Re: Some Ad Networks Are Bad News

[silky <michaelslists () gmail com>]

On 11/13/07, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2007 9:43 PM, silky <michaelslists () gmail com> wrote:
> > On 11/13/07, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 12, 2007 9:11 PM, silky <michaelslists () gmail com> wrote:
> > > > is this really news?
> > >
> > > No, but if doubleclick is messing up then well we are kinda screwed. I
> > > just thought it was funny, even if unavoidable :-)
> > >
> > > On Nov 12, 2007 9:11 PM, silky <michaelslists () gmail com> also wrote:
> > > > orly?
> > > On Nov 12, 2007 9:11 PM, Dude <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> didn't get it <whoosh!>:
> > >
> > >
> > > > let's also not forget that ad's themselves are viral in nature.
> > > > tricking us into trusting the products they promote so that they can
> > > > exploit our wallets ...
> > >
> > > Ahh the benefits of applied psychology: It only works on the weak of mind..
> >
> > sadly the weak of mind have the same voting rights as the rest of us;
> > if not the majority vote.
>
> But they are easy to control, so we have no excuses for being beaten
> by two parties of morons..

not so easy to control. there are certain types of people who aren't
open to new ideas, and aren't willing to investigate the reasons
behind things; so old tricks work on them - like scare-mongering.

anyway, lets not turn this into a political debate.

my point was that advertising isn't some holy thing that needs to be
protected, imho :)


> -JP


-- 
mike
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