For a few glorious hours, people walking through Times Square in New York City were treated to quite a sight:
They managed to keep it up for 24 hours but the building next to the ad, had it taken down. @Pornhub in Times Square pic.twitter.com/zGJBAuDt95"
— Ally C (@ayooALLY) October 9, 2014Pornhub—which logs over 44 million visitors per day—held a contest for their first ever, completely SFW advertising campaign, and the above design was the winner (although there were many worthy contenders). This victory for the first amendment was short-lived, sadly, as some of the neighbors clearly objected to the subject matter. Their narrow-mindedness led to this:
No more Pornhub Billboard in Times Square :( pic.twitter.com/hBH3fZvkz5
— Pornhub Katie (@Pornhub) October 8, 2014Clearly, this will be a tough blow for the company to take. Now that their one billboard has been taken down, how are they ever going to attract people to their website?
[via Independent]
