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Honestly, if Facebook serves ads from their servers and not just loads them from random ad networks, and takes care, that they reasonably blend with the page in
by _ph_ 10y ago
Honestly, if Facebook serves ads from their servers and not just loads them from random ad networks, and takes care, that they reasonably blend with the page in look and appearance (especially no special blinking, noise etc.) and in general curates them, like paper publications do, then I am all fine with ads on Facebook.
We have lived with (and sometimes even liked) curated ads in paper publications for decades. If the web just had those kind of ads, it would be great. Web pages need some way of financing, and if there is a reasonable one, it would be good for everyone.
The big problem with current web ads, and the reason I do run adblock is, that they are uncharted, often violently annoying and unfortunately a growing security risk.
In this sense, I support Facebook in having proper ads.
- sschueller 10y agoThe problem with this is that you will no longer know what is an ad and what is not. On facebook that may not be such an issues but for example on your local news program. You no longer know if the report you are watching is actually news or a native ad.
- _ph_ 10y agoI was assuming that all ads continue to be clearly labeled as such, as they were in print media. And for TV, of course, ads also needs to be clearly labeled. What I was talking about is, that the page showing ads needs to be fully responsible for their content to prevent malware attacks, and of course, should see to that they are aesthetically acceptable.
- busyant 10y agoWe have lived with (and sometimes even liked) curated ads in paper publications for decades. In the 1970s, my grandfather mailed his local newspaper and asked them to remove the ads when they made his copy of the paper. "I never read them" he wrote. My mother had to explain to him how mass production worked.