Timeline for Update to our Advertising Guidelines
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| Apr 28, 2025 at 13:47 | history | edited | RosieStaff | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 13, 2024 at 1:00 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 12, 2024 at 13:18 | answer | added | Florian F | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 11, 2024 at 9:58 | comment | added | user13267 | Clicking on “Cookie Settings” on a page took me back to the top of the same page (seems to have resolved itself after sometime though, and shows a cookie settings dialog box). Could you please add screenshots and clearly show what someone needs to click if they want to opt out? | |
| Jan 7, 2024 at 20:52 | comment | added | user314962 | @SilvioMayolo Yep, it's like killing the goose that laid golden eggs. Once it's dead, it's dead. | |
| Jan 6, 2024 at 2:53 | comment | added | ruffin | You picked a fine time to leave me, @JoelSpolsky. With four hungry children and a crop in the field. I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times. But this time your hurtin' won't heal. You picked a fine time to leave me, Spolsky. I used to trust this place. /sigh | |
| Jan 5, 2024 at 13:18 | comment | added | StayOnTarget | The "Cookie Settings" link at the bottom of this page just links to this page itself? | |
| Jan 4, 2024 at 19:30 | answer | added | SashaStaffMod | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 3, 2024 at 16:04 | comment | added | Sasha StaffMod | @TiesonT. I see what you mean. Thank you for pointing that out, we will look into it. | |
| Jan 3, 2024 at 6:12 | comment | added | Tieson T. | Is the "Cookie Settings" link supposed to work on stackexchange.com? Because... it doesn't | |
| Dec 30, 2023 at 15:01 | comment | added | brhans | @RebeccaJ.Stones - something you always need to bear in mind here on SE: we (users) are not the "customers" which SE refers to. We're the product they sell to their customers (advertisers, etc). | |
| Dec 30, 2023 at 0:27 | comment | added | Rebecca J. Stones | Am I the only one who had to Google "retargeting pixels"? It looks like Stack Exchange wants to profit more off of me; is my current contribution not enough? This sort of stuff makes me feel like we have an adversarial relationship, i.e., we're not on the same side. (PS. Dear ad bot, please serve me advertisements for elephants. I really want to buy an elephant. Where can I buy an elephant?) | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 22:15 | answer | added | kaya3 | timeline score: 31 | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 19:20 | answer | added | ColleenV | timeline score: 19 | |
| Dec 25, 2023 at 22:45 | comment | added | user314962 | Laughs in uBlock Origin | |
| Dec 20, 2023 at 15:12 | comment | added | Silvio Mayolo | @DavidC.Rankin Poetically phrased, but we're way past "Trust is something you never get back". We're roughly in the territory of "Trust is something you lost years ago, made naive attempts to get back like six times, and then lost again right after". That is to say, we're in the territory of a long-term abusive relationship. | |
| Dec 19, 2023 at 21:51 | comment | added | David C. Rankin | If you let the camel get his nose under the tent, it's all over. SO/SE visitors deserve better than targeting pixels. You can't put lipstick on a hog and turn it into anything other than a hog. This community is built on trust - targeting pixels violate that trust. Once squandered, trust is something you never get back. | |
| Dec 19, 2023 at 6:18 | answer | added | Steve Bennett | timeline score: 23 | |
| Dec 14, 2023 at 17:56 | answer | added | TrueWill | timeline score: 15 | |
| Dec 14, 2023 at 11:20 | comment | added | ColleenV | @wizzwizz4 Actually I may have been hasty about that part… that’s about links, not cookies. Throughout our websites we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties to service advertisements or provide analytical services. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. It’s not clear to me whether that only applies if we follow the link. | |
| Dec 14, 2023 at 7:18 | answer | added | VLAZ | timeline score: 12 | |
| Dec 14, 2023 at 5:24 | comment | added | Augusto Vasques | One naive question: Can Retargeting pixels be used as a JavaScript version of Cookie Stuffing? | |
| Dec 14, 2023 at 4:15 | answer | added | Robotnik | timeline score: 19 | |
| Dec 14, 2023 at 2:29 | comment | added | wizzwizz4 | @ColleenV Stack Exchange should note that they're not allowed to delegate the “look at their privacy policies” work to us. It's on them to collect this information, and present it clearly to us – perhaps in sub-pages of their Cookie Policy, if it's really big enough to require multiple documents, but it shouldn't require us contacting third-party organisations or doing our own research. | |
| Dec 13, 2023 at 20:54 | comment | added | Sasha StaffMod | @starball just wanted to note that I responded on the other post. | |
| Dec 13, 2023 at 14:21 | comment | added | ColleenV | It would be worthwhile to point out that the existing cookie policy already applies to these pixels In this Policy, we use the term “cookie” to refer both to cookies and similar technologies. so, you aren't really doing us a favor by conflating cookie opt-out with pixel opt-out; you're just doing what your policy states. The policy needs to be updated so we know who to contact to get their privacy policies for trackers you allow them to set. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies...For privacy information..consult their policies | |
| Dec 13, 2023 at 12:25 | answer | added | Sayse | timeline score: 32 | |
| Dec 13, 2023 at 9:27 | answer | added | SPArcheon | timeline score: 68 | |
| Dec 13, 2023 at 8:27 | comment | added | starball Mod | Des, if you could please take a look at What is the script being fetched from cdn.cookielaw.org when I open the cookie settings dialog?, that would be appreciated | |
| Dec 13, 2023 at 7:20 | answer | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | timeline score: 9 | |
| Dec 13, 2023 at 6:40 | history | edited | Mithical | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Accessibility: Headers should be properly formatted using actual heading markup, not bold text
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| Dec 13, 2023 at 3:17 | answer | added | Dhaust | timeline score: 117 | |
| Dec 13, 2023 at 0:31 | answer | added | wizzwizz4 | timeline score: 35 | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 23:52 | answer | added | Journeyman Geek | timeline score: 60 | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 23:26 | answer | added | Undo | timeline score: 41 | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 23:09 | comment | added | Dhaust | While I understand the appeal of retargating pixels to advertisers, as a user I find the practice invasive, exploitative and opaque. So I appreciate you including the info on how to check our cookie setting. | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 23:04 | history | edited | TylerH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Adding header for the opt-in/opt-out section, which is arguably the section that most users reading this will be interested in finding
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| Dec 12, 2023 at 18:40 | answer | added | ColleenV | timeline score: 166 | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 18:40 | comment | added | user152859 | @ColleenV nope, I still didn't read enough about this topic so pretty much neutral. Overall, as long as it can be blocked and/or prevented, I don't think it's terrible, and telling us about it is also a change for the better. In the past they would just do it silently and perhaps reply when people would find and cry out. | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 18:36 | history | edited | RosieStaff |
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| Dec 12, 2023 at 18:35 | answer | added | Thomas Owens | timeline score: 136 | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 18:22 | comment | added | user152859 | I didn't even know you have guidelines for advertising, that's a pleasant surprise. I assume the next change would be in the "Only static image ads" part, I can only hope it will take some time until then. | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 18:15 | comment | added | Mast | Retargeting pixels are not popular. If you want to know tomorrow why your proposal was received the way it was, that's it. | |
| Dec 12, 2023 at 18:09 | history | asked | DesStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |