Re: NRA ad showing up
 

Basically, we have:
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/forum-feed...andidates.html
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/forum-feed...tical-ads.html

This, I don't have an answer for, but these would be my initial hypotheses:

• A higher reliance on more traditional advertising by larger conservative groups, whereas left-leaning organizations may utilize social media more
• With Trump's approval rating dropping and the Democratic debates occurring, there may be increased ad spending to increase awareness for conservative causes/ideas
• Since the "big" election is about a year out, they may have started their campaigns recently (similar to how you start getting teaser trailers 18 - 12 months from a film's release date)

Online advertising works in one of two ways: direct fulfillment through us. These ads show up for everyone and run for a set amount of time, depending on the contract with the client. Then there's third-party fulfillment, which fills ad spots that haven't been sold directly with ads from Google AdSense or a similar company. These give you ads based on your browsing history, demographic, and other data collected by Google, Apple, apps, et cetera.

Every time you see one of these ads, you should have the option to report it directly to Google or whichever ad network it's coming from and decrease your chance of seeing it again.

Re: NRA ad showing up
 

You're seeing those NRA and Trump ads because of several factors.

The board has a lot of talk about Trump and guns/gun control in the politics forum, so they might be targeting the forum based on those keywords. This is a public board, searchable on the web, and if they find a lot talk about Trump and guns, then they see an interest here in those subjects and are going to target the board for advertising. It's the same thing electronics and movie companies do. Targeted advertising.

The other one is your own personal history. Entities like facebook and google basically track everything you do on the web. They have profiles on you that would probably blow your mind. Your probably check some boxes on a profile, so they think you're a good candidate for their advertising. I remember reading a few years back about a teenaged girl who was pregnant, and Target figured it out just by her shopping habits, and started sending her coupons for baby products. At which point, her father, who didn't know she was pregnant, complained to Target about sending his daughter coupons for baby products. Story can be read here: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-...egnancy-2012-2

Re: NRA ad showing up
 

I'm surprised no one's mentioned geotargeting yet. Noonan, are you, by chance, in a swing state?

Re: NRA ad showing up
 

Re: NRA ad showing up
 

One thing you can do to try to block this type of behavior, is install a privacy extension in your web browser, like Privacy Badger. This will block those type of tracking cookies that follow you around. Here's an example of the cookies it blocks for this site:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...cddac2201d.png
Ever since installing this addon, I can look at a site like 1800flowers, and not see a million ads for flowers for the next couple of weeks following me around wherever I go.

Re: NRA ad showing up
 

lol, not even close. No one on the right would even bother playing ads here, for the most part.

But it's whatever at this point. I use a blocker at work, which is when I visit the site 99% of the time. Just won't come here via my phone not logged in anymore.

Re: NRA ad showing up
 

Re: NRA ad showing up
 

If you can grab us the link, we can handle it pretty quickly. It's not possible to make a comparison to other sites without knowing their ad networks, the nature of each individual ad, and their site software and internal procedures.