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Adult Advertisment
I click on a link to go to a board and got a graphic adult advertisment displayed. Too graphic to show here so I have PM'd it to the following staff....
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Pastor Rick
What the hell is going on ??
Are we promoting this ???
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6/7/2010, 1:01 am
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Rimmer
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Re: Adult Advertisment
Surprisingly, no, we're not promoting graphic adult advertisments at Runboard. Never have, never will.
There has been an issue with some free hosting sites whose images come with graphic advertisements. Pastor Rick has identified some of these sites here.
We warn board owners of the issue and have already shut down boards which have not prevented these unwanted and inappropriate advertisements after being warned.
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6/7/2010, 1:19 am
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Pastor Rick
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Re: Adult Advertisment
Having looked at the link I would report this to your graphics host as a account violation. Perhaps they can track it down and get the people responsible removed.
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6/7/2010, 1:47 am
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The Wizard3
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Re: Adult Advertisment
Thanks for replying quickly Rimmer, I had a PM back from PR but whilst writing this, the same popup with the same picture appeared again.
PR said it was something to do with my Photobucket image host account. But I think it isn't, ever since we've introduced this new advertising it started to appear, didn't before.
I'm using Firefox as my browser, got a few tabs open at the moment, one being 'The Palace'. What I think may be causing the problem is the links at the bottom of their board.
I think someone from Admin should investigate this. I'm pretty sure it isn't my Photobucket account that is causing these illusive pop-ups.
I have adequate security measures in place to stop pop-ups like these. Again, never had any problems before since we introduced the new 'Advertise here' / Skip option.
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6/7/2010, 1:50 am
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Re: Adult Advertisment
OK, I have been scanning The Palace using another account and see "dating sites" showing up on the Google ads which I am almost positive is inappropriate advertising for that board. I am not seeing the pictured advert though so I do not know where it is coming from...
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6/7/2010, 2:02 am
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Re: Adult Advertisment
OK, I can't stay up any longer, have to sleep and get up at 06:30 !!
I just wanted to get this matter aired to the right people before I retire.
If it appears again I shall delve deeper on it's source.
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6/7/2010, 2:05 am
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Lesigner Girl
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Re: Adult Advertisment
Whatever is causing that ad to appear, it's targeted to people in the UK (based on the pic you sent me), so nobody outside the UK will be able to see it.
quote: I'm using Firefox as my browser, got a few tabs open at the moment, one being 'The Palace'.
They could be coming from a page that's open in a different tab, and not from The Palace at all.
quote: What I think may be causing the problem is the links at the bottom of their board.
Which links?
quote: Again, never had any problems before since we introduced the new 'Advertise here' / Skip option.
What 'Advertise here' / Skip option?
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I'll investigate this further when I get home from work this evening (22:30hrs ish)
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6/7/2010, 8:45 am
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Re: Adult Advertisment
Sounds good, Wiz. Let me know what you find.
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