Author Topic: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott (Read 4307 times)

Penguino · « **on:** September 05, 2006, 07:05:39 PM »

We have deemed some recent ImageShack (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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Open Notepad, found in Start > Programs > Accessories.
Click File > Open... .
Enter %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts as the filename.
Add these lines to the end of the file:

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0 ad.yieldmanager.com
0 ad.firstadsolution.com

Save and Exit.
To see if you've done this correctly, load the ImageShack page. You shouldn't see any ads.

kiwibuddy · « **Reply #1 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?

Penguino · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2006, 08:44:28 PM »

Hmm... try restarting your browser.

beagleboy21 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2006, 09:14:35 PM »

i dont get ads, and when i do, they take a LONG time to load.

csleesburg · « **Reply #4 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?

Yes, only the 'bad' ads go away.

sheltiefan · « **Reply #5 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.

Penguino · « **Reply #6 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.

Bielski · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2006, 10:31:34 PM »

Thanks for the easy explanation on how to do this, it works like a charm.

Budgielover101 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2006, 11:28:47 PM »

I did it, i'm pretty sure it worked

legomannate · « **Reply #9 on:** September 06, 2006, 03:08:35 AM »

It works good for me as far as I know

jbl · « **Reply #10 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)?

creationfan · « **Reply #11 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.

Penguino · « **Reply #12 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.

Red Panda Twins · « **Reply #13 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?

Penguino · « **Reply #14 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.

Budgielover101 · « **Reply #15 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

Penguino · « **Reply #16 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.

Budgielover101 · « **Reply #17 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?

Penguino · « **Reply #18 on:** September 07, 2006, 02:49:03 AM »

Could you post what your file contains?

Budgielover101 · « **Reply #19 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

Penguino · « **Reply #20 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

Budgielover101 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 07, 2006, 03:41:53 AM »

yay! thankyou, its done.

Zoo Titan · « **Reply #22 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:

Penguino · « **Reply #23 on:** February 19, 2007, 04:32:06 PM »

You have to open the file before you can edit it.

ktesch · « **Reply #24 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

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Author Topic: Yieldmanager and Firstadsolution Boycott (Read 4307 times)