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But what if you weren't going to buy it because you were not aware it existed? When you see an ad for an interesting movie and decide to check it out, you go wa
by greiskul 11y ago
But what if you weren't going to buy it because you were not aware it existed?
When you see an ad for an interesting movie and decide to check it out, you go watch it, and love it, are you really worse off?
Maybe you see an ad for a new restaurant and decide to check it out. Are you worse off?
Aren't these examples of positive ads?
- Nursie 11y agoI like to operate by word of mouth, sometimes online searches (and I'll take reviews over ads any day, even when searching) and by stumbling across things.
- RodericDay 11y agoWhat if you see the ad, and decide to check the movie out, and it's terrible - a waste of your time and money? What if you see a slick ad for a restaurant, and it turns out the restaurant spends more money on ads than on being a good restaurant, and it is a waste of money? Are you better off?
- softawre 11y agoWow. He was saying they could be positive. Of course you can come up with a counter-example...
- RodericDay 11y agoWhich is why it is ridiculous to approach the situation from a "what if..." perspective. We should approach it from net expected benefit, else everyone gets to pretend they are the one true purveyor of good and classy ads.