Beware the trickery, fellow Cheeseheads....

[Scuba]

DU has ads for corporate shills.

Case in point. Mark Neumann, running for Governor of Wisconsin. Mark is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican that wants to sue the feds to roll back what he calls "Obamacare", reduce regulations on business, etc, etc, etc.

When you link to his site thru the link DU is showing, these opinions are nowhere - nor is the fact he's a Republican. Link: http://www.strongwisconsin.com/jobs/whymark?gclid=CN6mtqbP2aECFRBx5Qod0G_NKQ

However, when you go to his regular site, you'll find he's almost in the Tea Party.

Deceptive? You bet. The otherwise uninformed DU visitor might think Mark's presence on the site somehow validates him as a liberal.

Would appreciate comments from the moderators.

Thanks,

Scuba

[postulater]

1. Surely don't vote for him, but click on it all you want.

I bet DU gets some revenue from it and it will cost Neumann a few cents every time.

[Scuba]

2. Thanks. Tom Barrett for me.

[mzteris]

3. that's the least of it

I went to du from another computer so wasn't "logged in" when I got there. I was SICKENED by the ads that I saw. If I wasn't already a member, there's no way in hell I would have looked any further, thinking that DU was somehow "aligned" with the putrid groups advertising on here.

I think it's a travesty.

[dembotoz]

4. while i would like to send obama a message.....

i would think their message and my message would be rather different.


it does though bring up the question of a newbie,
a person not familiar with du.
looking at the ads one would get a differing opinion on what this place is about.

The question then becomes what benefit do the right wingy batnuts who advertise on du obtain?

They must get something?
Cash donations?
List of emailers who should be the first to be rounded up and sent to death camps??

What do they get?

[mzteris]

5. good question.

And I guess I wonder, too, if what DU "gets" in terms of revenue outweighs what/who they may be losing from those who never get past those first nauseating ads.


(How're you doing these days?)

[mockmonkey]

6. Maybe this will help explain it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3478451

[sybylla]

7. Follow Mockmonkey's link to report bad ads.

I've done this over the years myself. They have the ability to block them and will.

But as postulator points out, the alternative is that every time you click on it, some of Neumann's money goes to DU. And that's a good thing!

It's all about trade-off's. But if it's as misleading as you say, then you should probably report it.