Parker Molloy
I like how we've all just gotten used to the bottom half of news sites being just a bunch of scammy clickbait Taboola ads designed to look like news stories from the site you're on.
Feb 8, 2023 at 2:43amWeb
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 8, 2023

But, tbh, I do love the chaos of the whole thing. It'll go from a normalish looking link to bonkers gobbledygook over the span of like 3 ads.

For instance:

1. Typical online diet "one weird trick" type ads

Show threadParker MolloyFeb 8, 2023
2. Weird medical-type "warning signs" scam ads
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 8, 2023

But then you get to 3. And by the time you get to 3, it is no longer a boring ad, but an invitation to chaos. At this point, you become glad the ads exist. Lol

3. Chaos content

Show threadPatrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦Feb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy Damn, now I want to know about the crayon thing.
Show threadI've moved to [email protected]Feb 8, 2023
@pjohanneson You will never, ever be able to. @parkermolloy
Show threadSedunkerFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy “Always stick a running chainsaw up your bum while traveling, here’s why”
Show threadCory Feb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy I feel like I’ve been missing out by running an ad blocked this whole time
Show threadHryscanFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy Heads to bathroom…
Show threadJeff GolickFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy You've seen John Mahoney's 2015 classification of these ads, which he called internet chum, back at The Awl (RIP)? https://www.theawl.com/2015/06/a-complete-taxonomy-of-internet-chum
A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chum

by John MahoneyThis is a bucket of chum. Chum is decomposing fish matter that elicits a purely neurological brain stem response in its target consumer: larger fish, like sharks. It signals that they should let go, deploy their nictitating ...

The Awl
Show threadmjfgatesFeb 8, 2023
@jgolick @parkermolloy That article is gross, which is to say, it fits right in here.
Show threadMichael RoufaFeb 9, 2023
@jgolick @parkermolloy Came to reply with this. I loved that article for taking something that I had accepted as the "new normal" and putting it under a microscope.
Show threadplsburydoughboy (I/het/him)Feb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy to be fair, I am now curious about what happens if you put Vaseline and toothpaste together
Show threadNeedlessly Adversarial ExampleFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy 5 Ways To Avoid Doing Business With The Yakuza was when I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Show threadNick HendriksFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy I especially love ones with sensationalist titles like "Texas grandmother has strange growth removed from her lung" and it's accompanied by a picture of like, mochi or a fig or something. Buddy, you're gonna have to find a weirder food to convince me
Show threadLibertyForward1Feb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy Mmm, pencil shavings
Show threadOlavFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy
Personally my paprika works better if I do lines
Show threadthe notorious gztFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy it makes you wonder just how much money taboola ads make for them because they do so much damage to their credibility
Show threadDustinFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy still blows my mind to see it on the bottom of ESPN. Like, you really need that scam money Disney? Who is this helping?
Show threadColopenFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy I'm trying to figure out why the ads said I should boil lemons.I saw that one for a year.
Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy It's because no-one pays for subscriptions. I wish there was public funding for journalism, but other than NPR, their really isn't. Which is why I spend most of my time on NPR.
Show threadH-ear-me-now SinghFeb 8, 2023

@parkermolloy I haven’t seen a web/social ad in ages. My VPN has ad-blocking. And I leave my VPN on 24/7. It’s beautiful. No, it’s not ironic that I an ad industry professional hates ads.

I hate bad ads, which 95% of all web and social ads have become thanks to Zucko, Google et al.

Good ads don’t irritate you.

Show threadHelchoseFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy not really tbh
Show threadLaureFeb 8, 2023
@parkermolloy aka tabooli