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I have similar thoughts and am very divided over this, despite that businesses I'm involved in are suffering losses right now. What am I doing wrong? Is my prod

by mojuba 5y ago

I have similar thoughts and am very divided over this, despite that businesses I'm involved in are suffering losses right now. What am I doing wrong? Is my product bad, mediocre, useless? After all, I'm thinking, if my product could generate profit when I could run cheap ads and have a pretty decent retention rates, then fundamentally, what's wrong with it? > ... opt-in approaches. Mail catalogues, e-mail catalogues, yellow pages, catalog websites, trade shows, etc. - all kinds of services where it's the user who seeks out advertisements There's a big problem with this. I don't know what I don't know. Even though I wouldn't voluntarily opt in for ads on my Facebook feed if I had the chance, but some ads are so good that I am sometimes even thankful when I see an interesting promoted product. That's only possible because Facebook knows too much about my interests already. But again, I'm not among those who'd voluntarily subscribe to yellow pages in any shape or form. My IDFA has been disabled since my first iPhone, I have the best paid ad blocker in my browser etc. All in all, I doubt the industry can make a U-turn and go back to the opt-in model. More realistically we'll have a bipolar world with Apple on one end of the spectrum and the rest on the other.

wruza 5y ago
I think “web directory” is the old answer, which was killed by targeted ads. Even though I wouldn't voluntarily opt in for ads on my Facebook feed if I had the chance, but some ads are so good that I am sometimes even thankful when I see an interesting promoted product Idk, when things were different, I actually read ads on paper, because it was interesting what companies can offer, and it was versatile. It was like going to a monstrous store with shelfs full of different goods and descriptions. You’re asking how to target a specific interest? A directory. I’d go to a tech section (and many more) weekly just to keep up with the world. I’d share good findings with my friends and relatives, buy interesting things which I know much better than FB ever would. Today directories are dead and I have NO, completely NO way to do that, except by the chance of seeing something on HN or few other sites. Github awesome-something lists are a proof for that: you just can’t reach good stuff with how it all works now.

by mojuba 5y ago

wruza 5y ago

I think “web directory” is the old answer, which was killed by targeted ads. Even though I wouldn't voluntarily opt in for ads on my Facebook feed if I had the chance, but some ads are so good that I am sometimes even thankful when I see an interesting promoted product Idk, when things were different, I actually read ads on paper, because it was interesting what companies can offer, and it was versatile. It was like going to a monstrous store with shelfs full of different goods and descriptions. You’re asking how to target a specific interest? A directory. I’d go to a tech section (and many more) weekly just to keep up with the world. I’d share good findings with my friends and relatives, buy interesting things which I know much better than FB ever would. Today directories are dead and I have NO, completely NO way to do that, except by the chance of seeing something on HN or few other sites. Github awesome-something lists are a proof for that: you just can’t reach good stuff with how it all works now.