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As a community elected moderator (https://stackoverflow.com/users/16587 https://stackoverflow.com/users/16587 ) I can tell you with certainty that moderators ha
by gortok 7y ago
As a community elected moderator (https://stackoverflow.com/users/16587 https://stackoverflow.com/users/16587 ) I can tell you with certainty that moderators have no control over ads; only the development (and maybe the community team). In this case we would do the same thing the OP did, in addition we would reach out in Stack Overflow chat to the community team do inform them of the situation.
- iamnotacrook 7y agoWell perhaps you should get your story straight because on this page: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/329763/were-testing-advertisements-across-the-network https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/329763/were-testing... which is being prominently announced in a yellow "featured on Meta" box you can read: "If you see any ads that are inappropriate or have any questions about this experiment, please let me know by starting a new question and tagging it with advertising" and "If you wish to report an advertisement, please take a screenshot of the ad and paste the URL (if possible) along with the site where you saw it to a comment or answer. I'll report it to the ads team and we can track it down to investigate." Screenshots? Start a new question with a tag? Track it down? Shouldn't you cut to the chase and have a "report this ad" button built-in so you can immediately be alerted to malware/abusive/inappropriate ads? Perhaps it's not moderators who have the power here. As a non-moderator/employee I couldn't care less what you call the people who do it; it seems entirely inadequate. Run the ads now and if enough people complain or it gets embarrassing - like google and/or microsoft spying on users - then publish a theatrical apology. No, that doesn't work for me. No, my ad-blocker is never coming off.