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[jammies]

How do these get selected? For the last few days the sidebar has been this "Wonderland" free online "game" where the object is apparently to decorate your virtual house, with some anime lookin' chick standing there just DARING you to see if your inner interior decorator is up to the task - wow, that's entirely made of whee!

It hardly seems likely that anyone at a hockey forum, which is (in general) a bastion of the testosterone army, is going to click on that - where are the "50 Secrets You Didn't Know about Beer - Click Here!" or "KA-BOOM! The Online Game where you Randomly Blow up Stupid Crap some Chicka created in Wonderland!" ads?

At the bottom of the sidebar it says "Ads by Google", so I'm ASSUMING there is some kind of algorithm that decides which sites get what ads (at least, in Facebook I continually get the "Over 40 and Single? Here's a picture of some hottie babe that would like to send you spam!" ads), so what's the deal with Wonderland or that frickin' Zwinky thing that used to always show up? Does the algorithm think "CalgaryPuck" is a code word for a Barbie collector's board?

PS - yes, I know I can use firefox to block the ads. However, sneering at them every day keeps my heartrate up.

[alltherage]

Help/Suggestions forum?

But ya... good point. Now that I'm up to date on my sports talk I think I'll hit up some anime RPGs.

[jammies]

I'm not really suggesting anything, I just like to complain. Make sure you include that in the wikipedia article: "Early in 2007 the board took a significant hit in quality when the infamous "jammies" joined, contributing little except acerbic commentary, mockery of other posters with dubious musical taste, and near-constant whining and moaning."

[alltherage]

Hahahaha... nice. I should.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by jammies

Does the algorithm think "CalgaryPuck" is a code word for a Barbie collector's board?

I believe Fotze is the only one who actually clicks on ads, so that might explain the selection.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

I believe Fotze is the only one who actually clicks on ads, so that might explain the selection.

You should see the dude's Zwinky collection.

[Daradon]

Sometimes I click on the ads just to help CP out. Will admit I have not clicked on this one yet.

There was a Beatport ad on there many months ago that people were complaining about to. People love to complain.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by fotze

I have a massive Zwinky.

Yes, but how well can you decorate the interior?

[Muta]

There's ads on other boards that have the Smiley faces that talk and day annoying crap. Sometimes I'll call people around me at work and put the phone next to the speakers and run my mouse a bunch of times over the ads.

"Helllloooo!"
"Helllloooo!"
"Helllloooo!"
"Saaaaaaay something!! Whaaaaaaat??"