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  • CLShortFuse, on 07/06/2008, -7/+202Oddly enough, it's there when I visited the link (though I had to disable Adblock)
    http://www.wanderings.net/notebook/Main/10ReasonsW ...
  • robertstevenson, on 07/07/2008, -25/+2I wonder why the layout guy works now?
  • ReidFleming, on 07/07/2008, -2/+43I'm sure pattern/word matching algorithms mostly work out in the company's favor. I wonder if some companies put anything in their contracts about what should happen when the page contains negative stories about them.
    • arjung, on 07/08/2008, -1/+7how often are there webpages praising De Beers by name versus those condemning De Beers?

      i bet there are a lot more condemning them, so I would say it's a safe bet to not advertise on the pages that contain their own company's name.
      • rabidbob, on 07/08/2008, -0/+12Well you'd think that it wouldn't be too hard to add:

        if (([company name] && ("HIV" || "AIDS"))
        // write url to tblCounterPropaganda
      • arjung, on 07/08/2008, -1/+5you didn't close your last parenthesis, but i dugg you up anyway.
      • sjclovesjc, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1All the above true UNLESS the space is sold to an Ad company who decides (or automatically places) the advertisement. In that case, you lose most of your autonomy over that space. Good luck in asking Google Analytics to do the above for your specific website...

        However, I'm sure that if De Beers found that this particular article was that damning (I doubt it), they'd be able to give Google a green enough handshake to rectify the situation.
      • theguesser10, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1You can tell them to tell them not to run your ad on those pages.
  • BoonTobias, on 07/07/2008, -17/+149expensive jewelry is for dumbasses
    • theguitarman2, on 07/08/2008, -30/+2Wasting my time is for dumbasses
    • Hazardc, on 07/08/2008, -5/+43It is amazing to me that the entire world still revolves around shiny pieces of metal and rocks when it all comes down to it.

      we are still ***** cave dwellers.

      • soupdawg30, on 07/08/2008, -7/+2You live in a cave?
      • smacksaw, on 07/08/2008, -2/+12He's Batman.
      • MindStalker, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2You don't live in a cave???
      • rabidbob, on 07/08/2008, -2/+18I don't ***** a cave dweller.
      • Zakolus, on 07/08/2008, -5/+1Whilst most of these comments are retarded, I have an opinion to express. I agree with everything you say Hazardc, except it will never change, we are a nation of capitalist and therefore everything we do revolves around "shiny pieces of metal and rock", it's sad but it's the truth, which can be disturbing.
      • n0c0ntr0l, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1you're missing one big important thing... liquid gold/ crude oil, the world almost literally revolves around it, why else do you think the middle east is just a massive war zone?
      • Charlie117, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Cave Dwellers perhaps; but cave dwellers with bling bling none the less
      • Inquisition, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1The WORLD doesn't revolve around shiny rocks, WOMEN are to blame. Apparently, you don't really love her until you spend an obscene amount of money on her. It really isn't the thought that counts, or carnations would be acceptable on Valentine's day. The fact is that you must spend more than you can afford to prove that you care.
    • jeffkee, on 07/08/2008, -16/+5Expensive jewelry is for those who can afford it. And those who can afford it tend to be the smart ones who got rich.
      • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/08/2008, -0/+7Or it's just for idiots to rack up credit card debt.
      • wejmahtin, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3Most of the rich people I know do not wear flashy expensive *****. They're down-to-earth and low key, with completely different priorities, which is what got them to be in their financial position to begin with. It's the ones who want to be rich so they can wear flashy ***** that rarely make it, and are the ones seen wearing fake designer handbags.
      • s0nicfreak, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4No, the rich people who waste money on expensive ***** are usually stupid people that got rich because of someone else (who they married or who their parents are).
    • jerrycurley, on 07/08/2008, -3/+21Maybe...but you know what? You spend money on stupid worthless ***** too.
      • apextek, on 07/08/2008, -2/+5like a plasma?
        or that warehouse of pink flamingos I had to have.
      • RobotLeAwesome, on 07/08/2008, -2/+18hey, my fleet of segways is awesome.
      • TheMidnight, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1You see me roll on...
    • trademaak, on 07/08/2008, -13/+2No, it's not. I guess you favour cheap plastic ***** instead. Also, you are saying that only because you can not afford.
      • minorthreat, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Thats what you materialistic people keep telling yourself to make yourself feel better. Do you envy the man who drives a little beat up pick-up but has over 30k spending cash in his bank account?
    • IglooBurner, on 07/08/2008, -2/+3not unless if its a ring that construct green solid energy out of your mind's imagination.
      • verivalta, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2Whatever it is that you're smoking... I want some.
      • Tyrghast, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1@ Verivalta

        since you're a female, I forgive you for not understanding his Green Lantern reference.
      • captainanndor, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2@Tyrghast
        You're giving her too much leeway. I'm a female and I understood his reference.
      • pigducksheep, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6@All females who just commented
        Pics plz.
      • captainanndor, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1@pigducksheep
        You first.

        But even then, no. :)
      • verivalta, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1@Tyrghast

        Thanks for the forgiveness and maybe even realizing that not everyone reads comic books/graphic novels.
      • jerrycurley, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1It has nothing to do with having a vagina. It has to do with having a life.
    • mwalker05, on 07/08/2008, -8/+6... enjoy being single. if you aren't then i pity the poor girl you've suckered into a relationship. if you cant splurge on something idiotic (and that she will wear the rest of her life) every once and a while just to show you care, you probably dont care at all. the whole point of jewelry is that it costs a lot of money, not that its pretty.
      • sodade, on 07/08/2008, -0/+16Yeah well, my wife and I have matching titanium bands. They cost like $250 for the pair. I could have easily bought her a "big rock" just as I could easily buy a Hummer, but I didn't because I am not a douchebag who equivocates money with love or coolness.
      • desertDenizen, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4Dugg for titanium. I'm planning on doing that too. There's a place that does synthetic diamond coating so they'll never get scratched.
      • JKAL, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4Fortunately for the rest of us there are women out there, that value themselves a lot more than just by being bought off by a simple piece of metal of material value. The POINT of good jewelry is for it's beauty and art work regardless of it's price.
      • AYork, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2desertDenizen: The diamond coating doesn't work too great. I got one ~ 3 years ago to replace my old ring when it got stolen. Although it does stand up better, it's still pretty scratched up now. If you really want scratch free, get the tungsten. It's a harder metal, but it is a LOT more expensive.

        JKAL: That is an EXCELLENT point. My wife's ring cost ~$700 for both the engagement and wedding bands. less than a carat in the whole thing, but it gets more compliments that near 2 carat rings of friends. It's the artwork of the jeweler. Just planting some rock in there because it's pretty is easy. Shaping the stone and metal into something beautiful is something more.
      • captainanndor, on 07/08/2008, -0/+7I pity the poor girl who gets suckered into a relationship with you just because you can throw money at her. Or you for getting suckered into a relationship with a girl who can be so easily bought.

        If the only method you can think of to show that you care is to buy something stupidly expensive, then you don't really care that much and that relationship won't last. Especially when you inevitably run out of money.

        Most people want more than a price tag. I'd much rather someday be proposed to with a ring from a gumball machine because "it has a dinosaur on it and it's orange, and I know you love dinosaurs and the color orange" than "I asked the guy which one cost the most and got you that one. It should impress everyone else who sees it".
    • jrattner1, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Some people just like expensive things. Buying a $30,000 dollar diamond doesn't mean ***** when your making 4mil a year
    • dlite922, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Yeah, you're gonne have one of "those" wives.

      This article basically says, women are conditioned. that's not 1 woman, 2 women, but most women at the least.

      Unfortunately for most of us, this includes our spouses (those of us who are old enough) and they expect diamond rings for the wedding.

      Any shot at trying to convince them of the points in this article WILL undoubtedly seem that we're trying to low-ball them and escape the cost, and therefore commitment. If you think this won't happen, you've never been with a woman.

      I'd like to see you get me (us) out of this Catch-22 instead of a flamboyant and half-assed remark that solves nothing.

  • tehhowch, on 07/07/2008, -20/+482Please, no more image/ad combinations. They seem hilarious, but are not, because we all know exactly why they occur.
    • ps2pers0n, on 07/08/2008, -38/+13why do they occur?
      • tankintheair315, on 07/08/2008, -2/+70adsense sees diamonds, gives you a diamond add
      • TnTBass, on 07/08/2008, -0/+9Illuminati want it that way.
    • Jashro, on 07/08/2008, -2/+151Then what good is MSPaint?
      • xXIrsotehkewlXx, on 07/08/2008, -2/+6Duh, MSPaint is for badly drawn penises on your friend's pictures.
      • rowjimmy, on 07/08/2008, -1/+3and then making said pictures their desktop background
    • senatorpjt, on 07/08/2008, -1/+10It's even more hilarious because we know why they occur. It's not some random coincidence. Maybe they'd be better off to work on some adsense code that can heuristically determine whether the page is against whatever item and offer an ad for an alternative.
    • desertDenizen, on 07/08/2008, -2/+4Some of them actually are hilarious.
    • djnack, on 07/08/2008, -3/+2Amen.
    • NaziHatinChimp, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2Ok buddy. Sure thing.
    • ZephyrNinety, on 07/08/2008, -5/+5Shut up. I like 'em.
    • katierosekills, on 07/08/2008, -2/+1Lyke WTF ScReen GrAB LOL
    • fatjoe, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1Google Ads Development Team must be thrilled
  • lilbugleboy09, on 07/07/2008, -2/+34Haven't we been through this before?
  • AlexBellisBrown, on 07/07/2008, -8/+185I like de wine, i like de spirits, and i like de beer.
    • fearlessfx, on 07/08/2008, -1/+34I like de play on words
    • apextek, on 07/08/2008, -7/+2i dated a girl once, her name was heidi beers, i liked the play on words and her play on my.....
      • jocnnor, on 07/08/2008, -5/+8Do we have to put up with this? I mean, can't we get a better actor? I know it's a small part, but I think we can do better than this...
      • LeonidasStokely, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1... poor grasp of sentence structure.
      • apextek, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1all you guys that buried me have dirty minds, I was going to say macbook air :P
    • KaJuN4, on 07/08/2008, -2/+25But do you like da Bears?
    • saxreturns, on 07/08/2008, -5/+2I de what you did there.
  • APErebus, on 07/08/2008, -11/+76Just how did this end up on the front page?

    Old joke and it's really not funny anymore.

    Considering the number of times De Beers was mentioned in the page, no wonder Google chucked the ad up.
  • blueandgreen24, on 07/08/2008, -17/+5*Insert obligatory Da Bears joke here*

    /not creative enough to think of one
    • coolcash2005, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1You are de failiest fail of all fails
  • CptGreencoat, on 07/08/2008, -19/+6How unfortunate.

    8======D
  • Pusod, on 07/08/2008, -13/+1When you look closely at the edge of the ad it's as crisp and clean as the edge of a knife, now look at the lettering and borders above that and you can notice the difference! It is shopped! No De Beers bashing website in their right mind will ever let them put an ad on their page! Shenanigans!
  • batmanz, on 07/08/2008, -12/+109I can get AIDS off a diamond ring?!?!
    • Namco, on 07/08/2008, -1/+26No, but the whore you patronize after a long evening of mining diamonds will.
    • CarStan, on 07/08/2008, -4/+5'Everyone has AIDS. AIDS! AIDS! AIDS!'

      Don't you ever wondered HOW everyone got AIDS?
    • yayintertubes, on 07/08/2008, -3/+13Not just aids... Super AIDS
      • FluffyArmada, on 07/08/2008, -2/+6One tablespoon of that in your ass and you'll be dead in three years!
      • dalectrics, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Are you positive?...
      • WiretapStudios, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3I'm HIV positive!
      • echunny, on 07/08/2008, -2/+0Not just positive... HIV positive....
    • Larsonal777, on 07/08/2008, -9/+3Is that supposed to make me feel bad that I bought a diamond for my girl? That the miners can't keep it in their pants? That they cheat on their wives... get aids... and then give it to their wives when they see them? LOL
      • ChristianMagic, on 07/08/2008, -1/+4Yes, yes, the fact that people are dying because of such a stupid reason is absolutely hilarious.
      • repmekevets, on 07/08/2008, -1/+4few people can make me feel such disgust as you have, sir. the diamond industry is completely brutal and inhumane. millions have died from our need to have these pretty little hunks of carbon. but hey as long as your girl needs that little shiny rock to remind her that you love her, great.

        read this together and feel the love for yourselves.. and your complete disregard for the suffering of your fellow brothers and sisters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_diamonds
      • Larsonal777, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Ummm... first off the diamond industry is not COMPLETELY brutal and inhumane... the CONFLICT diamond industry is brutal and inhumane... not all diamonds are conflict diamonds.

        Second of all... I'm making fun of the fact that they have a whole bullet point on that people shouldn't buy diamonds because of AIDS... Seriously WTF how does diamonds and AIDS go together? Did you even read the ***** article? They say that because the camps only allow men that they will have sex with prostitutes and spread AIDS... Umm... I'm sorry... but that does NOT make me feel bad for them, at ALL! The fact that their prostitutes have AIDS?!?!? Ummm... no.
    • LiquidBeats, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6nothing $180,000 can't cure
    • megamod, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1"Diamond miners are disproportionately exposed to HIV/AIDS"...because they're cheating wh0res!!!
      • karaokekidd, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3Miners of all types are typically men with disposable income and nothing local to spend money on except alcohol and whores. There are problems in Brazil right now with miners giving STD's to amazonian tribeswomen.
    • WiretapStudios, on 07/08/2008, -4/+1In Africa, the AIDS gets YOU.
    • XaN3, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2Get Gypsy Tears
  • vinceislegend, on 07/08/2008, -13/+8Oh I get it! It's one of those things that has an ad for the company/product/event/candidate that the page is condemning that always get like 2000 Diggs!

    Clever!
    • SuperMoses, on 07/08/2008, -1/+9Oh I get it! A smart ass comment from a digger!

      Clever!
      • Zakolus, on 07/08/2008, -1/+0Oh I get it! Someone pointing out the smart-assery from another digger, thus making themselves look like smart-asses!

        Clever!
  • johnnorton, on 07/08/2008, -7/+2No such thing as bad press.
    • desertDenizen, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Nixon, Extra Strength Tylenol, Exxon, Union Carbide, and Ken Lay all beg to differ.
  • changyang1230, on 07/08/2008, -5/+74De Beers - the enemy of every man in the world.
    • dotcomdog, on 07/08/2008, -10/+0enemy of poor men,hehe
    • RoflCoptah, on 07/08/2008, -8/+2but the best friend of every woman?
    • apextek, on 07/08/2008, -1/+4its only a few months of pay...
      sarcasm
    • desertDenizen, on 07/08/2008, -0/+25I hate a particularly evil ad of theirs: A guy yells out "I love this woman" and the woman looks around hoping nobody saw him. Then he says something like, "well then, how about this?" and pulls out diamond jewelry. She hugs him and whispers, "I love this man. I love this man."

      It's ***** evil. Think about the message... 1. You're a freak if you try to show your love for a woman by doing anything non-traditional. 2. The woman will reject you. 3. If you give her a diamond, then she will love you.

      Evil. I hate them. So does my future bride; we're recycling her grandmother's eternity ring, and putting the saved $5-8K into the house downpayment fund. IMO, any cool, secure woman would choose this. (Oops, there I go, that was sure to offend... go ahead and digg me down.)

      ***** DE BEERS.
    • grizzlybrice, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1DA BEARS!
    • billbugger, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1except the oweners
  • temporaryescape, on 07/08/2008, -10/+64i guarantee your girlfriend would see this and say.... so?
    • senatorpjt, on 07/08/2008, -2/+21Not really. My GF basically said "Yeah, I know that diamond mining is bad for the environment/funds civil wars/slavery but everyone is going to ask to see the ring"

      I guess it's a way to pawn off the responsibility on everyone else. "It's not for me it's so everyone I know doesn't think you're a worthless scumbag."
    • raquel9e, on 07/08/2008, -3/+7My girlfriend wouldn't. And I can guarantee her girlfriend wouldn't.
    • rabidbob, on 07/08/2008, -2/+7We'll see ... I just forwarded it to my g/f.
    • Augie1969, on 07/08/2008, -2/+11Actually, after many discussions on the topic prior to our engagement, my fiancee and I decided on an emerald. They are more rare/valuable, and will actually hold worth if or when DeBeers ever tanks.

      A diamond is actually NOT forever. This company's marketing, however, is masterful.

      BTW, there are a couple of small diamonds on her emerald ring. They are a good looking and tough stone, just not really worth *****.
    • wanderingsun, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3Nope. Not this girl, anyway. I had no idea about the atrocities surrounding the mining of diamonds, either.

      While I think that it is a marketing scam, the real reason I didn't want one was because I was scared I'd lose it - I don't need that kind of liability.

      So, my wedding ring is silver - and I haven't lost it. It's a hell of a lot more unique to have a silver wedding band than a "unique" diamond, too.
    • desertDenizen, on 07/08/2008, -2/+7As I stated above, my gf and I are recycling her grandmother's eternity ring and putting the money into a house downpayment fund. We're both smart and she's solid quality.

      Symbols are very important, but we have many of those. We toyed with the idea of tatooing rings under our rings... how's THAT for commitment?... to allow for removing them during workouts, sports, traveling to certain developing nations, etc.
      • phibit, on 07/08/2008, -1/+9Toying with an idea? Wow, now THAT's commitment. I toyed with the idea of stapling myself to my girlfriend's front porch, but it didn't work out.
      • desertDenizen, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2No sir, pardon my abundantly clear hypothetical construct, next time I'll be more explicit with a parenthetical explaining, for the ESL readers, that "THAT" refers to the tattoo not the toying. If you're still confused, I'll paraphrase: We considered doing something irreversible.

        BTW, stapling yourself to your girlfriend would be much more symbolic (and fun) than to her porch, unless your intent is to symbolize that you're a doormat.

      • shawn1122, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4Wow, both of your posts make you sound like a douchebag desertDenizen.

        And I think phibit knows what you mean, he's just saying that toying with an idea isn't really commitment at all, not unless you actually do what you're thinking.

        I can toy with the idea of having sex with your mom, but does that mean I actually seriously consider doing it at some point?
      • desertDenizen, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2I guess I'd have to agree with you, shawn, although I was just playing around with him on the second one. I've been kinda douchey for a few days now, not sure why. I think I'm bummed with where Digg is headed (comment quality is approaching that of YouTube) and at one point I just got all "***** it" due to a bunch of racist and other retarded crap here. That's probably no excuse though.
  • f4nt0m4s, on 07/08/2008, -2/+12de batteries
  • Smooshee, on 07/08/2008, -1/+6Contextually targeted ads, gotta love em
  • aenegeling, on 07/08/2008, -1/+4I remember seeing a similar thing take place in 2006 after the news came out about Chinese Falun Gong practitioners being imprisoned and having their hearts, corneas (etc) extracted against their will (often while they were alive) by the Chinese government/military. I can't remember where I saw the article, but clearly remember there were ads on the page for organ transplants. =|
  • Jpardue, on 07/08/2008, -3/+44He went to Jared...
    • mphree, on 07/08/2008, -2/+50My name is Jared. I effing hate that company. Every time I fix a computer, I have the dumbass customer saying "We went to Jared!" and "Thaaaaaat's Jared!" God... I hate it.
      • matroska1, on 07/08/2008, -0/+28I do feel for you, that's a bad draw man =/ That ad campaign plus Jared Fogel - Subway douchebag.. Hard times for the Jareds
      • BedPost, on 07/08/2008, -1/+7Go by Steve
      • crownedgriffin, on 07/08/2008, -0/+16My name is Jared as well. The jewellery company doesn't cause me too much trouble, but I hate that Subway guy. His mouth is freakishly large.
      • WilleyDiggemz, on 07/08/2008, -2/+0Hello my name is David.
      • Syphon8, on 07/08/2008, -4/+1Really? I thought it was only ever spelt Jarrod.
      • Sunnygurm, on 07/08/2008, -1/+11"Why don't you just go by Jay instead of Jared?"

        "No, why should I change my name, he's the one who sucks"
      • EvilJelloMan, on 07/08/2008, -1/+10There WAS nothing wrong with that name, until that no-talent assclown became famous and started selling jewelry.
      • Gamer2k4, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4"So Jared, been eating those subs?"
        "Hey Jared, got any diamonds for me?"

        IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE! STOP IT!

        As matroska1 said, it's a rough time to be a Jared.
    • jman82s, on 07/08/2008, -3/+11He went to Jared?
    • MenoUnderwater, on 07/08/2008, -2/+11He went to Jared!
    • Aerandir, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6Jared, the Galleria of Jewelry.
  • chamberlanderic, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2AHHH that's the beauty of keywords !
  • misterme09, on 07/08/2008, -2/+0This is why Facebook's new ad-rating feature is greatly needed.
  • Culyt, on 07/08/2008, -0/+20I think the fact that you can grow diamonds now, cheap, is enough to stay away from them. Who cares if your diamond came out of the ground or a pressurised tank, you can't tell the difference, professional jewellers can't either.

    I don't understand why the market places hasn't already been flooded with grown diamonds yet.

    ☢
    • apextek, on 07/08/2008, -1/+10the guys who grow them are doing it in relative secrecy while they grow their business, (pun not intended) so that they are a strong enough business that debeers cant shut them down, and/or dont send hits out on them for ruining the diamond mining business.

      Diamonds are plentiful in nature, but the are made scares on purpose by the industry to drive up prices.

      Now that I think of it maybe they've been talk with the oil industry......
    • senatorpjt, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2The ones i've seen have a laser inscription making them easy to spot. If it weren't for that, nobody would buy the mined ones.
    • TnTBass, on 07/08/2008, -0/+8Actually, the manufactured diamonds are able to be detected since they are generally perfect diamonds, where mined diamonds will have many more flaws in them.

      It's just like boobs, if they are perfect, chances are they are fake.
      • verivalta, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3Wow you apparently haven't seen many fake boobs. If you call perfect looking like someone painted two balloons flesh toned and super glued them to someones chest. Yeah..that's smexy.
    • repmekevets, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2because it's a lot cheaper to pick a diamond out of the ground with slave labor than it is to create a diamond in a lab under extremely high temperature and pressure.
    • Parkinsons, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2But the guy at the diamond store told me that they are "fake". Who am I going to believe, a certified diamond expert or the internet?
      • mllawso, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1They're fake in the sense that they are man-made, and cost less than the "real" ones. Physically and chemically, however, they're the same. Also, the "expert" wants you to buy the more expensive "real" diamonds; which I think makes him a biased source of information.
  • calebhawk, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2611. they are ***** expensive
    • SuperMoses, on 07/08/2008, -0/+912. They are useless rocks.
      • piwy, on 07/08/2008, -0/+5Well not really useless, you can use them to cut stuff. But yah, other than that…
      • yayintertubes, on 07/08/2008, -4/+714. But oh so shiny *_*
  • davidrools, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2Awesome that whoever came across this was researching the pitfalls of the natural diamond trade, while at the same time looking up a good alternative - Apollo manmade diamonds. I just got a Chatham stone for my to be fiancee and, while still expensive, isn't contributing to the horrors that natural diamonds do.
  • diggenerate, on 07/08/2008, -7/+1To all of you unfortunate souls that post these moronic articles about so called "unfortunate ad placement". You obviously don't understand how these ads work in the first place. The ad company scours the site that the ad is on and places ads relevant to the topics of the pages that you are viewing, hence this has happened in the past, it is happening now and it is going to continue as long as the web exists. I can see the humor in the placement but do you really need to post something every single time this happens. For the sake of all of us please stop.
    • m0laria, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2I'm pretty sure the dude knows how it works. It's funny because if you're calling to boycott something, you'd think that person would take the time to boycott that something from their advertising network. But they didn't. It's mildly ironic. You don't think it's funny, ironic, or in any way entertaining - don't digg it.
    • Tbab, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1"...it is happening now and it is going to continue as long as the web exists."

      Or until someone writes a better algorithm.
      • RaptureBiz, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1"Or until someone writes a better algorithm"

        You beat me to it, 7 years ago, they said true contextual advertising was impossible.
      • diggenerate, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I was going to write that as well, however, when I thought about the fact that the person didn't understand the workings of said advertisements i realized that they probably have no clue what an algorithm is. So i "dumbed" it down a bit.
  • DeskFlyer, on 07/08/2008, -10/+3http://i27.tinypic.com/n30toh.jpg
    • crownedgriffin, on 07/08/2008, -3/+3Real men use MSPaint.
      • DeskFlyer, on 07/08/2008, -2/+1Real men digg MSPaint worthy stuff, not this crap.
      • crownedgriffin, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2I didn't Digg it, I just commented on the awesomeness of MSPaint.
  • shaneomac27, on 07/08/2008, -2/+1das beers?
  • crazycracker911, on 07/08/2008, -1/+13"DIAMONDS". "That will shut her up".... first thing I thought of
    • ShitStainedBall, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2"DIAMONDS! Because she'll pretty much have to!"
    • verivalta, on 07/08/2008, -0/+5"DIAMONDS." "She'll pretty much have to."
  • MLisa, on 07/08/2008, -3/+8Bad ad placement is one thing, but why is there no mention of the cruel treatment and amputations imposed on the residents of South Africa. This is a complex issue. De Beers controls the market. Not unlike the gas companies. They set their own price. Boycott diamonds!
  • prozacjack, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2This happens on IGN all the time.
  • EwMo, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3Good to see that not everyone is writing and thinking with their wallet
  • hellahyphy, on 07/08/2008, -3/+1It was probably put there for a reason.
  • jerrycurley, on 07/08/2008, -5/+0I don't get it...do all you people REALLY not understand how targeted ads work? If they scan the text and see DeBeers listed several times, and DeBeers has an account, then they will use that ad. The process is not sophisticated enough (nor will itr ever be) to understand the meaning of the entire article and stop this.

    So, can we really stop acting all surprised whne this happens and stop submitting stupid ***** like this every other day?
  • wunderwood, on 07/08/2008, -0/+39Let's all click on the add and give google a little of de beers money.
    • nolimitmc1123, on 07/08/2008, -1/+3GENIUS.

      However, then the blogger gets money, too :)
      • po43292, on 07/08/2008, -0/+7It's not the blogger's fault.
      • gigitrix, on 07/08/2008, -0/+8surely the blogger deserves it? Its all true...
  • dennistennis, on 07/08/2008, -3/+5I've added this to my collection:

    http://yfinder.de/driven/index.php/2006/12/11/unfo ...

    Hope you don't mind!
    • ggacid, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Wow.. The "Day of Terror" With the World Trade towers and United advertising 12,500 miles made my jaw.. Obviously old, but first time I've seen it.

      On the other hand, alot of them I didn't really see anything funny. But a decent archive.
  • apextek, on 07/08/2008, -3/+2the engine spider saw the word debeers and thought it was a good place for selling their diamonds
  • Berkana, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2Forget about De Beers, and just get a lab grown diamond or moissanite. If your honey asks, tell your its guaranteed to have funded any civil wars in Africa.
  • identifiedlogo, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3Got owned by the internets....Resistance is futile
  • crepuscular, on 07/08/2008, -4/+0rofl!!!
  • 0Xonox0, on 07/08/2008, -3/+1Adsense at work.
  • 007Allmighty, on 07/08/2008, -0/+0+1 for identifiedlogo. We can't resist it, it's comming!
  • silfiriel, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2It's not unfortunate, it's contextual...
  • Lynxist, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2Contextually unfortunate indeed.
  • oriyn142, on 07/08/2008, -1/+13I think all adds are unfortunately placed.
    • Faken, on 07/08/2008, -1/+3Advertising is what keeps websites free. You would you prefer to pay for every major website you use?
  • funatwork2, on 07/08/2008, -2/+1that's google and it's hierogliphics for you
  • lordrahl, on 07/08/2008, -1/+11Does anyone else HATE it when someone goes into paint and writes a big arrow and then some useless, generally obnoxious info over whatever we were supposed to be looking at?
    I mean come on... I think we can read the article and then see the de beers add with out the GIANT arrow and WTF scrawled across the screen.

    maybe its just me... idk
    • desertDenizen, on 07/08/2008, -1/+4I usually need the help. :)
    • repmekevets, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4this is digg, we don't have time to READ an article, come on!
  • beerock, on 07/08/2008, -8/+1Nice fake, dbag.
  • ATLien74, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Diamonds are for stupid people with too much money, "essentially, useless hunks of rock". So how many people do you think suffered for this?
    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/20 ...
  • maeon3, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2The diamonds your buying were clawed from the earth by African child slave labor. But don't worry, they live thousands of miles away, and you will never meet them.
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