# Valerie's Back! Auto Play Video/Audio Ad **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781 "2014-01-14T14:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/1 "2014-01-14T14:16:28Z")
Hi! Just letting you know Valerie from the Fashion Theatre is stalking the SDMB again this morning. All throughout the threads and forums, it’s auto playing an ad. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/2 "2014-01-14T15:05:42Z")
How is she doing? I have been getting a lot of long commercials playing. Not just the usual 10 seconds of audio. Three minute commercials. I didn’t bother mentioning it because I just thought that’s what they are doing now to make money. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/3 "2014-01-14T15:26:36Z")
No, **TubaDiva** said recently that autoplaying are not supposed to be on this site. So do report any you see here. > [@Auto Play Video Ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-play-video-ad/677646/5): > > Just heard back from the guy that supervises the ad department; he is working with the advertising vendor to remove all auto play sound advertising from the roster. He has told his staff not to book advertising with auto play sound on The Straight Dope site. We hope this will be the end of the matter; please let us know if you see/hear anything like this again. ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/4 "2014-01-14T16:42:15Z")
I’ll tell the ad guy. Anybody have a screen shot of this ad? What company is it? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/5 "2014-01-14T16:55:07Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I’ll tell the ad guy. > > Anybody have a screen shot of this ad? What company is it? There are multiple ones. Yesterday there was a three minute movie trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/6 "2014-01-16T13:16:54Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I’ll tell the ad guy. > > Anybody have a screen shot of this ad? What company is it? I just had one in the Simpson’s Tapped Out thread in the game room. I didn’t get a screen shot but I don’t know if it would help in this case. It was a never ending stream of commercials. It started off with the Robin Williams Snickers commercial. Then it went into a commercial for Heineken. Then a long one for Wii Fit U. Then Mucinex. I gave up at that time. It may have gone on for ever. These were full length TV commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/7 "2014-01-16T14:48:28Z")
I just had a very bizarre one. It was two minutes long. There was no writing or indications for what it was about. A young vampire carries a girl down some stairs and then talks to her. I couldn’t get any sound so I have no idea what was going on. A strange ad since it didn’t seem to be selling anything. The actress was very attractive though and looked vaguely familiar. ---
**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 16, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/8 "2014-01-16T16:59:57Z")
I have reported this. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/9 "2014-01-16T17:08:09Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I have reported this. Thanks for the prompt reply. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/10 "2014-01-29T13:33:37Z")
I figured this was long enough to wait to give an update. Still getting the autoplay video ads. Including the confusing short vampire film which does not seem to be advertising anything in particular. Also the video ads that are just one commercial after another, wheat thins to oreos etc. ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/11 "2014-01-29T14:06:14Z")
Any screen shots that you can send would be helpful. [tubadiva@straightdope.com](mailto:tubadiva@straightdope.com) Sorry. I’ll report this again. ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/12 "2014-01-29T14:09:24Z")
I should ask … are you getting sound with these ads? I’ve seen a little panel that runs commercials but I’m getting them with no sound. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/13 "2014-01-29T16:00:09Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I should ask … are you getting sound with these ads? I’ve seen a little panel that runs commercials but I’m getting them with no sound. I didn’t have the sound up today so I’m not sure. In the past the weird vampire one did not have sound, the other commercials did. I’ll have to see when I get back on a computer. I’m on my phone now. The ads seem to always be on the bottom of the main page of each sub-forum. Not in individual threads. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/14 "2014-01-31T21:13:43Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Any screen shots that you can send would be helpful. [tubadiva@straightdope.com](mailto:tubadiva@straightdope.com) > > Sorry. I’ll report this again. Who do YOU report it to? ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/15 "2014-02-03T23:20:11Z")
Just an FYI, I got an autoplay ad for “[marketnewsvideo.com](http://marketnewsvideo.com)”. I sent you a couple screen shots, Tuba. I did not hear any sound. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/16 "2014-02-03T23:35:42Z")
I suspect if they play – but without sound – there’s not much complaint we can make. It’s the autoplay sound that is the bad boy here; if you just see stuff that’s not considered a violation. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/17 "2014-02-03T23:36:46Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Who do YOU report it to? Sun-Times Media person. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/18 "2014-03-13T20:29:17Z")
I started getting the same ads other people were reporting…the multiple ads that play one right after the other. There IS sound and I’m getting them IN threads (including THIS ONE right now!) The one that was just playing was for Disney World. I’ve had the Mucinex one, one with some people out in a field, the weird vampire one (which doesn’t apparently have sound), one for some kind of air freshener, and others. It’s usually in the adbox right below the first post on a page. I’ll email myself a screenshot and then email it to you when I get home, Tuba. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/19 "2014-03-14T05:33:09Z")
Please do, jayjay. And tell me (if you can) if the ones that sound off when the page renders (autoplay) or if you touched them – accidentally or otherwise. These do sound like the same ads people have seen before. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781/20 "2014-03-14T11:06:02Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I started getting the same ads other people were reporting…the multiple ads that play one right after the other. There IS sound and I’m getting them IN threads (including THIS ONE right now!) The one that was just playing was for Disney World. I’ve had the Mucinex one, one with some people out in a field, the weird vampire one (which doesn’t apparently have sound), one for some kind of air freshener, and others. It’s usually in the adbox right below the first post on a page. I’ll email myself a screenshot and then email it to you when I get home, Tuba. The vampire one does have sound every once and a while. The girl is apparently a half vampire so the “prophet” of the vampire needs her. I am very curious to know where this comes from. It appears to be dubbed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valeries-back-auto-play-video-audio-ad/678781.md?page=2)