children who access my blog. If it can not be removed, put advertising on the public.

]]> kardotim on "Improper Ads -Urgent Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/improper-ads-urgent-please#post-1064979 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:14:46 +0000 kardotim 1064979@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Could you send us a screenshot of the page where you're seeing this?

Feel free to send the screenshot to us by e-mail.

]]> mydestiny2011 on "Improper Ads -Urgent Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/improper-ads-urgent-please#post-1064813 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:54:42 +0000 mydestiny2011 1064813@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ May be I am wrong -may be it's malware. :(. Thanks guys!

]]> mydestiny2011 on "Improper Ads -Urgent Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/improper-ads-urgent-please#post-1064787 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:26:19 +0000 mydestiny2011 1064787@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Raincoaster and Auxclass, thank you for the feedback, I am quite certain the ads is from one of the WordAds advertising partner, not adware of such, I have sent the screen-shots to support, and still waiting for their reply, hopefully it will not come out again, it's quite embarrassing to have this kind of ads in my page :/.

Thank you all.

]]> auxclass on "Improper Ads -Urgent Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/improper-ads-urgent-please#post-1064142 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:37 +0000 auxclass 1064142@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This should be helpful if some of your browser stuff turns out to be difficult to remove

http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/02/malware-targets-macs-and-windows-pcs/

http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

]]> raincoaster on "Improper Ads -Urgent Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/improper-ads-urgent-please#post-1064095 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:51:47 +0000 raincoaster 1064095@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't believe WP.com hosts ads for that site or any sex-related stuff. It could, however, be a browser add-on that has snuck those ads onto your browser. Try disabling all your extensions and then enable them one by one till you find the culprit.

]]> mydestiny2011 on "Improper Ads -Urgent Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/improper-ads-urgent-please#post-1064056 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:55:00 +0000 mydestiny2011 1064056@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The said ads tittled ~Undress Me. Please remove them ASAP. It's really distasteful. I've e-mailed the screen-shot.

Thank you

]]> mydestiny2011 on "Improper Ads -Urgent Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/improper-ads-urgent-please#post-1064049 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:44:34 +0000 mydestiny2011 1064049@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi

WordAds has just got a new advertising partner for my site, unfortunately I just saw an improper ads -advertising for China Doll which I believed is a sex-related sites. Please remove the ads, and I would like to know if it's possible to bar certain ads from appearing on my site.

Thank you.

]]> notawoodpecker on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047225 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:14:35 +0000 notawoodpecker 1047225@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Nothing we can do here anyways.

Your options are the NoAds upgrade or switch to a self-hosted site where you have more control.

]]> warrriorforchrist on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047224 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:14:32 +0000 warrriorforchrist 1047224@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't believe in the statements under your "Equally stupid would be:" paragraph, Timethief. I totally do not support those beliefs even though others do. You don't know me at all.

]]> timethief on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047213 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:09:09 +0000 timethief 1047213@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Lumping me in with others is ridiculous.

Christians are indeed like every other Muslim, Jew or Buddhist, agnostic or atheist on this planet ie. they are human beings with beliefs.

“Belief…is the insistence that the truth is what one would ‘lief’ or (will or) wish to be… Belief is fervent hope, and thus a cover-up for doubt and uncertainty.

Faith is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown.

Belief clings, but faith let’s go…faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deception. If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go." http://thistimethisspace.com/2012/09/25/clinging-to-the-rock-or-swimming/

Equally stupid would be:
(1) alleging that Christian are special human beings;
(2) all human beings do not believe what Christians believe are destined to be tossed into imaginary hellfires created by a ... wait for it ... loving god.

]]> notawoodpecker on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047211 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:07:27 +0000 notawoodpecker 1047211@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I block YouTube for security reasons, so I was looking for a static screenshot in .jpg or .png format.

I just can't imagine an offensive jeans ad. Even the infamous Brooke Shields ad for Calvin Klein was on mainstream primetime TV.

"Nothing come between me and my Calvins"

]]> warrriorforchrist on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047206 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:02:00 +0000 warrriorforchrist 1047206@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fsP6XTHBwRw

]]> warrriorforchrist on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047201 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:57:02 +0000 warrriorforchrist 1047201@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay for the third time....I understand the terms of the contract. I don't know how to word that sentence so you understand. Lumping me in with others is ridiculous. It would be like me saying something stupid like "all non-Christians worship the devil and sacrifice babies every other Sunday." I am also very aware of the no-ads upgrade. But you know what...it doesn't matter what I say. I'm tired of repeating myself.

]]> notawoodpecker on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047187 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:45:38 +0000 notawoodpecker 1047187@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't see anything there other than a .doc attachment.

Did you upload something in an image format?

]]> timethief on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047180 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:42:24 +0000 timethief 1047180@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You don't have to defend yourself at all.

1. The fact is that we all entered a contract to get a blog here and the terms of that contract allow for WordPress.com to place advertising on our blogs.

2. You have uploaded your screenshot and Staff will make the call.

3. You have the option of purchasing a No-Ads upgrade and removing all advertising from your blog and that would include ads such as the Christian Science and Scientology ads which are keyword triggered and are found in Christian blogs.

]]> justjennifer on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047179 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:40:15 +0000 justjennifer 1047179@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Stating that not everyone sees things the same way is not attacking you personally.

Thanks for uploading the screenshot. This thread has been tagged for Staff attention. Please be patient while they get back to you.

]]> warrriorforchrist on "Unwanted Youtube video connected with my site!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unwanted-youtube-video-connected-with-my-site#post-1047178 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:38:47 +0000 warrriorforchrist 1047178@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm not making any money off of anything, Timethief! I'm just telling everyone in this forum that I am getting complaints from others. Whether you find it not offensive has nothing to do with the emails I am getting!! You randomly pass judgement on me and lump me in with other Christians making money.

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