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It might be advertising, but it's advertising where: 1) I opt-in, and can opt-out 2) I pick exactly who I want to get advertising from 3) The "advertiser" ca
by kscaldef 17y ago
It might be advertising, but it's advertising where:
1) I opt-in, and can opt-out
2) I pick exactly who I want to get advertising from
3) The "advertiser" can get feedback on how many people are following them, how many new, how many lost, and potentially adjust.
Personally, I'm pretty happy that I can follow my favorite restaurants and they tell me what today's specials are, or I can follow my neighborhood bar and they tell me when they change a keg. If that's the future of advertising, I'm happy to have it.
- potatolicious 17y ago4) The advertising isn't annoying and/or deceptive. When I get a tweet from a place I like about what's on special tonight, I don't have something flashing in my eyes causing epileptic seizures. I also don't have boobs in my face making me look.
- eplanit 17y agoI'm sure early TV viewers found benefit in advertisements, too. At least some did, no doubt. The Ad industry itself wants consumers to regard their works as "information". They've found a new vehicle in Twitter -- a tap into a new generation of consumers. They've done it well, for their consumers are actually defensive of their advertisements by virtue of the fact that the Ad is served up via new technology. (i.e. Because it's personal it's more legit? welcome?) They've surely found the sweet spot of technology and their consumers. Genius.
- kscaldef 17y agoYou've completely ignored my points. I don't care that the ads are served by a new technology. I care that I have complete control over who I am receiving communications from and when I view those communications.