McDonalds Ads - tell us how do you feel about them folks?

no problem with it - to be honest I don't pay much attention to the ads though I'm sure there will be a few 'outraged' threads started up about it :)

Depends how old you are as to how effective online advertising is and what kind of advertising influences you.

To do with your brain and how it processes apparently. And because of tech developments different generations actually have different brain patterns. (Or something)

Amazing to see that so many people fear advertising aimed at children.

Yes it's a PITA but we are in charge of what goes into our childrens mouths. No-one else.
I never had a McDonalds till I was 13. Because my parents said "No".

Subliminal or not we know McDonalds is not healthy food no matter how many carrot sticks they chuck at us.

An occasional treat is not going to make a child obese.

But most of the time I'm reading people's posts. Once you get down beyond the first handful of posts, there simply aren't any ads to be seen.
So no - the ads are not continually influencing me. I have managed to not click on the link to see the MN Will Young interview, nor have I bought a MN guide.

It happens all the time Eleison

Amazed at how many people think that ads don't influence them in any way. I doubt that advertising would be the very lucrative industry it is if that was true. Just because we don't notice them doesn't mean they are not having an effect. That is the whole point of subliminal advertising, isn't it?

But you've already spoke about the prospect of MN censoring anti-McD threads if they advertised, glasnost. All that just seems so unlikely that it undermines your position perhaps?

I was jesting eleison about the sueing scenario but your serious reaction makes me wonder........

Don't mind in the slightest.

I'm objecting, only because just seeing the name 'McDonalds' in active convos has got me thinking about a double cheeseburger and how much I want one, and because of this, I will, at my earliest convienience, purchase one.

I don't mind.

MD's now, compared to MD's even 10years ago is a totally different company. It's unfair to judge them on issues that have been rectified imho.

I think you are undermining your case there glasnost. There is surely no reason to imagine that MN wouold cooperated in something like that just because McD was an advertiser on the site, is there?

If they start advertising here they could demand to see my details for those comments and sue my ass.

McD's is not just any old dodgy shit food outlet. It's the daddy of all evil inhumane corporations. Has noone read "Fast food nation" or seen the film? McD's is plain WRONG on so many levels.

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

Nestle next?

Can you imagine the threads that would appear if we weren't being asked? And the extreme flouncing? And the Matthew Wright follow-up bollocks?

I click on some ads Mumi...

DamnYouAuto That's right!

Oh come on, would you seriously deregister because one morning the words "I'm Lovin' It" or whatever they say these days were in a small box on the right?

Longtall..kind? Kind!? They're not kind! They're running a lucrative business! It makes sense to ask us what we think.

Go for it. I think you're more than kind in asking us to be honest. You're not a charity and don't run on pixie dust. Charge them lots though

'You'll water down content to keep the advertisers happy and would start censoring threads eg. critical of McD.' I don't think this is fair. MN threads are littered with comments that are critical of advertisers, look what gets said on here about Boden! I can't see a reason to think MNHQ will give Maccy Ds special treatment. I don't go to McDs cos of the McLibel trial, but now I'm just showing my age

I never click on any of the ads anyway. Does anyone?