Quick Note: Weight Loss Ads
For those who are seeing ridiculous weight loss ads, we're working hard to get them down. Sorry about that folks, and thanks for your patience!
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Too late! I clicked there to read her story!
Is it a virus or something or did your add supplier just put it up without your consent?
Thank you!
I get that it is difficult to get them down, but it seems something needs to be done about the system Feministing uses to approve ads in the first place. And itt isn't just the advertisements, its the fodder they provide for the often vocal fattist feministing readers.
totally agree. right now, because of the company we use, there isn't a process for us to approve ads - we can only ban them after the fact. i can promise this will change when the site goes thru it's next redesign (which we're currently working on)
And the best/worst thing is that they're so blatantly fake -- badly Photoshopped or cobbled together from completely different stock photos. Check it out:
http://wafflesatnoon.com/2009/01/20/the-fake-diet-girls/
Are you by any chance including that ad with the tape measure that says something about "getting healthy" or "making healthy choices" (sorry, I can't remember the details -- I think it's for something government-related though)? Because that one bothers me as much as, if not more than, the more blatant ads.
Though I have to say, overall you folks do a great job keeping the crazy ads to a minimum. This being the internet I imagine it's pretty tough to police every ad that could possibly show up on your site!
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Eek, I messed up the comment. That was supposed to say that the ad I mentioned is back. I've seen it two or three times today. I think it's for smallstep.gov.
Thanks for removing the ad.
What is wrong with weith loss ads, as long as the target weight is not anoxeria.
Well, I can only speak for myself, but I find anything that suggests I somehow need to change my body to be acceptable to be rather disturbing. I'm also bothered by anything that links weight loss and health, since health and weight do not necessarily correlate and and losing weight is not always the healthiest option, nor will it automatically make someone healthy. And speaking of anorexia, it's entirely possible that weight loss ads could be very triggering to someone who has fought with an eating disorder.