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23 Jul 2014, 4:24 pm

Here is a screenshot of my browser while on WP and I could not help but notice the fact that I got a Autism Speaks ad below.

[img][800:400]http://65.60.10.2/~joyangel/images/ASOWP.jpg[/img]



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23 Jul 2014, 4:39 pm

Yikes!

This is one reason why I allow only the WP Java scripting when I visit; no cloudflare.com, scorecardresearch.com, cloudfront.net, quantserve.com, googleleadservices.com, sharethis.com or google.com. Just posts to read like they were meant to be without all the datamining and predictive marketing.


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23 Jul 2014, 5:39 pm

I do the same thing as AspieUtah with the NoScript Firefox addon. I think the AddBlock addon would achieve the same thing.



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23 Jul 2014, 6:09 pm

starkid wrote:
I do the same thing as AspieUtah with the NoScript Firefox addon. I think the AddBlock addon would achieve the same thing.


yes, i use firefox with adblock and it works fine; i never see any ads on this site or anywhere else. :thumright:



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23 Jul 2014, 6:17 pm

I never thought I could learn to hate a little blue jigsaw puzzle piece so much. I'd to tell Autism Doesn't Speak For Me where they can cram it. :evil:



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23 Jul 2014, 6:24 pm

autism speaks tried to buy out wrong planet once if remember correctly,but thats as far as it goes;the ads are random and based on keywords.


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23 Jul 2014, 6:37 pm

Yeah, this is why I use adblock on this site.

I have adblock turned off on some sites I want to support, but WP isn't one of them, because many of the ads I've seen around here are simply not the sort of people I want to support. Boarding schools for autistics, miracle cures, ABA... No. Not until WP boycotts abusive autism therapies and fear-and-pity "awareness" will I take my adblock off.

I can see the other side of the situation; I can see that WP needs the money to stay open; I can see the pragmatism of it, but I am glad I'm not the one responsible for making the decision to allow ads of this sort.

I'm here, though, because WP does more good than harm, despite the advertising and altogether too many attempts to woo Autism Speaks. WP does stand for autism rights, and does speak out against the worst "treatments". I think they are too careful to stay away from controversy, but they don't censor people who take more controversial positions, and that's good enough to make WP a useful place where we can go to say what we think.


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23 Jul 2014, 6:59 pm

Callista wrote:
Yeah, this is why I use adblock on this site.

I have adblock turned off on some sites I want to support, but WP isn't one of them, because many of the ads I've seen around here are simply not the sort of people I want to support. Boarding schools for autistics, miracle cures, ABA... No. Not until WP boycotts abusive autism therapies and fear-and-pity "awareness" will I take my adblock off.

I can see the other side of the situation; I can see that WP needs the money to stay open; I can see the pragmatism of it, but I am glad I'm not the one responsible for making the decision to allow ads of this sort.

I'm here, though, because WP does more good than harm, despite the advertising and altogether too many attempts to woo Autism Speaks. WP does stand for autism rights, and does speak out against the worst "treatments". I think they are too careful to stay away from controversy, but they don't censor people who take more controversial positions, and that's good enough to make WP a useful place where we can go to say what we think.

hi callista,
some special boarding schools are very good for autistics, am a adult day student at one called the david lewis centre;
http://www.davidlewis.org.uk/
its a boarding+day specialist school and college for people with LFA,acute cognitive affecting epilepsy and intelectual disability.
most students on the adult courses get specialist paying jobs out of it,some even work for the centre now,have been to many special colleges before;expelled from all of them [three],this is the only one that has truly understood and accomodated self.
wish had gone there as a child,its an amazing site/grounds.


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23 Jul 2014, 7:54 pm

starkid wrote:
I do the same thing as AspieUtah with the NoScript Firefox addon. I think the AddBlock addon would achieve the same thing.

Google chrome with AdBlock and Adblock Plus! No ads... plus FlashBlock so no autostart videos.


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23 Jul 2014, 8:05 pm

AspieUtah wrote:
Yikes!

This is one reason why I allow only the WP Java scripting when I visit; no cloudflare.com, scorecardresearch.com, cloudfront.net, quantserve.com, googleleadservices.com, sharethis.com or google.com. Just posts to read like they were meant to be without all the datamining and predictive marketing.
Me too. Hooray for the No Scripts program!


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24 Jul 2014, 10:35 am

No Scripts OP?

I even blocked the member counter because it's a bunch of bull with some of the people who come here just to troll and the "Aspie Affection" badge that's impossible to remove through HTML.

The only ads here I remember seeing were Abilify and ADHD meds.


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24 Jul 2014, 1:38 pm

I use Firefox's adblock when I go on WP, so at least I don't see any ads. Of course, they haven't really gone away.



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24 Jul 2014, 2:24 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
I use Firefox's adblock when I go on WP, so at least I don't see any ads. Of course, they haven't really gone away.


I really don't block the ad on WP because that revenue that supports WP, but I do use flashblock to stop the animated ones that use CPU power and are f**king annoying. Plus, just like tall-p pointed out. It also stops the automatic playback of YouTube videos.



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24 Jul 2014, 11:51 pm

That really pisses me off that this would be allowed to happen here on this site. I think I'm going to puke it up blue, now.


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