Same Time Every Year
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Same Time Every Year
I was surprised to see a hardcore porn title in the rotation of DVD images at the top of the page. I thought that was against policy. Even though Amazon sells it, an ad for a film with money shots is far beyond what forum members expect to see on their screen.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
1. Are they appearing on any particular forums/pages?
2. Can you screenshot if you see it again?
3. Are we talking about the "DVD Reviews" and "HD Reviews" dvd cover photos w links?
2. Can you screenshot if you see it again?
3. Are we talking about the "DVD Reviews" and "HD Reviews" dvd cover photos w links?
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Re: Same Time Every Year
I think the supposed hypocrisy factor is what offends most members, not the actual miniscule cover pictures, because members aren't allowed to post nude pictures here anymore since the Adult Forum left.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
Someone had already set the Same Time Every Year cover to be excluded from the rotation. I just disabled the cover for Infidelity: Sex Stories 2.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
I love how the condescension oozes from your posts like shit from a rusted sewer pipe.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
I'm still seeing it
This.
This.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
Not me, and I started the thread. DT was blocked at work in the past because of adult content. It's currently not blocked, and I'd rather that it didn't get blocked again. Ads for hardcore movies increase the likelihood of blockage.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
It's not real-time, though; the JavaScript files are compiled nightly at 1:45 AM system time. I used to have it more regularly, but all the review cronjobs on the system were wiped out in November, so I'm trying to trigger them remotely now. It'd be pretty easy to make it run however frequently it needs to.
Edited to add -- should be every 5 minutes rather than nightly.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
Are admins paid? Curious, since you seem to have a bad attitude for someone "in charge" that is donating their time to our community.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
We just had a thread in Other talking about people's posts in XCritic and the Adult Forum when it was here and how they miss it. People didn't object to those covers being advertised then, but since the Adult Forum is gone we've had numerous posts and threads in this forum pointing out the hypocrisy of our not allowing the posting of nude pictures when there are suggestive DVD covers showing on the review rotation. Hypocrisy has historically been the ultimate sin on this forum so it's just a little more than difficult to take most of those complaints as people being seriously offended.
Nick Danger had a legitimate issue since his work blocked pages where the ad appeared, and that's reasonable. Are other people really offended by the DVD cover or is it something else that they're expressing?
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Re: Same Time Every Year
I, for one, am offended and would prefer no adult content on the forum, there are plenty of other places for that. Getting this site blocked at work would really piss me off.
Do we still need the link to "adult dvd reviews" top center on EVERY page on the forum? How long is that contracted to be? I'm surprised more work filters don't block the site because of that prominent and persistent link.
Do we still need the link to "adult dvd reviews" top center on EVERY page on the forum? How long is that contracted to be? I'm surprised more work filters don't block the site because of that prominent and persistent link.
#19
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Re: Same Time Every Year
Is reality considered "a bad attitude"?
We just had a thread in Other talking about people's posts in XCritic and the Adult Forum when it was here and how they miss it. People didn't object to those covers being advertised then, but since the Adult Forum is gone we've had numerous posts and threads in this forum pointing out the hypocrisy of our not allowing the posting of nude pictures when there are suggestive DVD covers showing on the review rotation. Hypocrisy has historically been the ultimate sin on this forum so it's just a little more than difficult to take most of those complaints as people being seriously offended.
Nick Danger had a legitimate issue since his work blocked pages where the ad appeared, and that's reasonable. Are other people really offended by the DVD cover or is it something else that they're expressing?
We just had a thread in Other talking about people's posts in XCritic and the Adult Forum when it was here and how they miss it. People didn't object to those covers being advertised then, but since the Adult Forum is gone we've had numerous posts and threads in this forum pointing out the hypocrisy of our not allowing the posting of nude pictures when there are suggestive DVD covers showing on the review rotation. Hypocrisy has historically been the ultimate sin on this forum so it's just a little more than difficult to take most of those complaints as people being seriously offended.
Nick Danger had a legitimate issue since his work blocked pages where the ad appeared, and that's reasonable. Are other people really offended by the DVD cover or is it something else that they're expressing?
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Re: Same Time Every Year
I, for one, am offended and would prefer no adult content on the forum, there are plenty of other places for that. Getting this site blocked at work would really piss me off.
Do we still need the link to "adult dvd reviews" top center on EVERY page on the forum? How long is that contracted to be? I'm surprised more work filters don't block the site because of that prominent and persistent link.
Do we still need the link to "adult dvd reviews" top center on EVERY page on the forum? How long is that contracted to be? I'm surprised more work filters don't block the site because of that prominent and persistent link.
#21
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Same Time Every Year
I can discuss this with IB and see if there's a better way to better prevent adult-type content from appearing at least in the review rotation. It seems that it sneaks by every once in a while and needs to be manually removed. I think the "Adult DVD Reviews" might be something contractually required with Geoff, but I'll check.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
Another issue with these types of ads is just them being on your screen whether at home or at work. Similar pictures would be put under the NSFW tag. Or it would be easy to avoid particular threads because the titles suggest they might contain pictures considered inappropriate for co-workers or family members to see.
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Re: Same Time Every Year
Is reality considered "a bad attitude"?
We just had a thread in Other talking about people's posts in XCritic and the Adult Forum when it was here and how they miss it. People didn't object to those covers being advertised then, but since the Adult Forum is gone we've had numerous posts and threads in this forum pointing out the hypocrisy of our not allowing the posting of nude pictures when there are suggestive DVD covers showing on the review rotation. Hypocrisy has historically been the ultimate sin on this forum so it's just a little more than difficult to take most of those complaints as people being seriously offended.
Nick Danger had a legitimate issue since his work blocked pages where the ad appeared, and that's reasonable. Are other people really offended by the DVD cover or is it something else that they're expressing?
We just had a thread in Other talking about people's posts in XCritic and the Adult Forum when it was here and how they miss it. People didn't object to those covers being advertised then, but since the Adult Forum is gone we've had numerous posts and threads in this forum pointing out the hypocrisy of our not allowing the posting of nude pictures when there are suggestive DVD covers showing on the review rotation. Hypocrisy has historically been the ultimate sin on this forum so it's just a little more than difficult to take most of those complaints as people being seriously offended.
Nick Danger had a legitimate issue since his work blocked pages where the ad appeared, and that's reasonable. Are other people really offended by the DVD cover or is it something else that they're expressing?
#25
Re: Same Time Every Year
RE: the occasional adult title in the rotation, that's a manual setting that someone entering titles needs to set. If it's done wrong, they can appear in the rotation until they're flagged and taken down.
As to the Adult Reviews header, I'll see if we can contractually take it down. Tech is not the issue there.
Thanks all,
Paul
As to the Adult Reviews header, I'll see if we can contractually take it down. Tech is not the issue there.
Thanks all,
Paul