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An offensive ad?
Status: Announcement
I've received a few complaints about one of the ads running on the site, for Dickipedia.org. People are worried it might be a porn ad. It's actually not. According to Federated Media it's "a satirical wikipedia stye guide to celebrities who behave badly." Most of the ads on the site run through Google, and I have very little control over them. But a few run through Federated Media, and I have slightly more control over these. FM warned me this ad was scheduled to run, and I could have opted out of it, but (except for the name) I didn't think it was very offensive. Even the name -- aren't people allowed to say "dick" on TV? It doesn't seem like it's considered to be a taboo word.
But if enough people have a problem with it, I can certainly have it removed.
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Categories: Miscellaneous Posted by Alex on Thu Jul 17, 2008 |
Comments (16) |
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hehehehe... you said it.
Posted by fuzzfoot in potland, OR on Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Dear Sir;
I am offend by the use of that word on your website and demand you take it off immediately!!!.
How dare you use that word Google on a website accessed by children!
Yours,
Bill
Posted by Bill Gates in Redmond Washington on Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 12:58 PM
I am offend by the use of that word on your website and demand you take it off immediately!!!.
How dare you use that word Google on a website accessed by children!
Yours,
Bill
Alex, you've run into the people who make a profession out of being easily offended. Dickipedia is nothing but I demand you remove the references to television immediately! If you do not do so within 24 hours my lawyer, F. Lee Baily, will sue you just a soon as he is available.
Posted by Christopher Cole in Tucson, AZ on Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 03:13 PM
I'm offended that it's not porn. Why don't we ever get anything fun on this site?!
Posted by Sakano in Ohio on Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 04:33 PM
Oh... I hadn't noticed.
Guess the ad wasn't very effective.
Posted by rain on Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 07:06 PM
Guess the ad wasn't very effective.
except for the shape of the shadow behind the dickipedia logo.
Posted by john in canada on Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 08:48 PM
Kind of makes you wonder what X-rated MOH would be like. We'd need Playboy Jackalopes of course, and maybe Bigfoot could be a stripper.
Posted by Bananads in Idaho on Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Wow. I hadn't noticed the shape of the shadow until you pointed it out.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 01:06 AM
Appropos of Federated Media, they ran this contest for Radio Shack. I entered as a joke. Guess what! I WON!
http://rsinventionlab.com/archives/135#comments
My prize is a $250 Radio Shack gift certificate. Yay for me.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 04:02 AM
http://rsinventionlab.com/archives/135#comments
My prize is a $250 Radio Shack gift certificate. Yay for me.
I didn't think the name of the site was so offensive...as the shadow behind it. I thought it was obvious right away...but maybe my mind just works like that. 
The description from another ad seemed to be cause for more concern.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 07:27 AM
The description from another ad seemed to be cause for more concern.
Maybe they should name it Dicktionary!
Posted by Old Computer Dude on Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 12:19 PM
I choose to block most advertising in both my browsers, so I never even got to see the advertisement...
Posted by Christopher in Warm, sunny Florida... on Sat Jul 19, 2008 at 08:42 AM
"If you do not do so within 24 hours my lawyer, F. Lee Baily, will sue you just a soon as he is available."
I think it's gonna be a while, seeing as Mr. Bailey is dead.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 03:01 AM
I think it's gonna be a while, seeing as Mr. Bailey is dead.
I hadn't noticed this one at all until it was mentioned by a few members. Only one time have I seen an actual-very-obvious-graphic-gratuituous-beyond porn ad here on the forum. This one does not rate.
Posted by hulitoons in Abingdon, Maryland on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 06:26 AM
'Beyond porn'?
Now I'm frightened, yet intrigued.
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 01:04 PM
Now I'm frightened, yet intrigued.
CMG, did you forget about my alleged sense of humor? Surely the joke was extremly obvious. I used F. Lee Bailey since I couldn't remember the name of that lawyer who was convicted of treason during Lincoln's administration and exiled. So, I used F. Lee Bailey, TV star to complain about the references to television on MOH.
Posted by Christopher Cole in Tucson, AZ on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 02:51 PM
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