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The problem is that advertising is shifting towards manipulation. Facebook and co can target so well their users, and do brain research to understand how to mos
by elcomet 8y ago
The problem is that advertising is shifting towards manipulation. Facebook and co can target so well their users, and do brain research to understand how to most effectively make someone want a product, or click on an ad, or buy a service..
Also, we suspect cases of political manipulations through advertisement channels (remember cambridge analytica ?)
Before, advertisement was just sensitization to a brand, making people know it. Today, it's much more, and I find it absolutely horrifying.
Also, ads are very annoying when they prevent you to enjoy the content, and block half of the page, as it is the case in a lot of sites.
(please excuse the language, not native speaker)
- frostburg 8y agoIt was almost always manipulation; recall all the old cigarette ads featuring doctors.
- elcomet 8y agoThis is more a lie than a manipulation (and is punished by law, at least in some country). But you are right that even without targeting, ads could hurt people.
- frostburg 8y agoThat's now illegal in many countries (not that tactic, just advertising for cigarettes). Faking legitimacy by implication of (spurious) association with something seen as trustworthy is unfortunately entirely legal, as far as I know.