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Advertising is people too. It’s people all the way down. We decided child labor was morally unacceptable, so why not advertising?

pryelluw 7y ago
Id say comparing advertising with child labor proves how biases distort perception.
- JohnFen 7y ago
  I think you missed his point. What I heard him saying is that in the past, other commonly accepted practices were eventually deemed unacceptable and ended. There's no reason the currently accepted practices of the advertising industry can't follow a similar trajectory.
  - pryelluw 7y ago
    No, I got that. My point is that child labor is a bit too extreme for comparisons sake. Smoking and the tobacco industry would be more inline with advertising.
hopler 7y ago
Who decided that? In the USA we decided that domestic child labor is unacceptable, so we outsourced it to Africa and Asia.
- pryelluw 7y ago
  Is it a surprise to anyone that all the major advertising companies are more than willing to meet the demands of nations that do not deem child labor as a negative? Not at all. Its why these companies need to be regulated. Sadly, regulation tech is taboo because that means VC s wont be able to make money as easily.
grimjack00 7y ago
We decided child labor was unacceptable _outside certain limits_. I was helping customers in the family deli at 11-12 years old, and that's perfectly legal as long as time/task regulations are followed.
m463 7y ago
I think "advertising" is a deliberately ambiguous term nowadays (like justice or freedom) 50 years ago, advertising was a broadcast medium. A sign, a jingle, a page in a magazine with a photo and a pitch. But nowadays advertising is two-directional, probably more accurately defined as surveillance and profiling of individuals. For example, if you run the Target app on your phone and look at the "advertisements" for a product, it is very likely the price will go up if you walk into the store and look again.

pryelluw 7y ago

Id say comparing advertising with child labor proves how biases distort perception.

JohnFen 7y ago
I think you missed his point. What I heard him saying is that in the past, other commonly accepted practices were eventually deemed unacceptable and ended. There's no reason the currently accepted practices of the advertising industry can't follow a similar trajectory.
- pryelluw 7y ago
  No, I got that. My point is that child labor is a bit too extreme for comparisons sake. Smoking and the tobacco industry would be more inline with advertising.

hopler 7y ago

Who decided that? In the USA we decided that domestic child labor is unacceptable, so we outsourced it to Africa and Asia.

pryelluw 7y ago
Is it a surprise to anyone that all the major advertising companies are more than willing to meet the demands of nations that do not deem child labor as a negative? Not at all. Its why these companies need to be regulated. Sadly, regulation tech is taboo because that means VC s wont be able to make money as easily.

grimjack00 7y ago

We decided child labor was unacceptable _outside certain limits_. I was helping customers in the family deli at 11-12 years old, and that's perfectly legal as long as time/task regulations are followed.

m463 7y ago

I think "advertising" is a deliberately ambiguous term nowadays (like justice or freedom) 50 years ago, advertising was a broadcast medium. A sign, a jingle, a page in a magazine with a photo and a pitch. But nowadays advertising is two-directional, probably more accurately defined as surveillance and profiling of individuals. For example, if you run the Target app on your phone and look at the "advertisements" for a product, it is very likely the price will go up if you walk into the store and look again.