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We've had a hell of a time getting Scientology ads out of our backfill adsense. They show on feeds, in content, on forums, etc. The competitive ad filters don
by mrkurt 17y ago
We've had a hell of a time getting Scientology ads out of our backfill adsense. They show on feeds, in content, on forums, etc. The competitive ad filters don't seem to be working either (or we're total morons who can't figure out ad domains).
- grandalf 17y agodo you also block ads that pertain to other religions? Or are you a sectarian opposer of Scientology? :)
- jrockway 17y agoScientology is not a religion, it's a scam. Do you delete 411 scams from your email? Same thing.
- grandalf 17y agoDo you differentiate between Scientology and other mainstream religions like Mormonism, Catholocism, Judaism, etc.? I don't. You say Zenu I say tomato.
- jrockway 17y agoPersonally, I think all religion is silly. But, mainstream Christianity is rather harmless compared to Scientology. It doesn't require its members to sink money into its lawsuit fund, for example. (But sure, there are crazy Christian groups too.)
- grandalf 17y agoThe Catholic church, for example, has had quite a head start, during which time it's done things that make Scientology's worst alleged misdeeds look quite harmless. I don't think anyone is required to donate, though there are varying amounts of pressure in various religions -- Catholicism focuses mostly on estates and wills to amass its billions.
- aik 17y agoI think we're off topic here. The main issue is that the Scientology ads are dominating and nothing else is showing up ever. I'm sure people would be upset if all they saw were Christian, Mormon, Muslim, or Atheist ads.
- mrkurt 17y agoHaha. I think we've blocked a number of "God Hates Fags" type things. We generally just block anything that our user base complains about, though. It's easy and quick (usually).