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// February 6th, 2010 // p2p

p2pnet view P2P | Advertising:- As I’ve said a couple of times, I have no problem with advertising per se. I just don’t like the kind of garbage purpose-built to hijack user information. Can you says Fa$ebook? And can you think of any other names? To keep on keeping on, sites such as p2pnet have to find advertising which fits — nothing tricky, no spyware, easy to install and uninstall, all of which apply to Platrium Games which makes ad-supported – note ad supported — playware. Whenever a p2pnet reader installs one of the games (the first advertised in the banner above) s/he helps me. I get $1.45 for the US; $0.75 for Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands; and, $0.24 for Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. It works like this. People can play games and earn jacks, which they accumulate to buy stuff. Or if they want, they can choose a charity and donate their winnings to it. Currently, 1,000 jacks are equivalent to about $1.00 and Platrium has donated about $1,000 to it’s four charities, Ryan Webb, my contact, tells me. “Perhaps it doesn’t sound like much, but Platrium was only launched in late November 2009 and is still growing,” he says. In its Best Practices section, Platrium promises users can > > > … safely install our software in order to get access to thousands of pieces of free content – games, emoticons, avatars, and more. As a result of our commitment to best practices, our users are able to make the informed choice of accepting or declining our offer of relevant advertising in exchange for free access to our constantly growing catalog of premium content. The foremost concern of our customers is their own privacy. Recognizing that concern, we are committed to protecting the privacy of our users. Steps we take to notify consumers as to what our software does and how it works: Before installing Platrium, users are provided with a plain language disclosure as to what Platrium is and how it works; users also are provided a link to our Privacy Policy and our complete End User License Agreement. Our policy is that the user must opt-in (consent) to the download before the install of our software will initiate At the conclusion of the install process, users are shown the Platrium reaffirmation window. This reaffirmation message displays visual examples of Platrium advertising formats and uninstall instructions prior to a user receiving an ad Upon install, Platrium provides a system tray icon from which the user can access program information, customer support and uninstall instructions The user can access further information about Platrium through the “Start / All Programs” menu, including direct links to customer support and uninstall instructions The Platrium Playbar (toolbar) provides links for users to access and play Platrium’s hundreds of games and also to access emoticons, avatars and more; in addition, the Playbar contains a messaging section to alert the user when new games are available Slider ads are labeled as coming from our programs and provide a link to further program information and uninstall instructions In any instance where we suspect that a partner channel has been compromised, we will provide every user within the compromised channel appropriate messaging. This messaging provides one-click removal of the fraudulently installed software as well as an opportunity for the user to explicitly opt-in if they wish to keep the software Uninstallation of Platrium can always be done through the Add or Remove Programs function. Slider ads are labeled as coming from our programs and provide a link to further program information and uninstall instructions In any instance where we suspect that a partner channel has been compromised, we will provide every user within the compromised channel appropriate messaging. This messaging provides one-click removal of the fraudulently installed software as well as an opportunity for the user to explicitly opt-in if they wish to keep the software Uninstallation of Platrium can always be done through the Add or Remove Programs function. And here’s the FAQ . Cheers! And thanks … Jon - … .. … and identi.ca More First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi February, 2010 Use free p2pnet newsfeeds for your site. Subscribe to - | | rss feed: http://-/feed -? -