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This isn't about politics it's about advertising. Facebook is catching hell from advertisers right now because ads are "showing up alongside hateful content."
by mikece 6y ago
This isn't about politics it's about advertising. Facebook is catching hell from advertisers right now because ads are "showing up alongside hateful content." In marketing speak what Reddit is doing is creating a "brand safe" environment so that advertisers will spend more with Reddit.
Sorry right-wingers, this isn't about red or blue politics, it's all about green.
- jl2718 6y agoI really wonder if it’s actually affecting sales. My best guess is that cancel culture has at worst zero effect on purchases, and likely just free advertising by the twitter mob.
- mikece 6y agoYeah... Unilever and Verizon -- among many others -- boycotting ad buys on Facebook have zero impact. Keep on believing that. How about a couple links that just showed up under "newest" here on HN: Ford, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, and other brands are boycotting ad buys on Facebook right now: https://www.axios.com/scoop-microsoft-has-been-pausing-spending-on-facebook-instagram-9fca2ee3-acd3-4b78-90c2-ed96846394e3.html https://www.axios.com/scoop-microsoft-has-been-pausing-spend... https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/29/884881853/facebook-boycott-grows-ford-joins-coca-cola-starbucks-and-other-brands https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racia...