Ethics on MMORPG black market and GFF's ads for them

Originally Posted by Klondike

On occasion, I see a row of Google ads for FFXI gil marketplaces on the bottom of the page here. I bet that depending on what pages I went to, I could probably see WoW trading ads too. I know that Adsense clients cannot directly control what ads Google displays on their websites. Still, it seems like an ethical issue to me, as the result is that GFF is inadvertently encouraging the black market in MMORPG currency.

I know not everyone is against this sort of thing either; does GFF/bobo have a stance on it? Is this a non-topic here?

I think it's a bad thing, but I don't care that much about the issue to be fired up about it. I'm more just interested in hearing people's thoughts on whether GFF should be responsible for its ads, whether this is important, whether it's even feasible to do anything about it, etc.

AARGH I PLAY WORLD OF WARCRAFT ALL DAY AND I AM A LEVEL 60 FIGHTER I HAVE TO SMASH A LOT OF ORCS TO GET MY GOLD AND I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THINGS THE EASY WAY AND MAKE ME LOOK STUPID FOR BEATING UP ORCS. THEY'RE NOT LEVEL 60 FIGHTERS AND IT TOOK ME A LOT OF TIME TO GET THIS STRONG LET'S SEE THEM SMASH ALL THOSE ORCS. INSTEAD OF LEARNING FROM THE GAINS OF OTHERS I WILL DEMAND THAT THE ENTIRE INTERNET CONFORM TO MY OUTMODED PRINCIPLES. I AM THE ULTIMATE GAMER BECAUSE SMASHING ORCS FOR GOLD IS HARDCORE AND ONLY NOOBS CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES FOR ADVANCEMENT. I THINK GOLD FARMERS ARE STUPID POOTYHEADS AND WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO KILL AN ORC IF THEY HAD TO.

How ya doing, buddy?