Re: Dislike sugar cereals advertising on a site for fitness.

dorothyhann18
dorothyhann18 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 20 in Food and Nutrition
I wish they would pick their advertisers better.
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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,237 Member
    You can eat cereal and still lose weight.

    Having said that, the ad's aren't specifically picked, but are generated by a server based on a combo of the content of MFP and your own browsing history. All it takes is for you to have been in a forum thread where someone mentioned that cereal and you can get ad's for it. That's how internet advertising works these days.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    https://adblockplus.org
  • ohmscheeks
    ohmscheeks Posts: 840 Member
    Got any cookies? :)
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    why?

    you can eat sugar and lose weight.

  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    dorothyhann18 wrote: »
    I wish they would pick their advertisers better.

    stop browsing cereal sites then ….
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Having said that, the ad's aren't specifically picked, but are generated by a server based on a combo of the content of MFP and your own browsing history. All it takes is for you to have been in a forum thread where someone mentioned that cereal and you can get ad's for it. That's how internet advertising works these days.

    ^This. I get ads for clothing brands that I've looked at, hair dye (from when I was searching for hair dye coupons), amazon prime watch list reminders, etc.
  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    Or you can call Google and complain.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    OP - you can call the internet and log a complaint….
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    OP - you can call the internet and log a complaint….

    bahaha
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    then why do I keep getting russian bride ads…oh wait..
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    then why do I keep getting russian bride ads…oh wait..

    I'm surprised. I thought they'd be a lot worse.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    do you use huggies, depends, or big girl pull ups?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    do you use huggies, depends, or big girl pull ups?

    Big girl pull ups when dead lifting.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    do you use huggies, depends, or big girl pull ups?

    Big girl pull ups when dead lifting.

    I thought I had pushed the shart comment from yesterday out of my memory. But it's back. Sigh.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    TheVirgoddess wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    do you use huggies, depends, or big girl pull ups?

    Big girl pull ups when dead lifting.

    I thought I had pushed the shart comment from yesterday out of my memory. But it's back. Sigh.

    lololol. I purposely changed it from squat to dead lift to try to forget.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    do you use huggies, depends, or big girl pull ups?

    Big girl pull ups when dead lifting.

    oh hell no….

    LOLZ
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    do you use huggies, depends, or big girl pull ups?

    Big girl pull ups when dead lifting.

    oh hell no….

    LOLZ

    bahahaha. I was going to say g-sting but I have no clue what the point of a diaper g-string would be.
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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    i see op never came back..

  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    I thought I'd seen this before. I already added my input in the first thread...

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10196370/sugary-garbage-from-general-mills/p1
  • hgycta
    hgycta Posts: 3,013 Member
    I don't care what they advertise as long as nothing is popping up in the center of the screen and myfitnesspal remains a free service to use ^-^
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    No they're not. Even if you search for anything in the MFP database, it will show up.

    Although I'm not sure why I keep getting plus size clothing ads.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    then why do I keep getting russian bride ads…oh wait..

    Vee have Vays of making you talk...
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    You can eat cereal and still lose weight.

    Having said that, the ad's aren't specifically picked, but are generated by a server based on a combo of the content of MFP and your own browsing history.

    This. I hate cereal (I know, it's a weird quirk), and I've never actually gotten an ad for one.

    I did get an ads for what seemed like forever for cricket-based protein powder and "Larvae" because I searched for cricket flour during a discussion on some thread here, which may have been a mistake. ;-) I also get lots of ads related to books I've looked at on amazon and my profession and local stuff (Bruce Rauner and Rahm used to show up constantly, but now that those elections are over that seems to be too, thank goodness!).
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Although I'm not sure why I keep getting plus size clothing ads.

    I get those too. Some of them seem like places I would have liked to know about when I was in plus sizes, oh well. Not regaining just so I can buy them!
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I like it when my ads tell a story:

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  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
    edited July 2015
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Why? I think your ads are based on your google searches anyway. I get adult diapers and clothing ads.

    then why do I keep getting russian bride ads…oh wait..

    Stop that! Now I'm going to get ads for them! Xp

    Seriously, the ad that popped up a lot yesterday on my comp was for Asian wives.

    1. Straight 2. In a relationship 3. Not really interested in owning people as property (not refering to marriage in general here, but the whole "buy a wife" thing.)

    I don't even know how...

    Then again, I am on a work computer. Maybe my predecessor had different tastes... *shudders*
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    Then again, I am on a work computer. Maybe my predecessor had different tastes... *shudders*

    I might recommend

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  • dorothyhann18
    dorothyhann18 Posts: 5 Member
    I don't browse cereal sites. High sugar cereals is not a good way to lose weight. Sugar is not very healthy for anyone. Sugar substitutes are worst.
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