White Trash Ads

[Samalicious]

"CONGRATULATIONS! YOU JUST WON THE LOTTERY FOR A WALMART GIFT CARD!"
Are times really so hard that Chowhound now has to look like a MySpace page?
Why don't you just start taking porn ads now and get it overwith? Jeez Louise.

[vorpal]

Firefox + Adblock. I've never seen a single ad on Chowhound.
(Are people still seriously using Internet Explorer?)

[sunshine842]

I use NoScript, but same thought.

I used a different computer the other day and was pretty stunned at how much stuff NoScript really blocks, here on CH and the web in general.

[hill food]

oh yeah and I grow weary explaining why IE is a bad idea ("but it came with it!)

so dad do you wear the peuce men's Crocs somebody gave you to putter in the garden? I didn't think so.

just cause it's free doesn't mean ya have to use it. and sometimes there are indeed better free things.

[greygarious]

Advertising pays for your free access to Chowhound. If it doesn't interest you, ignore it just as you would ads on TV, in magazines, or on the side of a bus.

[Servorg]

Having plugged in a couple of hundred dollars of my own money to help keep the lights on in the Leff years I am all in favor of a "free" site supported by advertising. But I think that the site should be somewhat judicious in the advertisers they sell space to in order to keep this place going. For instance, I doubt that any of us would be in favor of "porn" ads being displayed here. I think this particular ad under discussion is another type that should be avoided by the P that B.

[paulj]

What's your objection - a lottery or Walmart? Would a gift card at Williams and Sonoma suit your buying pattern better? Instead of a gift card, a LC Dutch Oven in last years designer color?

[Servorg]

This an ad that is placed purely to gather email and other information for the purposes of downstream spamming by other companies that this outfit sells your information to. No "$1,000" gift cards are being given away and Walmart has nothing to do with this supposed promotion.

[Servorg]

You "WON" one too? What a coincidence, so did I... ;-D>

[peppergal]

No. I won! Also an iPad!

[hill food]

at least they're not coming to your phone as txt msgs that you have to pay for

[Servorg]

Your service provider will take those charges off if you contact them. I find it disturbing that this straight up scam sort of "smishing" ad is appearing on CH. Snopes covers this scheme pretty well here: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing...

[hill food]

thanks! "smishing" a new word for the day

[DennisVaughn]

Haha! harsh but true.