Hate to break it to you, but there really are different qualities in ads. The pure crap at the bottom of news articles (which take you to articles that are like

Hate to break it to you, but there really are different qualities in ads. The pure crap at the bottom of news articles (which take you to articles that are like 100 clicks) with headlines like "100s of unsold SUVs waiting to be purchased for pennies on the dollar" are both total lies, totally annoying and get you reaching for the ad block. And there are original creatives (now maybe more on instagram) which are relatively targeted, explain product, good call to action. I click through a few business SAAS type pitches and its been interesting. I for one appreciate that someone from the "Dark side" gives their view and relatively unique perspective. It's MUCH nicer to hear from them then the same old tired crap about ads are bad. I would ban all billboards and hate ads, but another perspective here is nice to hear. I also know someone in the measurement space, and the reality is folks IN the space are paying very VERY close attention to where users are, who they are, what is working. Anyways, thanks throwmeriver1 - was nice to hear from the marketing side. Youtube shorts seems to be a dumping ground for tiktok stuff as well - though with youtube scale I could see that changing.