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I would like to see a ban on all ads. I am sick of them. I resent with all my heart that wherever I go I'm bombared with propaganda for products. Nobody should

I would like to see a ban on all ads. I am sick of them. I resent with all my heart that wherever I go I'm bombared with propaganda for products. Nobody should have the right to hijack other peoples attention.

dennisgorelik 7y ago
Banning all ads is wrong. Ads help promoting good products and services. If you ban all ads -- less people will be using good products and services, and that will make our economy less effective.
- Uhuhreally 7y ago
  No. Everything we see advertised is crap. All of it. The more it's advertised the worse the product.
  - easytiger 7y ago
    That's just ridiculous.
    - Uhuhreally 7y ago
      have you forgotten the context of this thread ? Sugar water! One of the most advertised products of all time is sugar water. A useless product that makes people sick.
      - smhost 7y ago
        wow, dude. what do you have against african unity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyT_bYUUG6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyT_bYUUG6o
      - easytiger 7y ago
        Are you defending the statement... "Ban all advertising" ?
  - kaybe 7y ago
    I like professional advertising. Some of the producers of very specialized equipment are very hard to find online and have horrible webpages. If they didn't show up at conferences and posted ads in the relevant journals and websites nobody would find them even when they're desperately looking for exactly their product. I asked some people at ESA how they find suppliers and they basically said their predecessors left them them a bunch of catalogues and lists. What I really hate is advertisement unrelated to what I'm trying to do. When I'm looking at cake recepies I don't want my focus highjacked by camera ads even though I wouldn't mind them when looking for photography tips.
- blub 7y ago
  "If you ban all ads -- less people will be using good products and services, and that will make our economy less effective." That's a strange conclusion, since all products, including terrible ones are advertised. In fact ads are essentially content-free and don't help people decide if a product is good or not. They have zero correlation with the quality of a product. Some countries like France and Germany have independent organizations that buy almost anything that one can think of, test it and make a list of quality products. That ensures people buy good products and services. You've made me see once again that ads are essentially worthless for individuals.
  - em-bee 7y ago
    but they also allow the advertisers to use the test results in their ads. and that's effective. if i see a test-result in an ad i do pay attention (if i am in the market for that kind of product)
    - blub 7y ago
      That would work just as well if they print the results on the packaging (which they do).
- Uhuhreally 7y ago
  Idiot apologist. What a despicable morally bankrupt thing to say
chillacy 7y ago
In the absence of official advertising I have a feeling companies would just move to "native advertising", or sponsorships, or paying people to make comments on HN. Being influenced without knowing who the influencer is.
- Uhuhreally 7y ago
  they do both already

dennisgorelik 7y ago

Banning all ads is wrong. Ads help promoting good products and services. If you ban all ads -- less people will be using good products and services, and that will make our economy less effective.

Uhuhreally 7y ago
No. Everything we see advertised is crap. All of it. The more it's advertised the worse the product.
- easytiger 7y ago
  That's just ridiculous.
  - Uhuhreally 7y ago
    have you forgotten the context of this thread ? Sugar water! One of the most advertised products of all time is sugar water. A useless product that makes people sick.
    - smhost 7y ago
      wow, dude. what do you have against african unity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyT_bYUUG6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyT_bYUUG6o
    - easytiger 7y ago
      Are you defending the statement... "Ban all advertising" ?
- kaybe 7y ago
  I like professional advertising. Some of the producers of very specialized equipment are very hard to find online and have horrible webpages. If they didn't show up at conferences and posted ads in the relevant journals and websites nobody would find them even when they're desperately looking for exactly their product. I asked some people at ESA how they find suppliers and they basically said their predecessors left them them a bunch of catalogues and lists. What I really hate is advertisement unrelated to what I'm trying to do. When I'm looking at cake recepies I don't want my focus highjacked by camera ads even though I wouldn't mind them when looking for photography tips.
blub 7y ago
"If you ban all ads -- less people will be using good products and services, and that will make our economy less effective." That's a strange conclusion, since all products, including terrible ones are advertised. In fact ads are essentially content-free and don't help people decide if a product is good or not. They have zero correlation with the quality of a product. Some countries like France and Germany have independent organizations that buy almost anything that one can think of, test it and make a list of quality products. That ensures people buy good products and services. You've made me see once again that ads are essentially worthless for individuals.
- em-bee 7y ago
  but they also allow the advertisers to use the test results in their ads. and that's effective. if i see a test-result in an ad i do pay attention (if i am in the market for that kind of product)
  - blub 7y ago
    That would work just as well if they print the results on the packaging (which they do).
Uhuhreally 7y ago
Idiot apologist. What a despicable morally bankrupt thing to say

chillacy 7y ago

In the absence of official advertising I have a feeling companies would just move to "native advertising", or sponsorships, or paying people to make comments on HN. Being influenced without knowing who the influencer is.

Uhuhreally 7y ago
they do both already