What's the deal with the Ford Motor Company spam thread? Legit?

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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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This is the second time I have noticed this "sponsored thread" from Ford. Seems like might be a legit ad where the owner of KF, Internet Brands, Inc., is getting compensation for letting Ford post the thread. Anybody noticed these Ad's anywhere else. Deej, do you know what the deal is? It looks fishy so I haven't clicked on it, but I see a few thousand others have.
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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Hmmm it was there before I posted, now it's gone. weird
 
Old Nov 20, 2011 | 11:37 PM
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I've noticed it too. And yes, it's there and then it's not. You're not losing it Dan.
 
Old Nov 21, 2011 | 02:51 AM
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Yup. and it's not just on this tread. noticed it on others also. for a couple weeks or so now. Deej, or other admins, are they sponsoring this site, or hacking it?
 
Old Nov 21, 2011 | 03:14 AM
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I've seen it too. It usually shows up a couple of seconds after the page loads. I have not clicked on it...
 
Old Nov 21, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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Spammers.... we try to keep an eye on the site and get rid of that crap.
 
Old Nov 21, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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I talked to Patrick the other day and he said that this is happening all over the place on just about every website. Just ignore, but if you want you can take a screenshot and send it to me, and I'll pass it on.
 
Old Nov 21, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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You guys need to run some ad blocker software and it all goes away.
 
Old Nov 21, 2011 | 05:05 PM
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I clicked on em, wish I had screen shot but I dont... they were even the only posts showing up in the less traveled parts of this forum... I like clicking
 
Old Nov 22, 2011 | 12:09 AM
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Dunno if this helps or not...

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The username for the poster was PostRelease. I clicked on the username and was automatically brought to website: www dot postrelease dot com.

Also...the link address that appears for the thread title is: http ://adserve DOT postrelease DOT com/pc/144459?prx_visitor=9fc96430-484b-41f4-839b-a50e22d24311&prx_visit=f1e0b8b4-d80f-4eba-b26e-ddb148faa2d6&prx_rk=1321923390201
 

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