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Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on September 05, 2006, 07:05:39 PM
We have deemed some recent ImageShack (http://****) (a free image hosting site) advertisements unsuitable for family viewing; however, we understand that it is widely used by many of you; thus, we cannot block the domain. Thus, we are leading a site-wide boycott of the advertisers responsible. To join the boycott, please follow these instructions:
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0 ad.yieldmanager.com
0 ad.firstadsolution.com
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: kiwibuddy on September 05, 2006, 08:17:50 PM
Okay, I've done this, but I still get ads. Does this only make the innapropriate ads go away? :huh:
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on September 05, 2006, 08:44:28 PM
Hmm... try restarting your browser.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: beagleboy21 on September 05, 2006, 09:14:35 PM
i dont get ads, and when i do, they take a LONG time to load.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: csleesburg on September 05, 2006, 09:15:00 PM
Quote from: kiwibuddy
Okay, I've done this, but I still get ads. Does this only make the innapropriate ads go away? :huh:

Yes, only the 'bad' ads go away.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: sheltiefan on September 05, 2006, 09:40:34 PM
I failed to get the 'bad' ads to go away, but I did create a profile on photobucket so I won't have to use imageshack any longer.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on September 05, 2006, 09:55:43 PM
Note that it only targets ads from those two companies - ads in sites other than ImageShack (including the Google ads on the right of this forum), and the occasional text-based 'Targetpoint' ad in ImageShack, will not be affected.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Bielski on September 05, 2006, 10:31:34 PM
Thanks for the easy explanation on how to do this, it works like a charm.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Budgielover101 on September 05, 2006, 11:28:47 PM
I did it, i'm pretty sure it worked
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: legomannate on September 06, 2006, 03:08:35 AM
It works good for me as far as I know
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: jbl on September 06, 2006, 09:48:34 AM
lol, just a comment, shouldn't this be considered as piracy (not that I'm against it, but if you tolerate one thing, why not others as well)?
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: creationfan on September 06, 2006, 10:14:40 AM
You shouldn't tolerate something that is undeniably bad, it should be avoided - which is what we're all doing.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on September 06, 2006, 04:53:48 PM
Quote from: jbl
lol, just a comment, shouldn't this be considered as piracy (not that I'm against it, but if you tolerate one thing, why not others as well)?
I see what you're saying. I think it is legal, as parental blocking software set to block those sites would accomplish much the same thing; it is our right to control what appears on our (and our children's) screens. I also believe that some of the pics are against their own stated terms of service (and it definitely goes against our own). If you're worried of the economic impact to ImageShack this might cause, send them an email with a link to this thread, and ask them to switch advertising hosts.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Red Panda Twins on September 06, 2006, 05:06:21 PM
I still see ads.  I did exactly as you said, and it saved under hosts.txt, is that right?
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on September 06, 2006, 05:16:44 PM
No, it should be saved as "hosts", period. Do it again, and this time use File --> Save, not Save As.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Budgielover101 on September 06, 2006, 11:22:12 PM
what should inside the actual text file look like? just to make sure i did it right. sorry
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on September 07, 2006, 02:38:37 AM
Well, mine originally looked like this:
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# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
Your mileage may vary, but it should always have the last (127.0.0.1 localhost) line.
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Budgielover101 on September 07, 2006, 02:44:51 AM
ok, i stuffed mine up then :pinch: is there any way to get the original one back so i can change it properly?
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on September 07, 2006, 02:49:03 AM
Could you post what your file contains?
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Budgielover101 on September 07, 2006, 02:50:44 AM
I typed the wrong thing on it and accidentaly saved it XD oh dear
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%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts 0 ad.yieldmanager.com
0 ad.firstadsolution.com
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on September 07, 2006, 03:40:02 AM
Replace it with this:
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127.0.0.1 localhost
0 ad.yieldmanager.com
0 ad.firstadsolution.com
Title: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Budgielover101 on September 07, 2006, 03:41:53 AM
yay! thankyou, its done.
Title: Re: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Zoo Titan on February 16, 2007, 05:51:37 AM
Quote from: Penguino on September 05, 2006, 07:05:39 PM
  • Click File > Open... .

What do you mean click open? I'm confused, I thought we were supposed to save the file. :blink:
Title: Re: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on February 19, 2007, 04:32:06 PM
You have to open the file before you can edit it.
Title: Re: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: ktesch on February 21, 2007, 03:30:51 PM
I was kind of confsed about the directions too, but i have image shack and don't seem to see those ads anywhere on the site. Does that mean I don't need to do it then?

Kim
Title: Re: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott
Post by: Penguino on February 21, 2007, 05:33:25 PM
Yeah, you probably have a program that prevents those ads from displaying, so in that case you won't need to do it.