FINANCIAL POST — Dec 4 — MSN bans Ashley Madison, a controversial dating website for cheaters, from buying ads. Ashley Madison tried to buy keywords such as "married local women", "have an affair", "meet people discretely" and "swingers". MSN has recently introduced guidelines that disallow advertising of services designed to facilitate deception, including extramarital affairs. The Alibi Network, an American company that provides assistance to people looking for an excuse to skip a day of work or an alibi to cover up for a trip with a secret lover, was banned from advertising in November.
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Mark Brooks: Your comments please…
What about dating sites that deceive their customers but that are not upfront about such questionable business practices? Should they not be banned as well?
Thx,
James Houran, Ph.D.
Online Dating Magazine
What about dating sites that deceive their customers but that are not upfront about such questionable business practices? Should they not be banned as well?
Thx,
James Houran, Ph.D.
Online Dating Magazine
What sites do you have in mind?
What sites do you have in mind?
Mark,
My comment was a broad ethical question. The issue of specific sites is a more appropriate question for actual online daters who can detail circumstances whereby they’ve felt dupped or taken advantage of by the business practices of online dating sites.
Examples abound on the web, but I’d be interested in seeing the results of any formal surveys re: what services come out as the worst offenders, as well as whether the public feels such sites are better, worse or no better from an ethical standpoint than what Ashley Madison is doing.
Thx,
James Houran, Ph.D.
Online Dating Magazine
Mark,
My comment was a broad ethical question. The issue of specific sites is a more appropriate question for actual online daters who can detail circumstances whereby they’ve felt dupped or taken advantage of by the business practices of online dating sites.
Examples abound on the web, but I’d be interested in seeing the results of any formal surveys re: what services come out as the worst offenders, as well as whether the public feels such sites are better, worse or no better from an ethical standpoint than what Ashley Madison is doing.
Thx,
James Houran, Ph.D.
Online Dating Magazine
Not pleased that Microsoft will now be making moral decisions for all of us. This area seems a little to gray for Microsoft to be the judge.
Not pleased that Microsoft will now be making moral decisions for all of us. This area seems a little to gray for Microsoft to be the judge.