Surely this is the solution?
General Forum shutdown
- Thread starter Niall
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Surely this is the solution?
Google preaching about unnecessarily hosting inappropriate sexual content? Try typing in the relatively innocuous "teen gang" into Google images.
This is bullshit. The internet is filled with filth.
Hell IGN has a whole set of forums dedicated to tits and ass, butt sex and the like.
Internet, bloody hell.
Wow. Google really run the world, don't they?
or 'Special Fried Rice'. On second thought don't, it's the worst thing you'll ever do.
So who can I report Google to for constantly linking me to porn from even the most innocent of searches?
I'd guess he was blocked because of illegal clicks rather than nudity.
Illegal Clicks is a deadly sin in Google's eyes where as I can't imagine they're as fierece towards this new ridiculous nudity rule they're enforcing when it comes to getting back in. They have to give big forums a bit of leeway to get rid of the archives, surely.
Absolutely ridiculous though.
Suggestions for a name of a temporary general forum replacement?
G Forum
I guess this could mean more discussion in the football forums, which is only a good thing...
... problem is, the, er, season has, well... kind of ended.
... problem is, the, er, season has, well... kind of ended.
This does sound like a good idea - that way nobody could come and snoop on us. Unless they can also demand access to it?
So all the awesome threads of the General are gone forever?
You could probably mess around with a SQL script that removes all images. Might want to take a backup and take the forum down for maintenance, of course...
Not tested, no guarantees it will work:
[edit] You need a UDF for regex search and replace in MYSQL.
Not tested, no guarantees it will work:
[edit] You need a UDF for regex search and replace in MYSQL.
Code:
UPDATE post
SET post.pagetext = REPLACE("\[img\][^\[]*\[/img\]", "Removed image", post.pagetext)
WHERE postid IN (
SELECT post.postid
FROM post
INNER JOIN thread ON thread.threadid = post.threadid
INNER JOIN forum ON forum.forumid = thread.forumid
WHERE forum.forumid = 8 // General Forum
)Google is worse than FIFA
There are already too many idiots frequenting those parts.
We should name it The Bunker.
Yep...It's going to be a long, long summer.
The general is dead, long live The Bunker!
Post counts are about to tumble....
My post count would probably be halved.
Which leads me to ask a question, do the threads in the newb general also count towards adsense cancellation?
Can I just ask some serious Questions
1. I take it this means Google have removed all ads from the sites, thus meaning redcafe.net loses that revenue stream?
2. Is there a good communications channel between redcafe & google or is it an automated decision outside human control?
C. Is there a process in place for getting the ads back or is their precident of this happening to other sites?
4. I take it all income streams for Redcafe come through these Google ads?
Finally good luck Niall & his team
1. I take it this means Google have removed all ads from the sites, thus meaning redcafe.net loses that revenue stream?
2. Is there a good communications channel between redcafe & google or is it an automated decision outside human control?
C. Is there a process in place for getting the ads back or is their precident of this happening to other sites?
4. I take it all income streams for Redcafe come through these Google ads?
Finally good luck Niall & his team
Can a mod please transfer my pervert thread into the newbie general please, I'll carry it on from there where Google can't see it. Thanks!
arghh what?! The General is what made this place special IMHO!
Best go 'talk' about regular stuff on the backup: ...for when the Cafe is down. • Index page
Best go 'talk' about regular stuff on the backup: ...for when the Cafe is down. • Index page
Anyway I go away for 40 mins and come back and this happens.
I will never leave again
I will never leave again
Oh Goddammit.
You're going to be pretty lonely over there, I'm guessing.
Tough decisions, eh.
But Google's revenue is essential. If deleting the General Forum entirely with it's dirty backlog helps to satisfy them, then do it. We can always start over. I'm sure you're doing everything possible to keep the website running and we posters need to understand that.
Good luck to you Niall.
But Google's revenue is essential. If deleting the General Forum entirely with it's dirty backlog helps to satisfy them, then do it. We can always start over. I'm sure you're doing everything possible to keep the website running and we posters need to understand that.
Good luck to you Niall.
feck Google, I'm going on strike
I blame El Duce. The new guy.
He posted a naked chick and a cock in a pad lock on the same day.
Lets get him
He posted a naked chick and a cock in a pad lock on the same day.
Lets get him
As someone said earlier, what's the problem in 'hiding' the General?
Hiding forums is done on a group basis, so it's not that simple I don't think. I can't remember exactly how it was set up, but you would need to create a new group I think and then add everyone to it one by one. If that is the case, it would be simpler to just go through each thread, certify it, and then copy it here.
fecking google twats
meh - but I mean philosophically is censoring content really necessary at such a draconian level, esp due to 3rd party advertising blah blah? We already have strict rules re: not mentioning Munich, Heysel, etc which is understable, but now this....and what's next, no swearing?!
Very very sorry about that Niall.
So is the bunker now only accessible by members? If so, I say leave it as it is and allocate certain trusted members to trawl the Old General and transfer over 'clean thread' to the new one.
Responsibility for keeping this new one should very clearly fall on every member. Inappropriate material should be reported by us all!
So is the bunker now only accessible by members? If so, I say leave it as it is and allocate certain trusted members to trawl the Old General and transfer over 'clean thread' to the new one.
Responsibility for keeping this new one should very clearly fall on every member. Inappropriate material should be reported by us all!
Don't think so, private or not, Google ads are still served on these pages as they scan the content to determine what ads to display.
If I have a nice, clean, family-friendly product, I don't want it to be next to a picture of Shay Laren's luscious, nude breasts. Google doesn't want to annoy these people, so it avoids those ads matching to such lovely pictures.
No, as I said, as far as I can remember, forum viewing is done on a group basis. So, for each group, you have a list of what that group can see, not the other way round. My memory could be going and I could be totally wrong, but I think it was done that way, you can then go to the user level and do the same.