whart57 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 This morning I was rather surprised to be presented with a pop up video of pro-Israel propaganda when I logged on to rmweb. I accept that adverts are needed to pay for the service rmweb provides but surely there is appropriate and inappropriate advertising. And a fake news propaganda job seems very inappropriate to me. 2 6 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted March 22 Moderators Share Posted March 22 Please provide a screenshot if it happens again. Non trade advertising is provided by Google Ads and a video ad producer serving content based on user's browsing and other metrics - we do not have control over that. 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 17 hours ago, AY Mod said: user's browsing and other metrics ... Understood. Sometimes the "other metrics" win the bidding. I had a slew of advertising for holsters for sidearms the other day. Odd and quite unrelated to my browsing. Harmless though. And they have stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) Was on the train the other day and sat close to two women conversing in what I knew to be Turkish and within minutes I was receiving ad pop-ups for items but actually in Turkish on my lap-top - can only have been due to my apparently non-active phone picking up their speech - my goodness aren't THEY just listening all time now 😬 Edited March 23 by Southernman46 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted March 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23 3 hours ago, Southernman46 said: Was on the train the other day and sat close to two women conversing in what I knew to be Turkish and within minutes I was receiving ad pop-ups for items but actually in Turkish on my lap-top - can only have been due to my apparently non-active phone picking up their speech - my goodness aren't THEY just listening all time now 😬 They do, this is the third recent case of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted March 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23 I would recommend the £12 a year option which helps pay for the site and removes ads. I adblock but i prefer to help fund the site. 15 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 2 hours ago, MJI said: They do, this is the third recent case of this. Even more concerning, based on an experience I had during the week, is that THEY may also be able to read your mind. I had been thinking about a scene in the Michael Caine film ‘Harry Brown’ and the next morning, when logging into youtube, the very same scene was first on the list! I’d only thought about it, not discussed it, but there it was. 2 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyJay Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 “And other metrics” I accept and that answers a lot, such as why I keep getting advertising about funeral plans. But ladies fashion? Come on now, I identify as male. I’m not getting a single advert for power tools ☹️ 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I'm getting an ad for "Furniture for industry; furniture for offices". Something I've never, ever Googled about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnofwessex Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Not on this site but Red Diesel, Care Homes & Ukrainian Women on the same day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 What these 'pushy' adverts do, is actually the reverse, they create 'negative advertising', anything that is forced on me in this manner is immediately ignored, and even if I want what they are pushing, I'll seek out a different supplier! 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyPenguin Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, jcm@gwr said: What these 'pushy' adverts do, is actually the reverse, they create 'negative advertising', anything that is forced on me in this manner is immediately ignored, and even if I want what they are pushing, I'll seek out a different supplier! Agreed, especially if they feature someone I don't like. Most of it I can ignore except for the moving/GIF ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 12 hours ago, jcm@gwr said: What these 'pushy' adverts do, is actually the reverse, they create 'negative advertising', anything that is forced on me in this manner is immediately ignored, and even if I want what they are pushing, I'll seek out a different supplier! I agree, but of course it does suggest an approach for marketing managers - produce advertising spam purporting to be from your competitors so they'll be so p*ssed off they'll buy from you instead!. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted March 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Michael Hodgson said: I agree, but of course it does suggest an approach for marketing managers - produce advertising spam purporting to be from your competitors so they'll be so p*ssed off they'll buy from you instead!. I'm guessing that there are fairly strict laws like that, which is why we rarely see anything go beyond "This is 2% better than other leading brands." If they tiptoe around like that it suggests attacking competitors lands you in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted March 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24 On 23/03/2024 at 09:46, MJI said: I would recommend the £12 a year option which helps pay for the site and removes ads. I adblock but i prefer to help fund the site. I was going to say the same thing, I pay the US Dollar equivalent and use AdBlock+. It is well worth it to support this great fun resource! 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24 19 hours ago, AyJay said: I’m not getting a single advert for power tools You probably will now. lol 😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24 19 hours ago, johnofwessex said: Not on this site but Red Diesel, Care Homes & Ukrainian Women on the same day Sounds like a reasonable night out to me... 2 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnofwessex Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Sounds like a reasonable night out to me... Yes, we know all about you! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiles Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) I currently have an interesting mix of Simon George talking in a Digitrains advert overlaid across a Bonmarche ad in such a way Simon's bottom half is sporting a pair of turquoise womens knickers..... I suspect the Bonmarche model looks better in them than Simon does. (and no I have absolutely no wish to be proved wrong!) 🤢 Edited March 26 by admiles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Meanwhile Facebook has started showing me things from the 'Enoch Powell Appreciation Society'. Bloody hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27 38 minutes ago, 30801 said: Meanwhile Facebook has started showing me things from the 'Enoch Powell Appreciation Society'. Bloody hell. Have you white-listed him by mistake? 😉 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyJay Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Don’t get me started about Facebook! Too late…. I’d like to know what madness lies behind their ‘people you may know’ suggestions??? A friend of a friend, someone who lives near me, worked at the same place as me, or some other point of connection, I get that. But to see long lists of people in countries that I have never been to, living lifestyles that don’t interest me, and those of different socio-what’s it demographics to myself? At first I did delete/decline and object to them, now I just don’t waste my time. In their write-up, Facebook does say that these are based on information about me, but that sometimes they get it wrong. Nah! I think they are just shooting in the dark with a shotgun in the hope of getting a hit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 40 minutes ago, AyJay said: I’d like to know what madness lies behind their ‘people you may know’ suggestions??? Sometimes it's uncanny. The day I joined it suggested my dentist's wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 3 hours ago, AyJay said: Don’t get me started about Facebook! Too late…. I’d like to know what madness lies behind their ‘people you may know’ suggestions??? A friend of a friend, someone who lives near me, worked at the same place as me, or some other point of connection, I get that. A neighbour recently opened a facebook account and sent me a friend request... why??? he only lives opposite me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 28 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 28 Arn't you friends with your neighbour then? 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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