HairlossTalk: Now with more ads!

[flux]

I have always been a supporter of this site, and seeing the new ad bar doesnt change this. HairLossTalk.com's gotta make his bucks somehow. So no complaints.

It does seem, however, that there is a certain irony involved with some of them. Mostly I'm seeing ads for cheap Propecia, and Avodart, along with ads for Lasercomb and Toppik. This makes sense! However, there are ads for certain products that would get slammed if brought up in these forums!

The "Save On Saw Palmetto" ad is paticularly amusing, sitting right above the sticky 'Facts on Saw Palmetto' thread that HairLossTalk.com himself posted, going into detail on how Saw Palmetto is not reccomended as a treatment.

Theres also a "Finasteride Replacement" ad, that trys to convince you that their product, "Alopesan 400", is a better then Finasteride because it blocks both types of 5ar enzymes. And its natrual! What is the magic ingredient in Alopesan 400? Thats right, Saw Palmetto.

Then theres a "Better then Saw Palmetto" ad, which, if you follow it, describes how Beta Prostateâ„¢ has fewer side effects, and is more powerful prostate cure (but aparently has no effects on hairloss).

Theres also an ad for the infamous Hair Club, and Bosley Medical, two institutions with their share of stories of shadey salesmen and missinformation. The Hair Club site has a guide of products that do and dont work. What do they say doesnt work? They dont name any product, they just say that most dont. Well thats true, but what DOES work? According to them, why, their Hair Therapy shampoos and topicals! Oh, and Biomatrix! (How could Biomatrix not work? Its a hairpiece!) Sheisters.

So Surfer Beware! Ads powered by Google are not nessisarly endorsed by HairLossTalk.com.com!

Right?

 

[HairlossTalk]

Flux -

Thanks for the public service announcement on our behalf, but we already posted one. Please review it here:

http://www.hairlosstalk.com/discussions ... php?t=6941

Maybe you can help us by doing what we request in the above post, and identifying some URL's to add to the filter.

We only want helpful ads up there, and we did request if you see any that seem shady to let us know their URL's.

Not just post a complaint to stirr up dissention.

Be constructive, not counterproductive.

HairLossTalk.com

PS... the whole "bosley sucks" thing is old. They've been producing quality hair transplants under their new ownership for years. the negative reputation came from back in the 80's when transplantation was in its infancy. Now Bosley heads up the most well financed and largest team researching follicular cloning on planet earth, and very well may be the first to bring this new technology to market. Hair Club isn't inherently evil either. They charge high prices for hair pieces. If someone wants to pay it, they have that choice. Just like someone has the choice to spend $4.50 on Robittussin DM or $2.00 on the generic form sitting right next to it, that works just as well. Doesn't mean Robittussin is a "bunch of crooks".

 

[Stingray]

Or we can all donate 5 bucks or so to help pay for the site for a couple months Ad-Free. I'd be more than willing.

 

[flux]

I had missed that post. And it was not my intent to stir up dissention, as I really do believe in this site. I just found the irony amusing...

I'll retract my statement regarding Bosley. If they are truely helping the cause with research, then more power to them. And while I have no issue with Hair Club selling peices at a premium, its the accounts I've heard that they missrepresent alternatives to get buisness that convince me that they are more interested in money then doing whats right.

I will forward the questionable URLs to you.

 

[ShedMaster]

I have NO problems with ads on this site. Haven't you guys been on other enthusiast forum websites where they require a little something called a mambership fee? HairLossTalk.com asks for none of that even with the vast number of users who post and read the forums and on TOP of that, the site itself runs like greased lightening. There is absolutely nothing more annoying then posting on forums that are constantly timing out because they run on a 386sx 16 mghz Server with DOS 5.0.

 

[HairlossTalk]

Thanks Flux, my apologies for the tone of my post as well. You seemed to be just trying to be a smartass.. LOL ... thanks for clarifying.

I really think those links up there are helpful. I have a strong feeling the posts asking where to get proscar cheap are going to suddenly diminish (YEAAAAHH!!!)... and there are other resources up there that can be helpful too.

Honestly - sometimes I wish I ran a site on something more "resource friendly". If this site was about, for example, DVD authoring or another similar hobby, I could put up hundreds of ads for things like Sony, Toshiba, etc.

Since its a hair loss site, 90% of advertisers are out to rip people off, and that really bothers me in the ethical sense. It also bothers me that I have to filter out over 40 URLS from that google ad thing up there so far. There aren't many legit companies and products in the world of hair loss, and thats a bummer.

But everyone - please Private message me any links you see that are questionable so we can filter them out. You can click it to get the URL or you can hover over it and see the URL in your browser toolbar at the bottom. Either that - or select "Copy Shortcut" by right clicking over the URL and paste it into a message.

Thanks much everyone. We all hate ads, especially me. Stingray - you have an excellent idea by the way. Maybe a value-added membership option for people including zero ads would be desireable in the near future.

HairLossTalk.com

 

[Cassin]

Or we can all donate 5 bucks or so to help pay for the site for a couple months Ad-Free. I'd be more than willing.

Count me in.

 

[HairlossTalk]

We've just written the following letter to L'Oreal. Im really disappointed in them with this Maxilene stuff they're trying to sell. Obviously I have no idea how to spell disappointed correctly so I tried all variations throughout my letter. :lol: Im sure if nothing else ill impress them with my intelligence :wink:

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Hi -

We just wanted to write and say that we're disappointed in your website regarding hair loss and this product you have called "Maxilene".

There are enough people out there trying to take advantage of hair loss sufferers as it is. We were a big supporter of L'Oreal for their cosmetic products.

Making claims like: "Maxilene is a medically proven solution against hair loss" are just plain illegal here in the United States, because you are lying to people.

You even claim that hair loss is caused by a "Thickened Hair Root". There is no mention of DHT or the scientifically proven causes of hair loss, anywhere.

We are here to educate consumers about the true causes of hair loss, and provid them with resources that have at least some potential to reverse those causes and help them maintain or get their hair back. Your company is undermining all the hard work we do, and harming consumers by confusing them and providing misinformation.

We were serving Google ads onto our site that included a link to L'Oreal.

We are no longer going to serve your ad up to our users.

Disappointedly yours,

Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
President, HairlossTalk.com
San Diego,

 

[HairlossTalk]

Another idea that might be more fun, we can set up a page and turn the filter completely off, and you all can click on the snake oilers link. They end up getting charged 90 cents or whatever it is for every single click, and you can put them out of business and steal money from *them* for a change

:lol:

 

[Redbone]

HairLossTalk.com Hairclub? Come on dude this place is a joke I understand about the money but I visited them a year ago and well I better shut up now.

 

[flux]

We are no longer going to serve your ad up to our users.

Disappointedly yours,

Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
President, HairlossTalk.com
San Diego,

Yah! Stick it to the man! Nice one, HairLossTalk.com. You've made us proud.

 

[The Gardener]

I don't find the advertising the least bit distracting and understand the need for it. Cut HairLossTalk.com some slack on it and stop dissin the biz. Servers are not free.

 

[flux]

I don't find the advertising the least bit distracting and understand the need for it. Cut HairLossTalk.com some slack on it and stop dissin the biz. Servers are not free.

May I reffer you to the first line of the first post of this thread?

I have always been a supporter of this site, and seeing the new ad bar doesnt change this. HairLossTalk.com's gotta make his bucks somehow. So no complaints.

Nobody complained about the presence of ads. I merely noted the irony of the conent of some of the ads. HairLossTalk.com had already stated that this was a problem.

 

[The Gardener]

Hey, Flux, that wasn't aimed at you. Just a general statement to newbies or casual passersby who might be checking out this website, read the thread and wonder why there are ads on this website.

 

[Guest]

WTF

 

[Guest]

BOSLEY, that a F*cking Joke right.

 

[Redbone]

HairLossTalk.com is advertising Bosely? Don't let Ken find out or he will trash this site :lol:

Ken sucks ***- :hairy:

 

[HairlossTalk]

Google is advertising Bosley, as well as (literally) about 500 other hair loss related companies, above. We've filtered out the ones we feel are currently harmful to our users.

HairLossTalk.com

 

[ShedMaster]

You should move the ads to the bottom of the page.

 

[HairlossTalk]

is it badk to be druk on a wednseday night?

HTL