MFP pushing liberal agenda

rustychord
rustychord Posts: 166 Member
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This was on my timeline this morning.

MFP should not be allowing ads like this one way or another!

We aren't allowed to discuss politics here but advertisers are allowed to push this type of crap?

I come on here for fitness and well being articles and information and to track my progress. These types of ads have no place here.
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  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    Financial Times is not a "liberal" publication.
  • Skee_2802
    Skee_2802 Posts: 297 Member
    Premium doesn't have these issues
  • EttaMaeMartin
    EttaMaeMartin Posts: 303 Member
    bsgraham10 wrote: »
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    This was on my timeline this morning.

    MFP should not be allowing ads like this one way or another!

    We aren't allowed to discuss politics here but advertisers are allowed to push this type of crap?

    I come on here for fitness and well being articles and information and to track my progress. These types of ads have no place here.

    agreed. not paying.
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
    The seven ads in a row in between my friends statuses is kind of annoying, but I'm not paying for premium so I deal with it.
  • KassLea22
    KassLea22 Posts: 112 Member
    Cutaway_Collar wrote: »
    The site probably relies on a third party vendor's ad algorithm. The algorithm which uses your browsing history to bring up ads.

    This. That's how most free sites operate. I don't think it has so much to do with Mfp because it's pulling from browser history.

    But I can see why you would maybe think that to a point.
  • Rincewind_1965
    Rincewind_1965 Posts: 639 Member
    bsgraham10 wrote: »
    I come on here for fitness and well being articles and information and to track my progress. These types of ads have no place here.

    Then, by all means, go Premium, or, if you, for what reason ever, don't want to, use a decent add-blocker.

    The most funny thing about your rant was that this add would have passed completely unnoticed by most users if you wouldn't have promoted it this well. The Financial Times owes you a lot, I suppose.

  • Nikki10129
    Nikki10129 Posts: 292 Member
    It's and ad that is most likely based on your search history. It's the reason you can use the site for free. Don't like it, stop searching things related to it
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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  • BedsideTableKangaroo
    BedsideTableKangaroo Posts: 736 Member

    of all the things to get your panties in a twist
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    edited March 2017
    The advertisements're based upon, your own; search history! If you don't desire political advertisements then, don't search for; anything political & since you created a political thread you're now, going to receive even; more political advertisements!
  • handymi
    handymi Posts: 1 Member
    It's an ad from a tracking service on a free site. This is what happens to you when everything becomes about politics and you start seeing conspiracies everywhere.
  • Morgaen73
    Morgaen73 Posts: 2,817 Member
    peppermintpudgy wrote: »
    Go Premium! No ads.

    This
  • Jewel0124
    Jewel0124 Posts: 119 Member
    It's using your browsing history, so really you're the one pushing an agenda. I see ads for clothing sites that I've visited.
  • Mikkimeow
    Mikkimeow Posts: 139 Member
    If Brad's wife hadn't been fired, this wouldn't have happened.


    Also... OP, this isn't on MFP. Ads are tailored to your search history. Keep your conspiracy theories to yourself.
  • dpwellman
    dpwellman Posts: 3,271 Member
    MFP will not divide us
  • SoulRadiation
    SoulRadiation Posts: 1,060 Member
    edited March 2017
    JeepHair77 wrote: »
    All of my ads are from amazon. And here's what I don't understand about amazon's ad programming: you're advertising the item I JUST BOUGHT. You don't have to advertise that, anymore. I already got it. I'm not going to buy it again.

    I don't think MFP is trying to push its shopping agenda on me, though. Probably.

    The advertisers probably know a lot more about you than you think. For the most part, I understand it's kept anonymously (in the sense they don't know who you actually are).

    However, they still know you might buy tickets to "Annie" one day because they know you probably have daughters, search for plays, maybe certain movies, etc...in your case, maybe you won't buy another one of the items in question, as you just bought it...but somebody similar to you will. They need another one for some reason. If they show that ad to enough people, then perhaps somebody like you will finally decide they really do need another one of those items so they can give it away as a present.

    It's really interesting, but can also be alarming in a creepy way.

    What do you know about me that I don't, Google?

    lol
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
    Most of mine are recipe related. Or fitness trackers, which I already have 2 of.
  • Morgaen73
    Morgaen73 Posts: 2,817 Member
    JeepHair77 wrote: »
    All of my ads are from amazon. And here's what I don't understand about amazon's ad programming: you're advertising the item I JUST BOUGHT. You don't have to advertise that, anymore. I already got it. I'm not going to buy it again.

    I don't think MFP is trying to push its shopping agenda on me, though. Probably.

    lol I could never understand that either. And it's not just Amazon ...
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    bsgraham10 wrote: »
    MFP should not be allowing ads like this one way or another!

    We aren't allowed to discuss politics here but advertisers are allowed to push this type of crap?

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  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Man, wasn't it just a few weeks ago when sock puppets were creating fake accounts and announcing that they were leaving MFP because UnderArmour's CEO said some nice things about DJT?
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Man, wasn't it just a few weeks ago when sock puppets were creating fake accounts and announcing that they were leaving MFP because UnderArmour's CEO said some nice things about DJT?

    lol.

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  • subcounter
    subcounter Posts: 2,382 Member
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    OMG MINE HAS AN AGENDA TOO

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