?I doubt this is pay-per-click, so just clicking on the ads could be ineffective or couter-effective. However the strategy of reporting the ads is potentially a better one, particularly if enough people get involved
I've dispatched two ads this morning via the X button: "No 1 Flight Simulator" x "False advertising: The acknowledged #1 flight simulator by any measure is Microsoft Flight Simulator" (No offence intended against FlightGear, I'm sure there are measures against which it is #1 but I wanted to present a clear argument, and besides, it was a little impulsive I will admit). "New Flight Simulator" x "False advertising: This is not a new flight simulator, but the open-source flight simulator FlightGear which has been existence for many many years." This will obviously have no effect if I'm the only one doing this, but it worries me that as Chris says, the frequency of these ads (in all their variations) is increasing. It can only mean that an increasing number of people are actually following the ads up with orders. Mally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wilkinson" <blobster...@yahoo.com.au> To: "FlightGear developers discussions" <flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FSP facebook ads I'll route FSP's domains to 127.0.0.0 in my hosts file, then start clicking... My hope is that facebook will actually pay heed to my complaints, and look into the legality of the FSP adverts. That might save us from having to employ someone to do the same. Regards, Chris Wilkinson, YBBN/BNE. ________________________________ From: Ron Jensen <w...@jentronics.com> To: FlightGear developers discussions <flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tue, 23 November, 2010 1:04:55 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FSP facebook ads On Monday 22 November 2010 14:41:42 Chris Wilkinson wrote: > Hi guys/gals, > > I notice a big step up in frequency of seeing those pesky FSP ads on > facebook. Sometimes I'm seeing 2 of them on the same page. My response to > those is to click the little 'X' and respond that its either misleading, > or > click 'other' and give a quick comment that it may not fully meet the > terms > of the GPL, and is a rip-off of fgfs. > > It looks like there are only 2 or 3 different ads, but it took clicking on > at least 14-16 of them before they stopped appearing on my fb page - nice, > those behind FSP are uploading the same ads over and over, and calling > them > new ones each time... > > Regards, > > Chris Wilkinson, YBBN/BNE. Hmm, I just assume it costs them money each time I click on them... So I do. :P Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3273 - Release Date: 11/22/10 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3275 - Release Date: 11/23/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
