http://www.aquick.org/blog/2004/12/29/the-dangers-of-context-sensitive-ads/ entertaining hundreds of millions of eyeball atoms every day Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:06:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.aquick.org/blog/2004/12/29/the-dangers-of-context-sensitive-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-154 adam Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:12:35 +0000 /?p=434#comment-154 I should be clear here - I'm not outraged, but I think it's inappropriate. Certainly, I understand that these things happen, but I also think that doesn't mean we shouldn't fix it. I should be clear here – I’m not outraged, but I think it’s inappropriate. Certainly, I understand that these things happen, but I also think that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fix it.

]]> http://www.aquick.org/blog/2004/12/29/the-dangers-of-context-sensitive-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-153 adam Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:03:11 +0000 /?p=434#comment-153 Given that Amazon does have a 1-click page for donating to the Red Cross, it might be appropriate to substitute that instead. Given that Amazon does have a 1-click page for donating to the Red Cross, it might be appropriate to substitute that instead.

]]> http://www.aquick.org/blog/2004/12/29/the-dangers-of-context-sensitive-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Dick Costolo Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:18:43 +0000 /?p=434#comment-152 I just got your email, and I was extremely troubled to see what you've snipped out here. We take this very seriously, and while we have gone to extreme lengths to ensure that this kind of thing doesn't happen, it's clear that simple automated filters alone miss this kind of thing. We're going to quickly provide an additional filter to eliminate these sorts of things now and in the future. Thanks for your post and for bringing this to our immediate attention. I just got your email, and I was extremely troubled to see what you’ve snipped out here. We take this very seriously, and while we have gone to extreme lengths to ensure that this kind of thing doesn’t happen, it’s clear that simple automated filters alone miss this kind of thing. We’re going to quickly provide an additional filter to eliminate these sorts of things now and in the future. Thanks for your post and for bringing this to our immediate attention.

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