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| − | '''YFly''' is a website that was advertised on YTMND for a week (between April 26 to May 1), when Max had made his first two "[[Night of the Unicorns]]" gags. This advertising included a top-right watermark on every YTMND, an appearance on the list of sponsored YTMNDs, and a banner and images appearing under the Recently Created list.
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| − | While some users made sites mocking or complaining about the YFly ads, others simply used Firefox and AdBlock to hide them instead.
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| − | ==Images under Recently Created list==
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| − | During that week, YFly showed a wide blue banner under Recently Created, and images (some slightly not-work-safe) directly below that banner. The images included monkeys with one of them having their head replaced with Osama Bin Laden's head, another one with a black person (Perhaps [[Bubb Rubb]]) pointing out his middle finger, and lastly a fat woman taking her pants off and a rocket censoring the privates.
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| − | =="Sponsorships" spot==
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| − | One part of the site YFly was advertised on was a spot on the [[Sponsorships|Sponsorships list]]. It appeared as a "$250" spot titled "YFLY Smacktalk! (offsite)".
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| − | {{ytmnduser|humanbomb}} decided to create a site and sponsor it for $281 to push YFly down the list, but did not succeed; the spot stayed on top, even with a smaller dollar amount. {{ytmnduser|max}} revealed that the spot's placement was actually determined by him:
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| − | i just had to recode the hack to make YFLY show up second. i was hoping no one would do this.
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| − | max later added,
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| − | $250 is not close to what YFLY is paying for the sponsorship.
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| − | When humanbomb later asked what the actual sponsorship value was (intending to "pay more" and out-sponsor YFly), max replied:
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| − | humanbomb i doubt you would be willing to drop five figures on it.
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| − | ==PTKFGS Problems==
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| − | Because the YFLY corner ad was placed at the top-right corner of YTMNDs, many hardcore PTKFGSers were convinced this was the final harbinger of doom for their PTKFGS sites, whose PTKFGS logo originally inhabited that corner. {{ytmnduser|Keatonkeaton999}} eventually made a YTMND expressing these concerns, {{ytmnd|this-site-wont-make-sense-eventually|this-site-wont-make-sense-eventually.ytmnd.com}}. For the archived version of when it did make sense, go here: http://web.archive.org/web/20070425052308/http://this-site-wont-make-sense-eventually.ytmnd.com/.
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20070424211131/http://www.ytmnd.com/ YTMND's front page during the YFly deal]
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| − | *[http://www.ytmnd.com/sites/profile/757732#2007-04-29_14_21_35 profile of humanbomb's "Epic sponsorship maneuver" site, where max discusses the "$250" YFly spot and the actual value of the deal]
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