"Vaping" ads

[technopimp]

I'm not sure if this is intentional or not, but there are now "vaping" ads on the site. I inadvertently clicked one this morning-it was a picture that kind of looked like some sort of USB drive and only said something about "get ready to be vaporized" (or something along those lines). I thought it was some techno bauble and followed the link-instead it took me to a vaping site which was not optimal since my company's filter flagged me as going to a tobacco site.

I won't get into my thoughts on "vaping" or tobacco/etc., but IMO if you're going to display grey-area ads such as this, you might want to make sure they clearly show what they're for. Personally, I don't think they have any business on a tech site, but who am I to judge?

 

[jbachandouris]

I Agee these types of ads don't belong here. This is a tech site.

 

[willmtaylor]

I don't understand how "vaping" is a gray area. Besides, all ads are from an outside service that selects them from an ad pool.

 

[S.B.G]

I'm not sure if this is intentional or not, but there are now "vaping" ads on the site. I inadvertently clicked one this morning-it was a picture that kind of looked like some sort of USB drive and only said something about "get ready to be vaporized" (or something along those lines). I thought it was some techno bauble and followed the link-instead it took me to a vaping site which was not optimal since my company's filter flagged me as going to a tobacco site.

I won't get into my thoughts on "vaping" or tobacco/etc., but IMO if you're going to display grey-area ads such as this, you might want to make sure they clearly show what they're for. Personally, I don't think they have any business on a tech site, but who am I to judge?

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