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"Banning" an entire industry from buying ads was a stupid thing to do to begin with.
by r3bl 8y ago
"Banning" an entire industry from buying ads was a stupid thing to do to begin with.
- 21 8y agoLike cigarette bans?
- vkou 8y agoI am all for cigarette advertising bans, and I wish that alcohol advertising was treated the same way. (I do not smoke, but I do drink.)
- koolba 8y agoWould be a sly way of dropping the price of an acquisition target though.
- api 8y agoThe ideal thing for them would be to ban ads for ICOs that do not comply with certain requirements like disclaimers, SEC registration, etc., but that would be really hard to implement so they just ban hammered the whole space.
- dublinben 8y agoIt seems foolish for Facebook to accept money for advertisements of unregulated securities.
- Nasrudith 8y agoDepends on how repellent the ads are really. Technically they could probably get more money from x rated ads themselves but it would alienate a larger collection of customers and product. Come to think of it that describes a lot of the woes of big media and why the next big genre comes from small scenes in addition to inherit creativity or lack of it. Introducing say punk or gangster rap to music producer big names too early on would see you thrown out quickly and not just on their prejudices but rational "would get them pilloried even if it was the next big thing eventually". Youtube has had several adpocalypses over it and tension between content producers and what advertisers want to be seen on and of course what viewers want. "If I wanted stale advertiser friendly content I would turn om tv." reactions.
- vkou 8y agoThey also ban the entire adult film industry from buying ads on Facebook, but nobody raises so much as a peep about that. But ban ICOs, half of which are scam coins, and everyone loses their minds, there's moral outrage, etc.