Comments on: YouTube ad placement

By: BrooklynBoy

BrooklynBoy — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:28:45 +0000

You are not alone. The ads are annoying and increasingly poltical. There is a jerk named Micah Lasher who has an ad (paid by Mike Bloomberg and several other lefties) where he is running for Congress to replace the obnoxioous retiring Jerold Nadler that is 2 minutes of Trump bashing. I instinctively hit the mute button when it is on. Another leftie, a self hating Jew named Drew Warshaw who is running for New York State Comptroller mentions “Netanyahu’s Wars”. Totally sickening!

By: Niketas Choniates

Niketas Choniates — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:16:07 +0000

Every browser lets you import bookmarks as far as I know.

1. Launch Brave and open the Main menu 2. Select Bookmarks --> Import Bookmarks and Settings 3. Select from the list of detected browsers you want to Import from 4. Check the desired settings to import and click Import

Changing to a new browser is not like changing operating systems.

By: Cappy

Cappy — Mon, 11 May 2026 12:12:47 +0000

I get this from time to time on FB.

By: R2L

R2L — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:18:29 +0000

From the Brave browser endorsers: Thanks for the feedback/ recommendation.

If I did convert from Opera to Brave, do any of you perceive a potential problem with importing my Opera bookmarks (about 1000?) into Brave? [although to be honest, I really only use a few dozen of them, mostly for financial or administrative sites (plus Neo), as most of my surfing is triggered via email alerts and the links in those messages.]

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:53:03 +0000

YT ads are annoying. However, somehow I’ve managed to keep the algorithm that directs advertising confused and uncertain.

My most repetitive encounter with YT ad algorithm is a short adverting questionnaire. Multiple choice.

I usually don’t answer and the interruption times out (30s?). My second move is answer D: none of the above. Only very very rarely do I answer more.

My Google Fi cell phone subscription gets me a free trial on YT for maybe two months, optional subscription. I never bite.

But, YEAH! Like Neo writes about Israel and Jew hate activism ads on YT, I do get DNC-type Leftist cause ads from time to time, despite not visiting likely sites.

Maybe, during advert heavy election periods, the algorithm seeks out bottom of the barrel targets to meet their quota of hits? Beyond that, I have no guesses to share.

By: Molly Brown

Molly Brown — Sun, 10 May 2026 21:42:10 +0000

Neo,
Same.
Looks greasy. Maybe it works for really, really dry skin.

By: David Foster

David Foster — Sun, 10 May 2026 15:07:23 +0000

I asked it a followup question, quoting from this post: “Someone observed the following: “For example, if I happen to watch a video by some Jewish or Israeli organization which offers news of the Gaza War or the Iran War from Israel’s point of view, the ads invariably are pro-Gaza and pro-Hamas. If I happen to watch a video that has to do with Jewish thought or religion, invariably it is accompanied by ad after ad from proselytizing Christian organizations explicitly dedicated to converting Jews to Christianity.”

Grok’s response is at the end of this updated link:

https://x.com/i/grok/share/75faa96ecc9149a895d961f5f380cba4

By: David Foster

David Foster — Sun, 10 May 2026 15:02:44 +0000

Grok, who chooses what ads run on a particular YouTube video?

https://x.com/i/grok/share/fcb698f130694dc482bfa468de45ca5e

By: neo

neo — Sun, 10 May 2026 09:39:14 +0000

Molly Brown:

That’s exactly it – Jones Road.

And I don’t even think that the women in the ads look good with the makeup on.

By: Molly Brown

Molly Brown — Sun, 10 May 2026 07:09:49 +0000

Neo,
Jones Road?
If so, that annoying voice is Bobbi Brown, the founder of the makeup line that bears her name. It was bought quite a while ago by one of the major cosmetic companies and the day the non compete clause terminated she launched Jones Road.
Ask me how I know. LOL. I’m getting the same commercial feed. I passed the brick and mortar store several times last month as it is in my daughter’s neighborhood in NYC. I almost went in to sample as I once used a BB stick foundation that I loved – until the formulation changed. Never found the time as I was having too much fun with the new grandchild.
I did read a NY Times review of the product – apparently it’s a love it or hate it kinda thing and the love it percentage is about 15%. It didn’t sound like it was going to work for me so I am still on the search for the female Holy Grail – makeup that performs like makeup but doesn’t feel like makeup. Sigh.