Inappropriate adverts on the site

[Joseph Noci 1Participant @josephnoci1]

No matter what I do, I keep getting dating adds, adds for woman’s underwear, etc, etc, with the usual , appropriate, Amadeal adds. I have deleted all cookies associated with this web site. I have deleted ALL cookies on my PC ( That took a while.)

I have never googled these ‘things’ or chased porn on the web or bought underwear, etc, etc…

And it happens ONLY on this web site – on other forums I frequent there are as many non-sponsor related adds, but they are of appropriate nature, eg, on the wood working forums I frequent there are google sponsored adds related to wood work machine suppliers, wood sources, abrasives, etc – no girlie stuff..

How do I stop this rubbish. These add often appear directly in the sequence of posts as well, very irritating.

 

 

When I click on the three dots to query why I see this add it says :

 

 

 

[JAParticipant @ja]

I put a similar posting a few weeks ago and Jason replied that these are targeted adverts based on one’s Google searches. The adverts I received had nothing to do with any Google searches I had made. I guess this is AI and the future.

JA

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Google has designed that “preference” system so we cannot beat it.

It rhubarb about “personalized” is largely a lie; just a pro-forma image. There is often an element of Google and its clients matching ads to individually, but clearly not on this site.

It’s getting worse, too, because Google and its Gentonox client have absolutely no interest in the forum except as an advertising hoarding; and the site’s host-managers probably can’t stand up to the parasites enough to allow only relevant advertising.

[JA]

On JA Said:

I put a similar posting a few weeks ago and Jason replied that these are targeted adverts based on one’s Google searches. The adverts I received had nothing to do with any Google searches I had made. I guess this is AI and the future.

JA

Not quite I also went on to say it is based on the demographics of members and those who may be viewing. I can’t help it if the majority of members are men and possibly single, widowed, etc.

Searches do play a part in it, if I went searching for widgets it is likely when I come back to this site some ads may now be for widgets.

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