Poll: Porn ads? Really?

[El Dwarfio]

Hmmm I'm reading a comment about:

When the top banner ad is:

And the bottom ad:

Adception????

OT: The Escapist has no morals, just look at their moderators.

It doesn't really bother me overly, but if I was some kids parent and saw this, well the escapist team should be ashamed of themselves. (I mean seriously that second girl is freckly as fuck, ewww).

I just love adblock, I really do.

Hope you like ban-hammers too buddy.

 

[Yal]

If you've never heard of projectwonderful, it's a company that sells ads with a different revenue model, where people bid for ad space, auction style. For some reason, it's almost exclusively used on and by legitimate webcomic sites.

The "some reason" is Ryan North, author of Dinosaur Comics and also CEO of Project Wonderful. It spread from him to other webcomics and the wider arty internet. It is a classy network full of ads worth clicking, no doubt.

 

[neoontime]

Yeah, its weird that I just noticed both the top and bottom ads. Really confused if these ads will be usual or that it was a slip.

 

[Blobpie]

I haven't noticed.... mostly due to my AMAZING power to filter out ads in my mind.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

If you've never heard of projectwonderful, it's a company that sells ads with a different revenue model, where people bid for ad space, auction style. For some reason, it's almost exclusively used on and by legitimate webcomic sites.

The "some reason" is Ryan North, author of Dinosaur Comics and also CEO of Project Wonderful. It spread from him to other webcomics and the wider arty internet. It is a classy network full of ads worth clicking, no doubt.

Huh, I never knew that; pretty cool.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Classy, Escapist. Guess you better ban your advertisers, because they be posting porn! It's just inappropriate, unless you make the age of registration 18 and over. Yes, we know the 13-year-old kids likely look up this stuff on their own, but that doesn't mean we need to have it here.

 

[manic_depressive13]

Yeah what the fuck. This isn't even the first. There used to be those fucking creepy "Hers and mine" ads before videos and while I'm not entirely certain what the fuck that was meant to be, I'm positive that it was fucking gross. I would like to keep my games and my creepy porn separate, thanks.

 

[DANEgerous]

1.get REDACTED
2.turn it on
3.???
4.profit

also, better than a shitty UPS logistics ad

Advocating REDACTED is against the rules.

Prepare yourself for a warning.

Referencing REDACTED is against the rules.

Prepare yourself for a warning.

OT I'll just wait for the official word on this, if the thread stays alive I'm sure we'll get an answer.

Clever girl...

You win this round.

So of Pub Club blocks ads, that means... THOSE BASTARDS!

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

HOLY SHIT.

You are kidding me.

Porn ads.

I would talk about how ridiculous this is, but....It kinda speaks for itself, doesn't it? I mean....FUCKIN' PORN ADS.


Oh....Stay classy, Escapist. Stay classy.

EDIT: I feel like I should be a bit more constructive, so here goes:

Hey. Escapist. Get rid of the porn ads. Also, I'd like to see some kind of statement addressing the issue, simply because I want to know which person in charge of the Escapist thought it would be a good idea and why.

I hope everyone else on the staff has found this person and given them a good slap on the back of the head by now.

 

[Scipio1770]

It's an ad, calm down. The escapist has to pay the bills somehow, and all you kids with a certain blocking device aren't helping.

 

[Goremocker]

Since it is game related technically, then I really don't have an issue with it. Now if it was saying something like "BARELY LEGAL TEENZ READY TO BLOW!!!11!" that would be a different story...

This, basically. I really can't get that mad. Porn is a product like any other. Hell, this could even be seen as a step forward if the ads were a little more discreet, and weren't on a gaming site. Like someone else said, porn ads on a gaming site just make us all look like premature neckbeards. In the eyes of everyone else at least.

The point is porn is something they ban users for. But they have ads for it now. I mean, lets have an iota of consistency, yeah?

That's about the only thing that gets me. All I want now is for them to add an NSFW tag, so we may all begin making porn and sex related treads. And of course rewrite the rules accordingly.

 

[Mouse_Crouse]

I imagine that it was part of a package of ads and it was NOT supposed to be included. But wasn't left out on accident. I'd imagine they'll be gone within the hour.

 

[Fluffythepoo]

might make me scared to visit escapist in public places.. which is when i usually am looking at it, so seems counterproductive to have it (assuming im not alone)

 

[viranimus]

Well the problem is not exactly the porn ads, in so much as it is the scripts that typically run under porn ads and all the nastiness they bring with them. Malware and Rootkits and Trojans OH MY!

 

[shintakie10]

So one of two things happened.

1) The Escapist is a bunch of hypocrites who lie to their own employees about what they will or will not advertise or endorse. Referenced from Andy Chalks twitter feed where he explicitly states that he was told they would not have any ads to the sugardvd service.

Or

2) Someone done goofed much like Amazon did when they accidently advertised a H-game called Rapelay on their NA site or when Blizzard somehow advertised a gold sellin site on their website. If this is the case, a whoops we done goofed comment and a quick takedown of the ads and we're all squared away. The whoops part is very important. Keep that in mind Escapist staff. You may not have purposely messed up, but this is a pretty huge foul up anyway.

Of the two I'd put my money on number 2.

 

[The_Echo]

While I would prefer more pertinent advertisement, I think due to semi-recent events, most of us are aware that the Escapist is far from swimming in the big bucks, as it were. Even if you aren't aware, you've surely noticed the amount of ad space taken up by self-promotion. The Escapist needs revenue, and if porn ads is how they have to get it, then that's how they get it.

Hopefully they find more tasteful and relevant ads soon, but for the time being I don't really mind it.

 

[Irridium]

Would anyone mind if I added more evidence of this to the pile?

Fuck it (heh), I'll do it anyway(hehe).

Spoiler: Exhibit A

Spoiler: Exhibit B

 

[AgentCooper]

Would anyone mind if I added more evidence of this to the pile?

Fuck it (heh), I'll do it anyway(hehe).

Spoiler: Exhibit A

Spoiler: Exhibit B

You get awesome points for some of those games on your desktop.

off topic and all.

 

[KefkaCultist]

You guys are freaking out over nothing for two reasons.

1) The ads aren't that bad. If there was anything showing then I'd be all for pulling out the torches and pitchforks, but the worst they show is a girl wearing a top that covers most of the torso. No big deal to me.

2) The Escapist probably didn't allow this. Often times they don't have full control over what goes into their ad space and when something unexpectedly sneaks in there, it takes a little bit to get it off. Example: The Vice ads (I think thats what they were) that showed inappropriate things a couple months ago.

I understand the rage is more for hypocrisy rather than what the ads show, but as point #2 states, the Escapist probably didn't approve of it and it will be removed shortly.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

Hmmm I'm reading a comment about:

When the top banner ad is:

And the bottom ad:

Adception????

OT: The Escapist has no morals, just look at their moderators.

It doesn't really bother me overly, but if I was some kids parent and saw this, well the escapist team should be ashamed of themselves. (I mean seriously that second girl is freckly as fuck, ewww).

I just love adblock, I really do.

Hope you like ban-hammers too buddy.

Spoiler: So long as this is the chick with the banhammer

I do not give a flying fuck!

Ahem, the hypocrisy is absolutely astounding! You cannot advocate adblockers YET what does PubClub do? Blocks ads!

"That's right, silly forum user...you can't promote it, but if you buy the adblock we promote, we will give you stuff!"

Reminds me of part of a skit by this one comedian...


Yeah, no. Even as I type this, I see both SugarDVD ads on top and on bottom.