Political ads on Nico...WTF?

[Cone Junky]

I know there needs to be income, and obviously you'll take it any way you can.

Prop 8 is one of the most disgusting propositions to ever make it to the ballots.

The Constitution was concieved to broaden and protect Civil Rights, not take them away. Stop letting the church write our laws.

And now I have to look at this horrible, judgemental, discriminatory "yes on 8" ad every time I want to chat about cars?

No longer a NICO member...

[dusred]

Meh. Get ad block plus and they will never show up.

Also, this should be posted in the politics section.

[numbnuts240]

so you are going to terminate your account because of one ad? it's an ad dude, you don't have to agree with it, just ignore it, i'm sure you can handle that. if there was a tv commercial about it that aired during whatever show you watch, would you cancel your cable subscription because of it? probably not. i haven't paid any attention to any ads on here since i joined. why? because i have no need for them, so i just look past them.

[Encryptshun]

I have yet to see a Prop 8 ad on NICO. Maybe you picked up some adware?

[Dittoz7]

Bye?

[sbird1]

WTF is prop 8 and where is this ad? I have never seen a political ad on here. Facebook however has political ads everywhere.

[Jesda]

You're a retard who doesn't understand how the internet works. Go choke on a cactus.

[Encryptshun]

I must admit, though, I'm intrigued at the thought of some right-wing moral-majority tech geek squad writing malware scripts for conservative Christian internet jack ads.

That smacks of the sort of irony that I less than three.

[alphapig]

I get the ads as well, matter of fact just started getting them today.

I don't usually mind the left vs right nonesense that goes on in the media, and I'm not surprised that it would make its way onto the internet.

The "yes on prop 8" banner really caught me off guard though. For a minute or two I was trying to decide whether or not it was a satirical joke.

It's less about politics than about moral dictation and propaganda. I really don't like seeing that on Nico. Cars are secular, I don't want my morality questioned and influenced whenever I log in.

I'm not going to stop visiting the site though

[Encryptshun]

They should at least have come up with a more clever ad campaign. Like:

"Tap your foot for Proposition 8!"

[notslow]

never seen em on any of the 4 PCs, 1 mac and htc I use regularly. Your comptor is coruptd by teh intarwebz.

[poems2beats]

Yeah I saw the Prop 8 ad and was like, WTF!?!?!? I dont like seeing that here on nico. I doubt Ill be terminating my account tho..

[Red coupe]

WTF is prop 8 and where is this ad? I have never seen a political ad on here. Facebook however has political ads everywhere.

Prop 8 is the one that says if you let gays marry pretty soon people will be marrying goats...

You guys have to realize though, its not like the site hand picks these ads... There are services that pay you to post their random ads.... 99.9999999% are just random ads, it not like hitman signed up for the "**** the queers" pack... it just so happened to pop into the rotation.

Quitting Nico because one of these ads was displayed is a bit like never talking to some one again because a yes on 8 ad happened to be on TV when you went over to their house.

You always have to option of using a web browser that allows adblocking (which subsequently blocks even the record it has been viewed so that the service displaying the ad gets no support) or blocking these ads with some sort of 3rd party software...

[Loki]

I have yet to see a Prop 8 ad on NICO. Maybe you picked up some adware?

Seeing as how it is a Californian Proposition, that is not surprising. All the people saying they saw the ad happen to be from Cali....I see a pattern.

Jesda put it fairly eloquently.

[Leash]

Yeah its not just Nico, they are EVERYWHERE. Almost every forum and sites with ads I have gone to just today has only been the 'Yes on 8'

Despite their efforts, I'm still voting no. Lol

And its only for CAs

[Mr1der]

I'd imagine it's a google ad you're talking about.

personally, I don't give a damn what you put your appendages in for fun as long as it's not me...

<---never intend to get married....

[skylndrftr]

its just an ad don't get so butt hurt (sorry couldn't resist)

and consider that many of us are outside of CA so really you sholdn't mind them wasting their money on people who can't vote yea or nay on something...

[Rex]

I know there needs to be income, and obviously you'll take it any way you can. ... No longer a NICO member...

NICO's not nearly as desperate as you think. And sorry to hear you're letting a single incident (the ad, not the ad just once) drive you away from NICO .

I'd imagine it's a google ad you're talking about.

Yea, most likely it's a google ad, "NICO" can ask that specific ads can be removed from the rotation, but that usually takes a few days, and my guess is all the political ads will be gone by then anyway.

[smockers83]

It was an ad, a targeted ad at that. All of you wondering what the heck he's talking about aren't from California, which is why you haven't seen the ad. Ad software can pick up where you live and target ads in such a way and can even target ads based on what is being talked about in a thread.

[audtatious]

Greg can block the ads from google. When you see an ad like that then notify a Moderator so he can let Greg know.

Otherwise, we could simply not advertise and NICO could turn into another sellout board like my350z, g35driver and others.

[themadscientist]

I don't see them. I keep getting ads showing begging me to stop being so awesome, not bang chicks so hard they can't walk and quit pointing out to stupid people that they are stupid because it leads them to cutting and other EMO behavior like liberalism. Google ads must be tailored to each person.

[marlin29311]

Pretty drastic to be leaving over an ad, when you could easily block them all with firefox...

-1 for ignorance. Who the hell leaves a forum over the ads anyway.

"DAMNIT that stupid Vortech HP ad is pissing me off. I'm outta here - Piss off!"

[HashiriyaS14]

AFAIK a lot of the ads on here are populated automatically, so it's not like Greg is picking and choosing every single ad to somehow offend you.

And yes, Prop 8 sucks, vote down Prop 8.

I voted to legalize slots in my state today, and I'd vote to legalize gay marriage, marijuana, prostitution, and open/concealed carry if given the opportunity as well.

[Cone Junky]

First off, casting off NICO was pretty silly, especially since every other 240 forum that I know of also was plastered with the same ad campaign.

So the only recourse I had was to not visit any of those sites (including NICO) until after the election so the ads don't get any hits from me. Although it did give me a chance to return to my automotive roots and hang at VWVortex for a couple of days

As for the responses, I can't possibly address every ridiculous remark posted. But the "eat a cactus and die", that was a benchmark for immaturity and stupidity. Be proud, very proud.

An as for the analogies (there were many), none was needed. The situation was it's own. I have strong feelings over a political issue, the site I enjoy to browse on a daily basis supported a controversial proposition, and I chose not to support the forum or it's advertisers until it was over. No reason to compare the situation to any other.

I do apologize for posting this in the general chat forum initially. But then again, my computer was flashing the advertisers hate message in every forum I clicked on in NICO, so apparently every forum on here was a political one...

[Red coupe]

But the "eat a cactus and die", that was a benchmark for immaturity and stupidity.

I'll agree it was pretty close...

But I think the bar was set slightly lower by getting all huffy and declaring you were quitting a forum because you disagree with a randomly displayed ad, especially when you have the option to block them.
Modified by Red coupe at 11:38 AM 11/5/2008

[dusred]

As for the responses, I can't possibly address every ridiculous remark posted.

Your first post was the only post here that was ridiculous. If you are that touche about Politics maybe you should go live under your bed.

There are political signs all over the roads and all over TV. I'm assuming that you dropped the TV and stopped driving because of them too?

[WDRacing]

I don't see them. I keep getting ads showing begging me to stop being so awesome, not bang chicks so hard they can't walk and quit pointing out to stupid people that they are stupid because it leads them to cutting and other EMO behavior like liberalism. Google ads must be tailored to each person.

You never fail to amuse Mike

[Cone Junky]

Once again, stupid analogies. This site, whether directly or inderictly, supported hate. Therefore I was not willing to support the site during that time. No analogy needed.

Yes there are signs everywhere, which could be opposed by other signs. Again, the analogies aren't applicable.

Ads on TV, simple as the internet, no need to burn the TV, just don't watch the shows that are willing to advertise for it.

I like my internet fast, so blocking isn't an option. Besides, if YOU really support this site, then you shouldn't be blocking the ads that create the revenue that make it's existance possible.
Modified by Cone Junky at 12:07 PM 11/5/2008

[heliochrome85]

are you done yet? can you be done soon? your post was imbecile at best, and your subsequent posts have helped little. move on.

[dusred]

Besides, if YOU really support this site, then you shouldn't be blocking the ads that create the revenue that make it's existence possible.

Are you kidding me? I can block ads all I want to. The way I support this site is by buying from it's sponsors such as Infiniti Of Scottsdale and Tire Rack. And where does it say I can't block the ad's?

PS, Ad Blocking service actually makes your internet faster from what I've heard because you aren't trying to upload 500 ad's every page you pull up.