This is an issue that we have with some users, but we try to fix it as soon as possible.
May I ask how Staff (Administrators, Supervisors, Moderators) are held accountable? Are they subject to the same disciplinary actions as non-staff?
Yes, they are subject to the the same things that normal members are, but also are held accountable to different things - ie, to a higher standard of the rules and to staff conduct/code and regulations in moderator behaviour, etc.
There are no special 'exceptions' because you are on staff or anything like that.
__________________ You don't have a Soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. CS Lewis.
“An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.” A.W Tozer
Yes, they are subject to the the same things that normal members are, but also are held accountable to different things - ie, to a higher standard of the rules and to staff conduct/code and regulations in moderator behaviour, etc.
There are no special 'exceptions' because you are on staff or anything like that.
As you can readily see—this is a direct attack on the beliefs of the SDA church. It even implies that we do not know or preach the gospel of Jesus Christ! I am aghast at this violation of the CF rules listed below and the outright LIES told on the site about us.
I am asking that this complaint be taken to the owner of this site and that ad be pulled from the same. I’m wondering how this ad would have been accepted if it attacked the baptists and the catholics in the same manner?
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To my knowledge there is no report buttons for paid ads—so this is our only recourse!
__________________ Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' is like calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist'? "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have." ... ThomasJefferson
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. ~ VOLTAIRE "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction" -Pascal When a man or woman is honestly mistaken and hears the truth, they will either quit being mistaken, or they will cease to be honest. "The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists."
I know i'm not tonks, but i can shed some light on this.
The ad's that you see are controlled by google, which trawls our pages and searches for keywords relevant to the content being displayed on the page. this is then sent to google, which generates an ad for the page. Since you are in the SDA forum, SDA keywords will be pulled up.
This will cause the ad to be displayed, recurringly, by the sound of it.
As part of CF's contract with google, we cant actually discuss ad's on the open forums. However.... you can copy the address of the picture of the ad - right click on it, select properties, then go down to image address and copy that.
you can then send this via PM to Pauler, the owner of the forums, and he will get rid of the ad's - he's the only one who can do this, as he has the contract with google.
Help i could be some help,
Icarus
__________________ You don't have a Soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. CS Lewis.
“An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.” A.W Tozer
Thank you Icarus, I appreciate you help. When the ad pops up again, I will do as suggested. It just amazes me though that this group, who put this 'ad' out would go to such lengths (paying) for an ad that targets our specific denomination. But I count it all joy..
Mt 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
__________________ Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' is like calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist'? "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have." ... ThomasJefferson
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. ~ VOLTAIRE "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction" -Pascal When a man or woman is honestly mistaken and hears the truth, they will either quit being mistaken, or they will cease to be honest. "The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists."
Thank you Icarus, I appreciate you help. When the ad pops up again, I will do as suggested. It just amazes me though that this group, who put this 'ad' out would go to such lengths (paying) for an ad that targets our specific denomination. But I count it all joy..
Mt 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Yeah....Icarus is correct. If you see the ad again get the link and send it to Pauler and he'll remove it.
As for picking the ads...we (he, I etc) don't specifically pick which ads to show...they're automatically served via keywords. This, unfortunately, generates some bad ads at times (like the ones that display orthodox judiasm ads in the orthodox forums...lol).
Thank you Icarus, I appreciate you help. When the ad pops up again, I will do as suggested. It just amazes me though that this group, who put this 'ad' out would go to such lengths (paying) for an ad that targets our specific denomination. But I count it all joy..
Mt 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
No problems.
Yeah, some people are beyond belief... I remember back before i was on staff, i was just browsing through the forums rather late at night, and came across a debate on gay marriage.... Lo and behold, there was an ad advertising gay marriage services! That was the highlight of my day.
As for picking the ads...we (he, I etc) don't specifically pick which ads to show...they're automatically served via keywords. This, unfortunately, generates some bad ads at times (like the ones that display orthodox judiasm ads in the orthodox forums...lol).
Win some, lose some, i guess - thankfully, we get pretty decent ones most of the time. I just wish the javascript that chose them was faster...
__________________ You don't have a Soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. CS Lewis.
“An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.” A.W Tozer
thank you 
Win some, lose some, i guess - thankfully, we get pretty decent ones most of the time. 
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