# AIDS free Giraffe board? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 9, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280 "2010-01-09T15:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/41 "2010-01-09T21:30:25Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > P.S. Is there any way a mod could fix the spelling of my name in the thread title? It’s driving me nuts. I thought it was intentional, though I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/42 "2010-01-09T21:32:24Z")
Oh I see an ad for [Gumtree.com](http://Gumtree.com). It says they are “active friendly Forums. Extremely Popular - Free Service!” Should I send a screenshot of that one? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/43 "2010-01-09T21:35:03Z")
Shit! If Gumtree has found this place, it’s all over. Your fight against ignorance is about to go through a whole new phase. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/44 "2010-01-09T21:37:48Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Shit! If Gumtree has found this place, it’s all over. > > Your fight against ignorance is about to go through a whole new phase. You think I should send a screenshot to Tubadiva? I mean, it’s not there now but I’m sure it will cycle round fast. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/45 "2010-01-09T21:46:27Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > I thought it was intentional, though I could be wrong. Nothing I do is intentional…unless of course I am saying it was to make me look clever rather than stupid…and as often as not its a lie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/46 "2010-01-09T21:46:50Z")
Actually, taking the pragmatic view of things, ads = revenue, the Straight Dope gets paid to run 'em. Every little bit helps keep this place keeping on and that’s a good thing. So thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/47 "2010-01-09T21:54:45Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Actually, taking the pragmatic view of things, ads = revenue, the Straight Dope gets paid to run 'em. Every little bit helps keep this place keeping on and that’s a good thing. > > So thanks. 🙂 Wow, nice. Thanks for being cool about it, and for all that you do for the site. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/48 "2010-01-09T21:58:06Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Just looked at all the forums index pages. > > Also looked at random pages from all over the board, with content all over the map, as you would expect from various forum areas, topics that greatly varied. > > Every time Google was displayed . . . what a surprise. Every time. > > I guess Google really is Giraffe’s friend. The reason being that you are drawing from a very small pool of paying ads. 90% of the ads I get here are Public Service Announcements (Red Cross and that kind of stuff for which you don’t get paid. This is an option you have when using Google ads) which makes me think that Google just doesn’t have the ads to serve you. The Giraffe Boards are probably more at a loss here than you are since he is paying to have those ads shown to an audience that is not of his interest (presumably everybody here already knows of the GB and likes/hates it accordingly). You are getting paid to show those ads which are of no detriment to you (for the same reasons as above). ETA: or as you said it yourself just above. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/49 "2010-01-09T22:02:41Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Actually, taking the pragmatic view of things, ads = revenue, the Straight Dope gets paid to run 'em. Every little bit helps keep this place keeping on and that’s a good thing. > > So thanks. 🙂 As someone without an ax to grind (though in the interest of disclosure, I am also registered at Giraffeboards - but owe it no loyalty), I can reassure you that the advertiser has no control over which channel their ad appears: it’s entirely up to Google. I speak as someone who has been advertising on Google on a professional basis for coming-up-to 10 years. So, while the “ads = revenue” statement is correct, please be assured that the statement “advertister = relying on Google to serve the ads up wherever its algorithm feels it’s appropriate” is also correct. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/50 "2010-01-09T22:09:52Z")
nvm ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/51 "2010-01-10T00:12:08Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Just looked at all the forums index pages. > > Also looked at random pages from all over the board, with content all over the map, as you would expect from various forum areas, topics that greatly varied. > > Every time Google was displayed . . . what a surprise. Every time. > > I guess Google really is Giraffe’s friend. I would think the relevant data would be what fraction of the Girrraffe board ads were here Vs. elsewhere, not what fraction of ads on the SDMB were Girrrrraffe board ads Vs. other ads. Those are two different things. Although I suspect, since **Da Google** knows all, those two fractions are related. (Why yes, that was intentional. :p) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/52 "2010-01-10T00:34:24Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > P.S. Is there any way a mod could fix the spelling of my name in the thread title? It’s driving me nuts. Would you like us to take the spare “r” in “Girraffe” and stick it in “boad”? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/53 "2010-01-10T00:41:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Would you like us to take the spare “r” in “Girraffe” and stick it in “boad”? Mr Boad would probably NOT like you shoving an “r” in between his “a” and his “d” even if it is a spare. Then again maybe Mr. Boad likes pirate love. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/54 "2010-01-10T01:21:14Z")
Goddamnit, I’m a member of both boards and all I’m getting is an offer to cure my eating disorder and another one to help me discover the secret of whiter teeth. Oh, and Obama wants me to go back to school. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/55 "2010-01-10T01:40:12Z")
Thread title corrected. It was bothering me, also. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/56 "2010-01-10T01:45:49Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Thread title corrected. It was bothering me, also. I _guess_ the “r” could go there, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/57 "2010-01-10T02:36:29Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Anyway, I’m in the process of getting some new and better ideas for the ad text, so the AIDS thing will go away soon. Giraffe Boards - Everyone needs to be somewhere Giraffe Boards - Where lizards go to die Note: Both of those slogans were shamelessly stolen from a contest I read about for Bakersfield CA to create a slogan for the city. Those were two of the better entries. ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/58 "2010-01-10T02:48:30Z")
Oh, Bakersfield. :sciencefail: ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/59 "2010-01-10T03:13:31Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Then again maybe Mr. Boad likes pirate love. As I recall, that was ANOTHER board sprung from this. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280/60 "2010-01-10T03:16:10Z")
I’m hoping to see “_ **Giraffeboards** : Our moderators freely admit that their actions are capricious and arbitrary_”. No reference or offense to anyone here, of course. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280.md?page=4)