Non-Intrusive Ads… for a Short While

[CapnAndy]

Morality counts too, dont take money from companies that produce such offensively degenerate garbage.

just find some nice wholesome human porn

 

[ediefalcopuppyalt]

I swear one more ai ad and I’m gonna do something like mess up ai image datasets

 

[Angry_Panda]

I swear one more ai ad and I’m gonna do something like mess up ai image datasets

You maniac! Think of all the hard work the programmers yeah I can't finish that sentence with a straight face.

 

[ediefalcopuppyalt]

The ai site domain was registered in Iceland in November of 2024. On the wayback machine, in late December of 2024, it looked to be a dating site, with an “earn” button in the menu. (https://web.archive.org/web/20241213051123/https://ourdream.ai/) My guess is it was a site like OF

 

[ediefalcopuppyalt]

I’m not gonna dig anymore, since I don’t want to accidentally do something stupid, so I’m gonna leave it at that

 

[Haketh]

Been a user of the site for a long time and was ultimately happy with it despite some irksome changes, shit happens but I get it. Logging into the website and going to the front page for once rather than directly to the titles I read and being hit with a AI Girlfriend site ad is a bit too much to approve of though. I get that this shit is expensive to maintain but come on man, this shit is ass

 

[jeezits]

Yeah, I'm blocking every ad from now on, and I'm sure I'm hardly the only person who tolerated them for the sake of the site until this. Not to mention being willing to accept AI money will now make everyone worry if the code of this place is going to become even worse.

The money pouring into the AI scam is gonna run out sooner rather than later and whatever scummy ad networks you're a part of now are gonna vaporize. Get a new ad service before that happens. If you can't, just shut it down and be done with it.

 

[exLightning]

I really don't care about the AI ad I just came to the forums because I knew people would be malding.
I don't get why people are upset, if you hate AI companies the ad being on the site means they have to pay mangadex, so less money for the AI company and more money for Mangadex.

Having an ad on a site has never been an endorsement and definitely doesn't mean AI is involved in this site in anyway.

And if you're just upset at the possibility of people clicking on the link because they're interested in something related to AI then sorry to say but people are free to like different things than you.
Anyway I hope Mangadex doesn't remove it, anticipating a lot of ❌

 

[vidopnir]

Anyway I hope Mangadex doesn't remove it, anticipating a lot of ❌

Next time you create dogshit bait make sure you don't announce its bait.
Poor quality ads breed poor quality replies.

 

[jeezits]

I really don't care about the AI ad I just came to the forums because I knew people would be malding.
I don't get why people are upset, if you hate AI companies the ad being on the site means they have to pay mangadex, so less money for the AI company and more money for Mangadex.

Having an ad on a site has never been an endorsement and definitely doesn't mean AI is involved in this site in anyway.

And if you're just upset at the possibility of people clicking on the link because they're interested in something related to AI then sorry to say but people are free to like different things than you.
Anyway I hope Mangadex doesn't remove it, anticipating a lot of ❌

Welp the CSAM generator fan has logged their opinion.

 

[JVick]

The good thing with this ad is that it finally made me use the extended block list on my mobile adblock since mangadex was the only website where I was still seeing ads with my mobile browser. I didn't bother me that much. Now it's gone.

 

[saito197]

Thank you Mangadex admins for letting me block ads on here without any remorse

 

[zyto]

…working only with carefully chosen partners.

why is there ai gooner slop ad on the tl bro

 

[Bartolumiu]

Hi everyone
After considerable internal backlash from multiple staff members (myself included), we've decided to remove the current ad campaign from the website.
Thank you to everyone who expressed their disagreement and concerns about this AI-slop ad, as this has helped us provide concrete evidence to support our arguments.

The ad should be gone in a bit (1h max), leaving the placeholder with the 2 little dorks visible again.

 

[BestBoy]

Thank goodness. Whoever approved it should be forced to wear the dunce cap until the ad campaign is over.

 

[Bartolumiu]

Thank goodness. Whoever approved it should be forced to wear the dunce cap until the ad campaign is over.

Ooh, I love that idea!

 

[BestBoy]

Might as well put them in the dunce box too.

 

[ksen]

Hi everyone
After considerable internal backlash from multiple staff members (myself included), we've decided to remove the current ad campaign from the website.
Thank you to everyone who expressed their disagreement and concerns about this AI-slop ad, as this has helped us provide concrete evidence to support our arguments.

The ad should be gone in a bit (1h max), leaving the placeholder with the 2 little dorks visible again.

It'll be hard to rebuild any sort of trust from this point on, even with ad removal.

 

[Bartolumiu]

It'll be hard to rebuild any sort of trust from this point on, even with ad removal.

What's been done cannot be undone, so now we can always look at it from the bright side, since this serves as an example of something that must not be repeated again in the future.

 

[ksen]

What's been done cannot be undone, so now we can always look at it from the bright side, since this serves as an example of something that must not be repeated again in the future.

It's hard time trusting that will never happen again, cause everyone have seen how that goes.
Mangadex doesn't have a problem reversing their policy after all, like putting ads in the first place.