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I actually feel for anyone that buys ad space for politics on Facebook as they obviously don't handle it particularly well. Tons of times in 2016 I saw ads for

by jsgo 9y ago

I actually feel for anyone that buys ad space for politics on Facebook as they obviously don't handle it particularly well. Tons of times in 2016 I saw ads for where someone was running for in-state legislature of another state entirely (one I had never even been to or driven through) being rendered for me. What value is an impression if the receiver couldn't vote for you if they wanted? I did actually comment on a couple of them saying good luck from a guy out of state (and that the ad showed up in my state, hoping they can recoup some of their advertising costs).

paulie_a 9y ago
> I actually feel for anyone that buys ad space for politics on Facebook as they obviously don't handle it particularly well. Why,? The world would be a better place with less pointless political advertising
- reaperducer 9y ago
  >Why,? The world would be a better place with less pointless political advertising Who gets to define "pointless?"
  - paulie_a 9y ago
    Every once and a while society can and does use common sense, it's not a Boolean flag
  - smsm42 9y ago
    Obviously, political advertisement you disagree with is "pointless" and the world would be a better place without it. </sarc> More specifically, the filtering would be informed by the biases and prejudices of those who control the gates. As it always is.
- jsgo 9y ago
  because there are quite a few people at the local levels nationally (and internationally as well I imagine) that run for various positions that don't have the financial backing of a Koch or similar that deserve an opportunity to have the same footing as someone as financially backed. If we want to get special interests out of everything like we claim, then we need to have the platforms for people to get themselves out there to be both effective and cheap enough to do so.
reaperducer 9y ago
>Tons of times in 2016 I saw ads for where someone was running for in-state legislature of another state entirely I think that's a Facebook targeting problem, not a problem with the people buying the ads. Somehow Facebook has no idea where I am, and I get local ads for all kinds for businesses in random cities to which I've never been. There's also the concept of extended targeting. For example, as an advertiser, you run Los Angeles ads in Palm Springs because there's a lot of people who live in or frequently visit Palm Springs who also have homes/businesses in Los Angeles. Ditto to LA-Las Vegas, SFO-Reno, Chicagoland-Wisconsin, Minneapolis-Southern Manitoba/Western Ontario, Houston-Austin, San Antonio-Padre, Cincinnati-Carolinas, etc...
- jsgo 9y ago
  I probably didn't specify "they" well in "they obviously don't handle it particularly well", but meant it as Facebook, sorry. Of course, there may be controls the user has when creating ads that may've been messed up, I'm not sure, but I honestly only recall a few ads that were in my area so that I could, if inclined, act on them. The vast majority? The only way it would work is if they sold me on their platform so hard that I sold my house and bought into their district in their state.

by jsgo 9y ago

paulie_a 9y ago

> I actually feel for anyone that buys ad space for politics on Facebook as they obviously don't handle it particularly well. Why,? The world would be a better place with less pointless political advertising

reaperducer 9y ago
>Why,? The world would be a better place with less pointless political advertising Who gets to define "pointless?"
- paulie_a 9y ago
  Every once and a while society can and does use common sense, it's not a Boolean flag
- smsm42 9y ago
  Obviously, political advertisement you disagree with is "pointless" and the world would be a better place without it. </sarc> More specifically, the filtering would be informed by the biases and prejudices of those who control the gates. As it always is.
jsgo 9y ago
because there are quite a few people at the local levels nationally (and internationally as well I imagine) that run for various positions that don't have the financial backing of a Koch or similar that deserve an opportunity to have the same footing as someone as financially backed. If we want to get special interests out of everything like we claim, then we need to have the platforms for people to get themselves out there to be both effective and cheap enough to do so.

reaperducer 9y ago

>Tons of times in 2016 I saw ads for where someone was running for in-state legislature of another state entirely I think that's a Facebook targeting problem, not a problem with the people buying the ads. Somehow Facebook has no idea where I am, and I get local ads for all kinds for businesses in random cities to which I've never been. There's also the concept of extended targeting. For example, as an advertiser, you run Los Angeles ads in Palm Springs because there's a lot of people who live in or frequently visit Palm Springs who also have homes/businesses in Los Angeles. Ditto to LA-Las Vegas, SFO-Reno, Chicagoland-Wisconsin, Minneapolis-Southern Manitoba/Western Ontario, Houston-Austin, San Antonio-Padre, Cincinnati-Carolinas, etc...

jsgo 9y ago
I probably didn't specify "they" well in "they obviously don't handle it particularly well", but meant it as Facebook, sorry. Of course, there may be controls the user has when creating ads that may've been messed up, I'm not sure, but I honestly only recall a few ads that were in my area so that I could, if inclined, act on them. The vast majority? The only way it would work is if they sold me on their platform so hard that I sold my house and bought into their district in their state.