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Most ads are bad from the user perspective. Low information enticements rarely perform any useful function. High information discussions, product placement in e
by robbedpeter 5y ago
Most ads are bad from the user perspective. Low information enticements rarely perform any useful function. High information discussions, product placement in entertainment, informative websites and tutorials are good, but the vast majority of ads are just terrible races to the bottom.
- adolph 5y agoIsn’t that the problem with many things sold to broad audiences? Say feature bloat in Word or Excel, or how nearly every appliance has a clock as if everything else wasn’t flashing 12:00 already? Oh, maybe the parent comment is that of an idealist who thinks things don’t have to be that way…
- pessimizer 5y agoThat's a difference I've never noted between ads that people want (for example, in trade magazines) and ads that people don't. Ads that people want are information dense, filled with tiny print, numbers, and multiple photographs. Ads that people don't want try to be pretty, or entertaining. The prettiness is even biased towards minimalism. edit: In the limit as bullshit -> 0, I'm pretty sure ads transform into pages from a wholesale/B2B catalog.