Comments on: MySpace do Bad Ads http://peteashton.com/2006/03/myspace_do_bad_ads/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: natalie http://peteashton.com/2006/03/myspace_do_bad_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 natalie Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:18:53 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/03/myspace_do_bad_ads/#comment-1682 I can hardly navigate through Myspace anymore because of these pop-ups. I sent a comment to Tom saying "these pop-ups make me wanna die" and he wrote back saying I have spyware because Myspace doesn't support pop-up ads. I have a Mac and I use Firefox, but I only get these pop-ups on Myspace. Have you had any more pop-up problems on Myspace? I wonder if there is a way to get rid of them? And I wonder if I do have spyware? I can hardly navigate through Myspace anymore because of these pop-ups. I sent a comment to Tom saying “these pop-ups make me wanna die” and he wrote back saying I have spyware because Myspace doesn’t support pop-up ads.
I have a Mac and I use Firefox, but I only get these pop-ups on Myspace.
Have you had any more pop-up problems on Myspace? I wonder if there is a way to get rid of them? And I wonder if I do have spyware?

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2006/03/myspace_do_bad_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 Pete Ashton Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:59:09 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/03/myspace_do_bad_ads/#comment-1681 Oh, I wouldn't be at all surprised with something like isohunt - you go to sites like that with your eyes wide open. It's just rather worrying/annoying that MySpace is taking these sort of "ads" given its prominance and the reputation (as a business I mean) of the parent company. For a start, why do they need to? Surely they can get non-evil ads? (Clarification - the "cancel" button was on the Javascript message, though I take your point as these are just scripts) Oh, I wouldn’t be at all surprised with something like isohunt – you go to sites like that with your eyes wide open. It’s just rather worrying/annoying that MySpace is taking these sort of “ads” given its prominance and the reputation (as a business I mean) of the parent company.

For a start, why do they need to? Surely they can get non-evil ads?

(Clarification – the “cancel” button was on the Javascript message, though I take your point as these are just scripts)

]]> By: groc http://peteashton.com/2006/03/myspace_do_bad_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 groc Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:48:34 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/03/myspace_do_bad_ads/#comment-1680 oh I get that same "ad" sometimes when I use isohunt - and that's using firefox with adblocker- it takes three x closes (I don't use cancel buttons on these things - I don't trust them not to have changed the cancel button to really be a 'yes' button) to get rid of it. So it's not a Murdoch thang - just your standard money-grubbing thing. Which is always reprehensible. oh I get that same “ad” sometimes when I use isohunt – and that’s using firefox with adblocker- it takes three x closes (I don’t use cancel buttons on these things – I don’t trust them not to have changed the cancel button to really be a ‘yes’ button) to get rid of it. So it’s not a Murdoch thang – just your standard money-grubbing thing. Which is always reprehensible.

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