Banner Ads

January 31, 2007 4:12 PM

How long has MeFi been serving banner ads at the bottom of closed threads to logged-in users?
posted by Kwantsar to Etiquette/Policy at 4:12 PM (14 comments total)

Hopefully forever.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:23 PM on January 31, 2007 [1 favorite]

?

I don't see anything. (I use Camino.)
posted by SeizeTheDay at 4:24 PM on January 31, 2007

But they are in Safari. Dude. Matt. What's the deal, yo?
posted by SeizeTheDay at 4:27 PM on January 31, 2007

I do see them on the blue.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:27 PM on January 31, 2007 [1 favorite]

Example?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:38 PM on January 31, 2007

It's a recent change and it's a mistake. I have about a bazillion if/then/end-if loops around comments to determine if you're logged in, if it's still open, if it's deleted, and if it's archived. I was trying to add a text ad to the end of long archived threads for non-members, but for some reason it's basically sitting in the wrong if loop. I'll fix it up.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:39 PM on January 31, 2007

example (scroll down).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:40 PM on January 31, 2007

Thanks. How about closing this thread?
posted by Kwantsar at 4:40 PM on January 31, 2007

Now I want some cool clothes.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:41 PM on January 31, 2007

But if you don't close the thread, I'll note that there seem to be two kinds of ads being served. One is text-ish, and the other is a dynamic-ish banner for

COOL CLOTHES
THAT MAKE PEOPLE
THINK

Which goes to a website that sells $35.00 socially conscious T-shirts. If I wanted to see that shit, I'd move to Brooklyn.
posted by Kwantsar at 4:43 PM on January 31, 2007

Forget it, it's now fixed and removed for logged-in folks.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:43 PM on January 31, 2007

How about closing this thread?

But it has not yet become about dios.
posted by cortex at 4:43 PM on January 31, 2007

It's google text ads with the a graphic ad option that people pay for certain sites. I agree the ad is kind of ugly.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:44 PM on January 31, 2007

dios made me do it.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:44 PM on January 31, 2007 [7 favorites]