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Should we be concerned about this? Or just let it slide?
In the margin of the QQ site today, under "ads by Google" I found:
"Stop Amnesty for Illegals Send a Free FaxGram to Congress to Say "No" to Obama's Amnesty Plan" along with a link to send such a fax to Congress.
Is it OK to accept having such material on the QQ site, in order to have free or inexpensive Web hosting? Others may disagree, but in my view this is an objectionable as it would have been during the early 1800s for a Quaker magazine to cover its printing costs by selling advertising space to a pro-slavery group.
Is there a way for QQ to be what it is, without accepting the placement of ads on the QQ web site, which we cannot control?
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Permalink Reply by Martin Kelley on -
Hi David: QuakerQuaker is moving away from Google Ads. They are being replaced by the recently-launched Quaker Ad Network (a joint project with Friends Journal). Please check it out and let Friends in your area know about it. This is a concrete way you can support next-generation Quaker publishing and help Friends share information of products and services they can offer one another. The more Quaker Ads we sell, the fewer Google Ads will display. Right now about 22% of the ads are QuakerQuaker-sold ads. You can specify particular geographic regions, making Quaker Ads a good choice for Friends School, retreat centers, and local meeting outreach projects like Quaker Quest.
In the meantime, Google Ads are a mix of site content and your own browsing habit. I would guess immigration reform is something you follow. Google knows that and serves up these ads to you. I myself get ads for Zappos, Friends Journal and Quaker Oats products.
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Permalink Reply by David L. Hoffman on -
How peculiar
Thank you for the explanation.
A majority of the political Google Ads displaying on my system are anathema to me. Either someone at Google has a bent sense of humor, or obnoxious and destructive groups have far more to spend than their humane opponents.
David
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Permalink Reply by Tom Smith on -
I think the same thing happens on Facebook. Many of the "like" recommendations which show up for me are contrary to my opinion. Either I am targeted to "correct" my ways (not going to happen) or "obnoxious and destructive groups have far more to spend than their humane opponents" and everyone is targeted by their "ads."
I don't think "we let it slide," but I trust that there may be a way to "combat" this as Martin describes. I am beginning to feel more and more that there is a "battle" that must be "fought" with Love and Truth against Hate and Ignorance. The "Lamb's War?"
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Permalink Reply by Paula Roberts on -
The libertarian in me says that they have the right to be as obnoxious as they want to be. Besides, I don't think it is safe to assume consensus on any of these issues simply by virtue of belonging to a particular group. As there were slave-owning Friends, I imagine there are Friends who agree with that rhetoric as well.
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