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So in layman's terms: "we looked at a bunch of ads, and found that a bunch of them are making bullshit claims". I mean yeah....that is what advertising is: exag

So in layman's terms: "we looked at a bunch of ads, and found that a bunch of them are making bullshit claims". I mean yeah....that is what advertising is: exaggerated, nebulous, or otherwise evasive if not outright false claims.

heresie-dabord 5y ago
I'll say in the defence of advertising that it doesn't need to be a pack of lies. There are countries where it is illegal to publish false information. That said, Y*tube is not to be trusted as a source of information. When people mistake entertainment for democracy, they are living in Plato's cave.
dboreham 5y ago
This may be accepted in US culture, but it's not the norm everywhere. Many countries have a culture that advertising should be truthful and not deceptive, backed up by laws and enforcement. e.g. https://www.asa.org.uk/ https://www.asa.org.uk/
- Ansil849 5y ago
  > Many countries have a culture that advertising should be truthful and not deceptive Truthful advertising is an oxymoron, like saying 'peaceful wars'. The only difference in sectors where there is ostensibly more regulation is that the lies are not something concrete like hard figures, but more abstract, like creating the illusion that a product will bring happiness.
  - dboreham 5y ago
    It's a spectrum, right. You could make an ad that says "Acetaminophen cures headache symptoms for most people and has minimal side-effects. Don't take a ton of it because then you'll die". That would still increase sales of the drug and I think it's entirely truthful.
jbothma 5y ago
They don't. I hear the same overstatement of what vpns will provide in terms of security from non-technical and sometimes technical people. Somewhere these misrepresentations are being taken as fact.
beebmam 5y ago
When did false claims become legal? Should false claims, or claims without evidence, about something being sold be legal?

heresie-dabord 5y ago

I'll say in the defence of advertising that it doesn't need to be a pack of lies. There are countries where it is illegal to publish false information. That said, Y*tube is not to be trusted as a source of information. When people mistake entertainment for democracy, they are living in Plato's cave.

dboreham 5y ago

This may be accepted in US culture, but it's not the norm everywhere. Many countries have a culture that advertising should be truthful and not deceptive, backed up by laws and enforcement. e.g. https://www.asa.org.uk/ https://www.asa.org.uk/

Ansil849 5y ago
> Many countries have a culture that advertising should be truthful and not deceptive Truthful advertising is an oxymoron, like saying 'peaceful wars'. The only difference in sectors where there is ostensibly more regulation is that the lies are not something concrete like hard figures, but more abstract, like creating the illusion that a product will bring happiness.
- dboreham 5y ago
  It's a spectrum, right. You could make an ad that says "Acetaminophen cures headache symptoms for most people and has minimal side-effects. Don't take a ton of it because then you'll die". That would still increase sales of the drug and I think it's entirely truthful.

jbothma 5y ago

They don't. I hear the same overstatement of what vpns will provide in terms of security from non-technical and sometimes technical people. Somewhere these misrepresentations are being taken as fact.

beebmam 5y ago

When did false claims become legal? Should false claims, or claims without evidence, about something being sold be legal?