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One ad is not a problem. Constant bombardment of ads telling people that they are inadequate without a product is emotional abuse on, literally, an industrial s
by fnord123 7y ago
One ad is not a problem. Constant bombardment of ads telling people that they are inadequate without a product is emotional abuse on, literally, an industrial scale. And when people try to escape it, the practices in TFA make the whole scenario worse. Not only can you not escape it, but it's obvious that ads are being crafted to get into our individual brains and abuse us in the most effective manner possible.
No snowflake feels responsible for the avalanche. But one couldn't reasonably say 'children love catching snowflakes landing on their tongues so it's not black or white whether avalanches are a bad thing.' That's not your position, I know, but there's not nearly as much gray as you seem to suggest.
- cyborgx7 7y agoThis is the best reply to that response so far, and pretty much the only one that doesn't miss my point. Thanks for writing it.
- cm2012 7y agoProbably less than 1% of ads are the "make people feel inadequate" variety. You can see this for yourself. Pick 10 random companies you remember the name of, and look up their current FB ads at https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/ https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/. And you can certainly be an "ad man" without going that route (I don't make ads like that, myself).
- tomlockwood 7y agoOh snap, author here. I completely forgot to mention how two factor authentication can be a ploy to get more ids for the cross-device graph, and you just reminded me. Next post maybe!
- fnord123 7y agoHa! I meant The Fine Article. Glad it sparked something. :)