Are you kidding me? Comment on Google Ad on the Sift
I loaded up the Sift in IE because a video 'stalled' while loading in Firefox. It happens once every few hundred videos. Rather than complain, I just do my little work-around to see the video quickly.
Not logged into the Sift in my alternate browser, I see a big blinking Golden Arches ad. I'm not going to shop there, but why not support the sift? I come to a page which is a total atrocity of marketing.
I'm asked to identify the answer to some burger trivia (who sells Big Macs vs. Whoppers), and I'm supposed to submit my cell phone number along with my answer.
Are they smoking crack and or cocaine???
Honestly.
It gets better, and of course by that I mean worse.
As if I'm going to give them my number for a "chance" to win a $100 gift card, they have the nerve to say this'll be a daily trivia game, competing against others, and I have to pay $1.25 to join.
I believe the proper response to this is "FOAD". Worst online "commercial" ever.
Not logged into the Sift in my alternate browser, I see a big blinking Golden Arches ad. I'm not going to shop there, but why not support the sift? I come to a page which is a total atrocity of marketing.
I'm asked to identify the answer to some burger trivia (who sells Big Macs vs. Whoppers), and I'm supposed to submit my cell phone number along with my answer.
Are they smoking crack and or cocaine???
Honestly.
It gets better, and of course by that I mean worse.
As if I'm going to give them my number for a "chance" to win a $100 gift card, they have the nerve to say this'll be a daily trivia game, competing against others, and I have to pay $1.25 to join.
I believe the proper response to this is "FOAD". Worst online "commercial" ever.
8 Comments
KevlarFOAD, DIAF, there are so many wonderful phrases to choose from! Why limit yourself to just one?
lucky760Wow. Atrocious. Someone's gotta be following through with it though I guess. Not likely a Sifter, of course. (They're smarter than the average ad clicker I like to think.)
Doc_MWait, you mean you saw this AD on the sift?! I'm confused.
If so:
Log in you charter member you. Opening a new browser requires such action. OR:
"We have a problem with the reactor captain"
If not:
I hate that crap too. ANY website that allows those crappy in-your-face-and-over-your-field-of-view-of-the-site-you're-viewing is dead to me. Ad-blocker programs need to learn Flash for crying out loud. How long does it take for these noobs to learn the interwebertoobernets?!
FRAW!
KrupoLike I mentioned, I went into an alternate browser (IE) where I wasn't logged in. It was just to watch a single video, so I didn't bother with the login (I could still vote/comment on the main Sift, the silly flash video just was being a pain loading in firefox).
I don't see ads very often online (yay firefox) so taht was definitely a brutal shocker.
PaybackIT'S A TRAP!
Those "give us your cell phone number" ads are not from the real company. They are fake, they are exactly like those "hot sexy chat and horoscope readings"
You are signing up for a continuous barrage of non-stop pay-to-recieve text messages charged to your cell bill like a call to a 900 number. It's a scam. Like those "Male Enlargement Pills" tv ads that are being prosecuted down in the States right now.
schmawyApparently there's some hot girl from high school that's desperate to get in touch with me. I'm so excited. I'm going to buy her a plane ticket as soon as that money comes in from Nigeria. I've even been taking lots of those pill that are supposed to make me, uh, bigger in anticipation.
loorisOh I hate them, *quality for you
siftbotAwarding Krupo with one star point for this contribution to Sift Talk - declared quality by looris.
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