Poll: Porn ads? Really?

[tippy2k2]

C'mon mods. Give me some justification. I'm eager to hear it.

letter recetly written to moderators;

I would sincerely doubt that they include the Mods in their business model meetings...Mods are not going to know what is going on any more than you or I.

My guess: This was a whoopsy. Someone hit the wrong button or the ad company slipped it in. I've put in a message to the Tech Team with the hopes of getting some kind of verification whether this was meant to happen and The Escapist wants this kind of advertisement put on their site or if it's a whoops and will be eliminated ASAP.

 

[evilneko]

The URLs for the images seem to be consistent. It'd be easy to block just the porn ads. Though, I figure they'll be gone soon enough.

Unless Sugar really IS the only advertiser they could get. :O

My guess: This was a whoopsy. Someone hit the wrong button or the ad company slipped it in. I've put in a message to the Tech Team with the hopes of getting some kind of verification whether this was meant to happen and The Escapist wants this kind of advertisement put on their site or if it's a whoops and will be eliminated ASAP.

Ad networks barely (if at all) vet the ads they serve up to their clients. This is why ads are the number one vector for malware. It's not surprising a porn ad slipped through.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

We can't post pornographic images on this website, so I'd say no.
Pr0n has nothing to do with video games, besides the fact you can stream on a game console... so video games?
Logic these days.

Seriously, what if my dad walks in and one of those ads is up?

EDIT
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.367779-Streaming-Porn-Service-Blasts-the-PS3#comment_form

Absolutely no links to any of it will be provided.

BLATANT LIES!

 

[Lunar Templar]

no. we can't post porn here, so ads for it should be equally taboo.

honestly i find it rather irritating they did this

 

[Hungry Donner]

At least my tax dollars aren't being spent convincing the community here to join the Marines. But I do wish the Escapist wouldn't run adds like this. (I do find it humorous that the pictures are less risque than some game adds.)

I don't mind the CAPTCHA ads, although I do wonder how effective they are since there is a very small pool of possible answers.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

God, accadentally pressed quote instead of edit...
*Self face palms*

 

[BoBEllingson]

I don't mind the CAPTCHA ads, although I do wonder how effective they are since there is a very small pool of possible answers.

It would be funny if they started having porn captcha ads: please type amateur cock lovers or whats your opinion of Sugar DVD or watch this short video and enter which hole she put the dildo in below.

 

[Zantos]

I'm just disappointed that there aren't women dressed as rabbis spanking each other with ham. Now that was a porn ad.

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

Pubclub master race!
Assemble!

No advertisements the legit way makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

 

[AdamRhodes]

It's not porn ads, it's ads for a feature on a video game console. Therefore, video games.

Sidebar: is it bad that I recognise and can name the actresses in both ads?

 

[V8 Ninja]

You see, Escapist, this is the problem; every time I turn Ad Blocker off, something has to annoy the shit out of me or something else happens that just makes me want to turn it on after a week. I wish the Escapist could get itself straightened out and not be completely idiotic.

Protip, Escapist; Stop ignoring your fan-base. Just listen and act accordingly. It's not that difficult.

 

[Alssadar]

I was questioning why so many sexual related themes were coming up, and I was thinking going incognito wasn't protecting my history... I was just hoping it wasn't me.
But yeah; the adds have made it slightly awkward to visit, shunning it away from passingby family members and such. Also, the add at the bottom of the screen might have been looking at my crotch. Hey, lady, the eyes are up here.

What the shit, Escapist. Really?

If I want porn, I'll go to a fucking porn site where I can see all the porn ads I want.

I DON'T COME HERE FOR PORN

WE CAME FOR INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSION AND VIDYA GAMES, NOT BOOBS!

 

[Devil's Due]

It angers me mainly because I like to go to this website in public places. Porn ads just don't look good in public places.

I agree. Normally my school's network has banned every single site that may even be slightly offensive (even wikipedia!), but they always ignored The Escapist, and I never really feared reading it in public.

Now I don't trust it so much at my school and to have the entire website blocked while I'm bored between free periods.

The Escapist doesn't realize that be allowing these here, it risks being banned by many networks, and thus lowering traffic, and its reputation. This is a no-brainer; remove the ads.

 

[The Hotsauce]

As a business move, this might not be a good idea. Good taste aside, it alienates female escapists, parents might stop letting their kids visit this site, and working professionals are going to have to consider this a nsfw site.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

The sad thing is I recognise at least one of the actresses.
Although I haven't actually seen any ads myself, just pictures of them...
Y'know. Pictures of pictures. On the interwebs,

 

[TK421]

I do not think that this should be allowed.
Reason 1: This isn't an 18+ site.
Reason 2: It is against forum rules to link to porn, so the entire site certainly shouldn't.

[small]Also, really glad my web browser has a built in ad blocker.[/small]

 

[idarkphoenixi]

I guess it's only for Americans. I don't see anything.

 

[Zen Toombs]

Yeah this seems kind of odd, does this mean we can link to porn now, because I'm fairly sure linking to porn sites is against the forum rules?

This one laughed, and laughed and laughed.

OT: Eh, I don't mind it persay. However, I am amused with the fact that we can have porn ads on this site available for all ages, but we needed to confirm our age in order to hear Jim talk about gay people.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I don't mind the CAPTCHA ads, although I do wonder how effective they are since there is a very small pool of possible answers.

It would be funny if they started having porn captcha ads: please type amateur cock lovers or whats your opinion of Sugar DVD or watch this short video and enter which hole she put the dildo in below.

The funny part? I seem to remember 4Chan using a picture based version of that last one at some point, like it would show a pair of bare breasts and you'd need to type in "tits."

 

[theguitarhero6]

I really don't think so.

If you were a first-time visitor to the site and the first thing that you saw was porn ads bordering the screen, you wouldn't think, "Hey, a classy site geared toward creative discussion and thought-provoking (yet, agreeably redundant) subject matter in relation to games! Alright!"

I would get the "Yeesh, another sleazy, pandering nerd forum. Not interested..." sort of vibe.

So yeah, I guess I've nothing against pornography.
But dammit, this isn't the place for it.