IMVU Gets Pretty Racey With Those Ads

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Monday, November 10th, 2008

Thanks to reader tips we’ve had a chance to see IMVU’s racey new animated banner ads showing two women kissing as they fall downwards horizontally. The ad includes the message “live the lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of.” I signed up immediately.

The ad was spotted on Ustream, which prohibits content that is obscene or includes “pornography, erotica, child pornography or child erotica.” As far as I’m concerned this ad is none of that, but the Prop 8 supporters may disagree.

Watch the animated version:

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