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So lemme tell you a story.

Got an automated email from Google two days ago saying that we had a page that was in violation of their ad policies. Went to see what the page was ... and it was a Lounge post, with a scantily clad dwarf woman.

I'll wait for you to stop laughing.

Done? Okay. Point being, a picture was embedded, and though this small person wasn't showing anything more than a little cleavage, it got the (negative) attention of the empire that pays us thousands upon thousands of dollars for ads placed on this site.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again ... never mind the misogynistic overtones of these "how hawt?" posts, which is a whole other topic. The mere existence of them, if they are crawled by a bot that really doesn't have an opinion on these things but is programmed to simply look for pictures of scantily clad women, is a threat to our business. If the bots crawl enough of these sexist "how hawt?" posts over time, we (TSL) could wake up one day to find roughly 25% of our revenue has gone poof in the night. This is not a good thing.

(In response to this post by Major Kong)

Posted: 02/02/2022 at 2:23PM

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How Russian Cosmoball hawt?... -- Major Kong 02/02/2022 12:50PM

So lemme tell you a story. -- Will Stewart

02/02/2022 2:23PM

Thank god i don't have your job. Good luck ** -- HokieNerd 02/02/2022 8:26PM

Trying to be as serious as possible, with a question about your story -- Vienna_Hokie 02/02/2022 5:32PM

Yeah, I don't know. -- Will Stewart

02/02/2022 7:20PM

So lemme tell you a google story from the other side of the ad world... -- vatechcowpatty 02/02/2022 7:37PM

So you’re saying that google had software that can identify sexy dwarves, -- Late 80s Hokie 02/02/2022 4:23PM

I don't care who you are, that's funny! POTD! ** -- Burruss Writer 02/02/2022 5:54PM

Please avoid the topics of dwarves and hawtness ** -- LonghornHokie 02/02/2022 3:07PM

What you are saying is extremely misogynistic. -- Tank 02/02/2022 2:50PM

Well you've never stopped b-st when he does how hawt posts. He's the king. ** -- NokieHokie 02/02/2022 2:39PM

Actually, he's been told .... -- Will Stewart

02/02/2022 3:47PM

When you had that conversation with him... -- kjhokie 02/02/2022 4:24PM

I have noticed he is now putting female bball players in the game preview -- NokieHokie 02/02/2022 4:00PM

Wow tattle tale , you must have been an elementary school favorite ** -- Vienna_Hokie 02/02/2022 4:27PM

All will has to do is look at b streets posting history that doesn’t requir -- HokieJamie 02/02/2022 4:51PM

Well I'm wondering why a regular poster is getting guilt-tripped for -- NokieHokie 02/02/2022 4:30PM

Because I don't come over here very often and see bstreet's post. -- Will Stewart

02/02/2022 4:43PM

Gotcha. ** -- NokieHokie 02/02/2022 4:54PM

Yes that is his work around from wills talk ** -- HokieJamie 02/02/2022 4:21PM

Right. I'm not addressing that at all. He's still posting "hawt chicks" on -- NokieHokie 02/02/2022 4:24PM

So, please report any "how hawt?" threads to me. ** -- Will Stewart

02/02/2022 4:43PM

They don't bother me, I have no interest in reporting. :) ** -- NokieHokie 02/02/2022 7:55PM

Absolutely not! Actually I'll inspect each one and report on the not hawt ** -- kjhokie 02/02/2022 4:47PM

What's the policy on smoked meats and bourbons? ** -- Suffhokian 02/02/2022 2:34PM

I find the pastrami to be the most sensual of all the salted, cured meats -- Brown Water 02/02/2022 2:55PM

Sensuous. People are sensual. ** -- Hokie CPA 02/02/2022 3:12PM

Seems kind of short. TIC ** -- MP4VT2004 02/02/2022 12:54PM

She's actually 5'7", Viktoriya Agalakova ** -- Major Kong 02/02/2022 12:58PM

I was actually thinking she is at the perfect height. ** -- vt90 02/02/2022 12:56PM

So lemme tell you a story.

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