eightyseven
Ridiculous.
I know it costs money to run a website... so many times advertisements are necessary and I completely understand that. Today, though, I was really appalled at the nature of some of the advertising when I was casually viewing a thread.
I'm not positive as to how this works, but some advertisements on this website look like search results from Yahoo or Google. Since this is a website that is centered around fat (people, admiration, issues, activism, acceptance, etc.) the advertisements all contain the word "Fat" in them. There were four small, similar looking advertisements I saw today. Two were fine... one about plus-sized clothing and one about BBW personals. The other two were shocking to find in a place like Dimensions. The first was entitled "My Spouse is Fat" and had a short blurb about diet counseling and such. The second had something to do with a diet pill or program that used VERY offensive language.
Is there a way to control these sorts of advertisements? Has anyone else noticed these? I know myself and many others come to this website because it's almost a haven from the real world and being barraged by others and the media to lose weight or change who you are. And now we can't even escape that here? I know it brings the site money, but there has to be a way to control what's being advertised.
I'm not positive as to how this works, but some advertisements on this website look like search results from Yahoo or Google. Since this is a website that is centered around fat (people, admiration, issues, activism, acceptance, etc.) the advertisements all contain the word "Fat" in them. There were four small, similar looking advertisements I saw today. Two were fine... one about plus-sized clothing and one about BBW personals. The other two were shocking to find in a place like Dimensions. The first was entitled "My Spouse is Fat" and had a short blurb about diet counseling and such. The second had something to do with a diet pill or program that used VERY offensive language.
Is there a way to control these sorts of advertisements? Has anyone else noticed these? I know myself and many others come to this website because it's almost a haven from the real world and being barraged by others and the media to lose weight or change who you are. And now we can't even escape that here? I know it brings the site money, but there has to be a way to control what's being advertised.
