2 ms·
Online advertising is toxic. Everything from the execution (code), the push, the presentation, the stalking, the need for isolation, and the horrid insecurity.
by austincheney 8y ago
Online advertising is toxic. Everything from the execution (code), the push, the presentation, the stalking, the need for isolation, and the horrid insecurity. I understand that ads are the life blood of much of the web, but so long as that is the case there are many sites I won't visit and just about everything else I will block ads.
The only site I frequently visit where I don't feel dirty and violated by ads are the video ads on YouTube because I know they are screened for in appropriate content and aren't littered with 30 spyware packages. Of course YouTube makes up for that with horrid ad/stalking behavior everywhere else.
I even bet Facebook would be an ethical company if not for all the behaviors associated with chasing ad revenue.
- duxup 8y agoExcept for the folks paying content makers to do ads, as far as i can tell plenty of YouTube content makers have no problem with targeting kids with stuff that is effectively gambling.
- austincheney 8y agoThat isn't the advertisements. That is the actual content people intentionally request. I wouldn't confuse a casino for its billboard.
- duxup 8y ago>That is the actual content people intentionally request. Maybe I'm misunderstanding you here, but I'm not really sure any viewers are requesting content makers do ads that target kids for gambling like apps and site. Either way they are ads, and they are on YouTube. It's hardly a clean place advertising wise.