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Banning | Paris MoU

I should be used to this by now, but it still pisses me off. It almost always follows the same path. I just plod away day after day trying to make this blog interesting, insightful, entertaining, and most of all a thorn in the side of the establishment and their false narratives. Then I get an email from an ad company saying how much they love my blog and would like to work with me. I usually ignore them, but they keep hounding me, so I tell them I’ll pilot their ads and see how much revenue they generate. If it is less than $5 per day, I boot them.

Pixfuture approached me two months ago. We loaded their code and they were generating about $20 per day for a month and a half. It doesn’t sound like much, but it adds up to $7,000 per year. Nothing to sneeze at. Last week the revenue suddenly dropped to $5 per day. And after a couple more days down to 3 cents per day. I emailed my contact and this is the response I received:

“We recently received notification from several of our demand partners. Ad serving on your website was restricted, which had a significant impact on income.”

Basically I’ve been blackballed again. The same thing happened with Infolinks a few months ago. They were generating $30 per day for a couple months and then suddenly dropped to $2 per day. When I asked why, they told me advertisers didn’t like the “hate speech” and didn’t want their ads on TBP. I told them it is called “free speech”, and we have ceased doing business.

Now this week, after three years of a mutually beneficial arrangement where I had Whatfinger video ads on my sidebar in return for linking to a few TBP articles every day, they have pulled their ads and banned me from Whatfinger. My crime was to allow the Resist the Mainstream website to run a 30 day pop-up add for their newsletter. They paid me a hefty sum to do so. But one of the gentleman running Whatfinger had a bad experience with them and demanded I take their ad down. I refused, so in a fit of rage, he banned me from ever having a link on their website again.

We averaged 2,000 views per day from Whatfinger over the last year. That’s about 5% of my total views. Not a devastating loss, but still substantial. I told him I was used to being banned and would continue to do what I do, like I’ve done for 12 years. I’ve lost count of the number of advertisers/websites that have banned me. So it goes.

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realestatepup
realestatepup

Wow talk about the irony of Whatfinger….first touting themselves as the ‘alternative’ to more left-leaning Drudge, who was once considered alt-news but caved…I guess Whatfinger is on their way to caving too.

Voltara
Voltara

Whatfinger is a fraud. PJmedia is a fraud, citizenfreepress is a fraud, gatewaypundit is a fraud, Breitbart is a fraud, zerohedge largely a fraud, etc etc etc…….

falconflight
falconflight

Found out the other day I’ve been banned by GWP, the allegedly ‘far-right, conspiracy laden, Q Anon’ shiite site. Yeah, it is largely a grift. I don’t curse or threaten or incite violence at those sites, but I’ve been banned more than once at four of the five sites w/ a comment section.

Harrington Richardson: Gimme Sachwerte!
Harrington Richardson: Gimme Sachwerte!

I was banned at Gateway too. I had never posted there but tried to make a comment a few weeks ago and they said I was banned when I hit the button to post it. Not afterwards and it was a totally noncontroversial statement.
On Yahoo the other day I commented on something that is a widely accepted fact, even with Prog fools. They said “several members of the community” disagree with my comment so it is being taken down.
Our enemies are little cowardly pee pants who refuse to have their horizons expanded or entertain other viewpoints. THEY will not be the majority of survivors of the Fourth Turning.

ken31
ken31

You misunderstand them. They see it as a war.

Red River D
Red River D

It is a war. But they see cowardice and small-mindedness as virtues because they are spiritually upside down.

falconflight
falconflight

I guess that I should be happy that I wasn’t banned five days ago at BB. This comment was removed:
Ross Chuey El Salvadoreze
Ordinary American 2014
5 days ago
Removed
not even that. Chauvin did nothing wrong, at all. Lynched in AmeriKa.

bucknp
bucknp

I know not some of the sites mentioned here. BB?

falconflight
falconflight

Breitbart

bucknp
bucknp

Most are over rated and a waste of time. At smoaky.cum you were ok if you agreed with the mods and the mod licking posters. Anyway, **** ’em.

ATarese
ATarese

Correct Voltara and realestatepup. A movie premise has been formulating in my mind that bounces between a bunch of CIA blacksuits at a planning table discussing how their truther plants are doing and how the narrative should be adjusted….. then switching to snippets of their huge variety of puppets and naive actual truthers repeating/discussing/falling for it. Occasionally they reminisce and laugh about the ones from the 60’s, 70′, 80’s….etc.

I think our community would be shocked at how many sites and podcasters who they still consider innocent as hell are NOT. It’s not like the game is to plant (only) easy to spot morons!!

Christoph
Christoph

I attempted to donate using a credit card, but the platform is still Paypal. It would not allow my donation

CCRider
CCRider

I’m in.

Sionnach Liath
Sionnach Liath

Just deleted Whatfinger from my saved pages.

Vigilant
Vigilant

It’s like a church splitting over what color the new carpet should be. Instead of fighting the enemy the non-marxists are fighting each other. It’s petty and immature, not to mention self-defeating.

I believe that there’s so much more controlled opposition than we realize.

Thank you so much for providing this subscription-free and open forum. It is an oasis in a desert land. I hope that new revenue comes pouring in to meet all of the financial needs of this fine website.

Just Thinking
Just Thinking

One fucking, squeaky wheel, pussy had his feels hurt and that’s all it takes.

I will miss those vids, though.

Just mailed my check last week.

Keep fighting the good fight.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Beg to differ,it’s not squeaky….it’s defective from the factory!…….

Arthur
Arthur

Gab Ads might be worth a try.

Mike
Mike

One thing I can say for this website is that you truly believe in free speech. You don’t censor people in the comment section and allow them to speak their minds. That is so incredibly rare. Thanks for being a light in an ocean of censorship darkness.

DS
DS

Absolutely — TBP and unz.com are the best sites for free speech, in my opinion

A. R. Wasem
A. R. Wasem

What’s strange is that your comment got 2 downvotes (so far). I mean how can anyone with a brain (literally) read TBP for a even a single day and not know that speech on the site is absolutely free. I guess goes to show that even in the most dedicated group there will still be the Bell Curve outliers who don’t get it.

BreakingFree
BreakingFree

Was able to make monthly donation via pay pal. When making a larger one time donation I will send it by check to Mail to: Burning Platform LLC – P.O. Box 1520, Kulpsville, PA 19443 along with more particulars about wh I am.

The problem I have with PayPal is that I deposited over a $1,000.00 USD into a offshore bank and Paypal never sent it to the bank and when I asked about and for my money to be refunded I was given a big rig-a-more-roll on how to get the money back and I never was NEVER refunded.

This happened to me in 1998!

And recently something happened to “What Really Happened.”

They have tendency to keep all funds they “suspect” are no legitimate.

My advice; find another service in case PayPal does it to Burning Platform as a backup ready to go.

BreakingAwayAndFree

Llpoh
Llpoh

Sorry Jim.

But hey! It could be worse. If Smoky was still posting, you wouldn’t have a single advertiser left. The entire left world would be trying to cancel TBP.

Austrian Peter

When you tell the truth, like I try to do and expose the rot, there will always be GloboCap to piss you off. It’s a compliment really because it means your work is getting noticed and we are on the right path. Hat Tip to you Good Admin – I know your family will always be there for you until they finally get round to IDs on websites and then we will have to go dark like the black markets I knew after the war in UK.

I guess we will be getting round to this style of survival yet again as the noose tightens. “With the scarce food supply brought about by war, many turn to the black market and its astronomic prices as supplements. It is a place for opportunists and patriotic protesters, but mainly it’s a means to survive.”

Anonymous
Anonymous

To add insult, F’n zerohedge has admins latest missive as “premium” paid only content

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/jim-quinn-just-paddling

Anonymous
Anonymous

Got to be honest, I was just trying to figure out how to block all the ads and pop-ups TBH has within Firefox. I count 7 initially and then 2 more as they are closed. I like the content here, but the screen is crowded and I find I’m less likely to visit having to play whack-a-mole with the ads. I respect the want for revenue for your endeavor. I’ll donate when I can, but it wont change the impact of the ads for having done so.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Try Brave. Zero ads.

Mare
Mare

I’ve used Brave as default browser and search engine and love it. Would NEVER use google or any of those left wing run entities.

brian
brian

Like Anon stated, use Brave and AdBlock or AdAware and youwon’t see ads period, on any sites.

Dan
Dan

I really don’t get the problem with these guys. Quite often I read things on TBP that I find offensive, especially in the comments. So what? As you say, free speech. I could get all butt-hurt over the minority of things I don’t agree with, but I’d be missing out on a whole lot of worthwhile (to me) articles that I’d likely never find on my own. And who knows – maybe I’m wrong about something and I’ll learn something from another perspective.

I’d never ask anybody to ban something and only print things I agree with. What kind of person would? I guess the kind you have been dealing with. Ironically, I’d bet these jerks consider themselves completely open-minded.

Llpoh
Llpoh

You would not have believed this place ten years ago. This is a calm, gentle place in comparison.

It is rare that folks get banned around here. It isn’t for what they say, but for generally spamming and/or injuring the site. Or for attacking someone’s family, which is generally bad form.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Take Your word for it. Never use to read the comments, or comment. Here. ONLY read the Articles. Same as ZH, etc. Posted to Strictly Craigslist© Pittsburgh*, occasionally other places by invitation.

Got ‘honorable mention’ a few times, some hilariously funny posts that i wish i had ‘saved’, spent the majority of time in ‘Politics’, of course…Most memorable mention from some one/group who self-described as ‘The Watchers’…Held up as an example of using the Authors’ OWN words…Against ’em. STILL lazy sometimes in that regard.

Some of the posts were AMAZING to me when i actually read them on the site. Clearly, i must have spoken them, but it wasn’t my words. ‘Mysterious ways’ indeed.

Used Dragon Dictate® exclusively in those days, ‘Wounded’ astride Her, for lack of careful proofreading, Homophones in particular, occasionally.

Back to manual typing, came back fairly quickly as well. Don’t really give a rats’ patootie about spelling, grammar, and syntax. Anymore. At all. If that is all ya got as a rebuttal…Apply pressure to the bullet hole in your foot.

*obviously ruined over time. On purpose. ‘Lifetime’ ban. Ways around ANYTHING if determined enough. iPad for business BEFORE i was FORCED to buy a ‘smart phone’, (long story). used it to buy/sell occasionally. Still check it out once in a Blue Moon, ( 2 Full Moons/One Month)…Feel deeply for some promising ‘up and comers’…Once they hit their stride, they’ll inevitably be ‘SHOT DOWN’…Can’t have THE TRUTH getting out, now can “THEY”?

Boogieman
Boogieman

Done, Thank you admin for the last bastion of free speech left on the internet. I’m sure it drive’s them to crazy town.

Ray Jason
Ray Jason

Hi Jim,

It is a bitch down here in the Banana Latitudes getting mail to El Norte, but I just found a sailor flying to the USA in a few days. So count on me for some helpful dinero. Keep battlin! We need you on the www – World Wide Watchtower.

Anonymous
Anonymous

“We recently received notification from several of our demand partners. Ad serving on your website was restricted, which had a significant impact on income.”

Just wondering. Does this mean they can monitor this site and ‘see’ what percentage of the ‘viewers’ have some type of ‘ad-blocking’ software installed?

ZeroZee0
ZeroZee0

I’ll drop a few extra shekels on top of my monthly on payday next Friday…..
They broke my boat in February, and I’m now getting my first paycheck of the year…..
The next five months are gonna be a long stretch of 12+ hour days…..

brian
brian

SUPER appreciate this site, its a veritable gold mine in many ways. I’ll be making an ante to the pot as well… cheers

Leah
Leah

This sucks. Whatdinger can fuck themselves. They are not the number one site. You are.

YourAverageJoe
YourAverageJoe

Want to see record breaking banishment?
Just type the word “fudgepacker” in the ZeroHedge comment section.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Fuck! I go to whatfinger everyday. Today is my last day. Whatfinger? This finger mother fucker! Nothing pisses me off more than getting sucked in by what I thought was a “friendly” only to find out they are stabbing me and my friends in the back!

bucknp
bucknp

I use to eat at Whataburger , like 35-40 years ago. There was one in Granbury , Texas, off Hwy. 377 I think still there. “We” would get drunk at various honky tonks in that part of the world so come closing time , 2AM, that Whataburger took the edge off as it was open 24/7. Mind you, “back then” , 24/7 was not the “thing” in much of Texas. One would have to find a Pitt Grill, maybe Denny’s if in the city. There was a Pitt Grill in Granbury. 2AM was big business for that place too.

Old Dog
Old Dog

Until i read the article I never heard of Pixfuture, Whatfinger, and Resist the Mainstream.

What’s a “demand partner”?

I read TBP on PC at home and iPad, on the road. Frankly, the ads cover almost everything. So the brain surgeon (me) downloaded a couple of iPad adblockers, and the result…worse. Uninstalled the ad blockers.

Hearing the story, keep the ads coming, I’ll survuve.

Notmylife
Notmylife

Same thing with Black Rifle Coffee. Used to buy, not any more.

bucknp
bucknp

I’ll stick to Community Coffee, dark roast. Tried the rifle, free sample of course, not impressed. I know it has a “cause”, just like United Way has a “cause” , but no thanks, Sean Hannity, buy all you desire.

bucknp
bucknp

Me neither. I’ve led a sheltered life for a number of years. Praise Jesus. Sinner, yes, but Praise Jesus always.

brian
brian

I anted in to TBP,and was going to send Whatfinger a message. In their bs statement they have this,

” In other words…FREEDOM to think and feel and learn without censorship. This we believe is unique to Whatfinger,”

I was going to remind them of this and call them out on their overt lies. BUT… there is no where to contact them. So they are cowards too…

Jdog
Jdog

All I know, is the pop ups on this site are really starting to piss me off. If they continue, I will not.

brian
brian

Really??? You are not smart enough to glean from the comments about using a better browser and ad blockers and complain about ads???

“if they continue”, pretty sure they will so cya…

mark
mark

Jdog,

Use Brave.

bucknp
bucknp

Wonder where Brave source of dough?

Mare
Mare

I have never gotten a pop up ad on TBP. I use Brave. I mean NEVER EVER and I go on this site daily.

bucknp
bucknp

Makes me wonder though, the any number of downloads etc. , whatever they may be…somebody’s watching me…

n
n

Just donated, snail mail. Keep up the good work.

falconflight
falconflight

Mailed $50 today.

mark
mark

$50 check written and addressed, wife will mail on Monday.

Scot
Scot

I told Whatfinger I was removing them from my list for blacklisting The Burning Platform but they claim that the site isn’t blacklisted but “We will link to them again after a pop up is no longer used forcing readers to
click something in order to read the article.”

I have yet to see such a popup.

falconflight
falconflight

I looked for a contact link, but couldn’t find one.

Putin it where it counts
Putin it where it counts

Lol complains about censorship while shadow banning people he doesn’t agree with

Anonymous
Anonymous

You aren’t being shadow banned, you are just being ignored.

Putin it where it counts
Putin it where it counts

Tell me why my comments keep disappearing then

Long Time Lurker
Long Time Lurker

Cause you’re a dipshit that believes bullshit, and don’t know how to use a computer on top of it.

“Shadow banning” REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Admin won’t ban anyone, especially the tards… Who else can we pick on?

ken31
ken31

The webpage seems to run on a script that will sometimes lose information or posts (even if it looks like it went in), especially on a slow computer (the only time I have this problem is when the internet is at a crawl).

Meg
Meg

Grateful for your work. I do what I can.

ken31
ken31

I will mail off an amount that would literally make a homeless person’s day, soon.

Oldtoad of Green Acres
Oldtoad of Green Acres

My standard reply, “I’ve been thrown out of better places.”

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

Sent $200. paypal on Wed.

William Bonnie
William Bonnie

It trully is dire times when the left attempts to demonitize speech they disagree with. Yet worse we continue to put up with it and they get away with it. They get rich and we get insolvent. Change has to come to this situation.

Dave
Dave

I read the Whatfinger paragraph and deleted their favorites links on my devices. Thanks for the heads-up!

ken31
ken31

I tried it for a few days when I heard about it and saw nothing but zionist propaganda and clickbait, so never went back.

I used to consume a lot of Conservative Inc.(TM), but I completely lost my appetite for that nonsense.

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