Don Marti
@dmarti.bsky.social
VP of Ecosystem Innovation at Raptive, usually either the privacy person in the ad meeting or the ad person in the privacy meeting. Speaking only for myself here he/his/him
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Every time I try a Google Search for [sergey brin epstein files] Google gives me a CAPTCHA...is this happening for anyone else?
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Every time I try a Google Search for [sergey brin epstein files] Google gives me a CAPTCHA...is this happening for anyone else?
People used to line up to get new versions of US products. www.computerhistory.org/revolution/p... Now a new release is what you get switched to, and new features are a chore to turn off.
Maybe both the election results and the decline in product appeal are downstream from a shift in norms here?
Maybe both the election results and the decline in product appeal are downstream from a shift in norms here?
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
People used to line up to get new versions of US products. www.computerhistory.org/revolution/p... Now a new release is what you get switched to, and new features are a chore to turn off.
Maybe both the election results and the decline in product appeal are downstream from a shift in norms here?
Maybe both the election results and the decline in product appeal are downstream from a shift in norms here?
And according to Longpre et al. the % of text on the web that is restricted by ToS is trending up
www.ietf.org/slides/slide...
www.ietf.org/slides/slide...
January 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
And according to Longpre et al. the % of text on the web that is restricted by ToS is trending up
www.ietf.org/slides/slide...
www.ietf.org/slides/slide...
So, if Meta is doing policy changes to be friendlier to Republicans in the USA, then Republicans should like them, right?
No—they're still full of fake account schemes to rip off US Army veterans
It's one thing to have spam on your site because you don't have time/$ to fix it but this is a choice.
No—they're still full of fake account schemes to rip off US Army veterans
It's one thing to have spam on your site because you don't have time/$ to fix it but this is a choice.
January 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
So, if Meta is doing policy changes to be friendlier to Republicans in the USA, then Republicans should like them, right?
No—they're still full of fake account schemes to rip off US Army veterans
It's one thing to have spam on your site because you don't have time/$ to fix it but this is a choice.
No—they're still full of fake account schemes to rip off US Army veterans
It's one thing to have spam on your site because you don't have time/$ to fix it but this is a choice.
one task that should be a straightforward application of ML to web advertising: find ads with a fake UI element for an action such as "Watch Now" or "Jump to Recipe"
They're all scams that try to get the user to install malware—blocking one at a time is a constant chore for legit ad-supported sites
They're all scams that try to get the user to install malware—blocking one at a time is a constant chore for legit ad-supported sites
September 7, 2023 at 4:22 PM
one task that should be a straightforward application of ML to web advertising: find ads with a fake UI element for an action such as "Watch Now" or "Jump to Recipe"
They're all scams that try to get the user to install malware—blocking one at a time is a constant chore for legit ad-supported sites
They're all scams that try to get the user to install malware—blocking one at a time is a constant chore for legit ad-supported sites
pretty common pattern for pirate TV+movie sites...
1. only one line in ads.txt (begins with a g)
2. DMCA disclaimers (here's how to report it if "a user" uploaded something infringing)
3. most of the ads are for legal streaming services
Are the streaming services paying for the pirate sites too?
1. only one line in ads.txt (begins with a g)
2. DMCA disclaimers (here's how to report it if "a user" uploaded something infringing)
3. most of the ads are for legal streaming services
Are the streaming services paying for the pirate sites too?
September 1, 2023 at 12:37 AM
pretty common pattern for pirate TV+movie sites...
1. only one line in ads.txt (begins with a g)
2. DMCA disclaimers (here's how to report it if "a user" uploaded something infringing)
3. most of the ads are for legal streaming services
Are the streaming services paying for the pirate sites too?
1. only one line in ads.txt (begins with a g)
2. DMCA disclaimers (here's how to report it if "a user" uploaded something infringing)
3. most of the ads are for legal streaming services
Are the streaming services paying for the pirate sites too?