Advertising standards

[tesco]

It unlocks at lvl 150 and costs 15,000PP (Post Points).

[anon]

Thank you, tesco. Just a few more months of grinding and I'll be there.

[mjmacky]

How did you unlock that? I'm on level 121 and haven't managed to download the PS3 yet.

I didn't have time to level so I used up up down down left right left right b a select start

[anon]

I tried that, but it removed all my inventory and the game told me "cheater - you don't deserve weapons!".

[tesco]

That hole was plugged in a patch.

[mjmacky]

Somethings it feels like I make a difference

[anon]

Excellent blending.

They never heard of transparency, I guess.

[zot]

I've seen a lot of those "download" icons on various torrent and MP3 download sites - which I think is precisely what they were designed for. People search for a file, then mistakenly hit the fake "download" button. I've done it myself a few times.

Apparently these people feel that the only way to get customers to visit their site is to trick them. To me, it's just another form of scam advertising.

[anon]

You know, for some reason I thought of this thread today. Now you posted on it. Law of attraction, I guess.

I've seen a lot of those "download" icons on various torrent and MP3 download sites - which I think is precisely what they were designed for. People search for a file, then mistakenly hit the fake "download" button. I've done it myself a few times.

Happened to me quite often with software downloads (see the pic I posted in the first page). That tactic may work until these stupid buttons make their way to the major ad blocklists. If ads weren't so obtrusive these days (pop-ups, pop-unders, floating animations, seizure-inducing banners) I'd gladly surf the Web with ad blocking disabled.

[mjmacky]

I use noscript+FF for venturing into the unknown. There's a slight art in determining which domains are relevant and should be allowed to run javascript sometimes when trying to get a page to display correctly. Flash video seems to be easier, comment sections seem to be the tougher level bosses.