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The other day in the middle of reading an article a green border popped up around the entire page, blocking the beginning and ending of most sentences. At the b

by mxkopy 4y ago

The other day in the middle of reading an article a green border popped up around the entire page, blocking the beginning and ending of most sentences. At the bottom of the page was an advertisement for a Sonic burger. I felt assaulted. There is no reasonable justification or purpose for this that takes into account basic human empathy. Granted this might be different from ads that do just make you aware of a product. But this reasoning is looking more and more like justification rather than purpose.

cortesoft 4y ago
I don’t think pointing out useless and intrusive advertising is the same as saying there should be no advertising at all. We can even agree that ALL current advertising is awful and should be abolished, but agree some form of promoting your product should be available.
- mxkopy 4y ago
  Seems like you can't read. > Granted this might be different from ads that do just make you aware of a product. But this reasoning is looking more and more like justification rather than purpose. I have no problem with promoting a product, as long as it takes into account basic human empathy. But I guess if your bank account is directly correlated with product sales, you kind of forget about that.
  - cortesoft 4y ago
    Telling me I can’t read is not a very charitable response. I can read fine, I was assuming you were trying to respond to my original comment, where the very first thing I write is “I agree a lot of advertising is awful”. My original comment was arguing that even if a lot of advertising today is bad, that doesn’t mean we should get rid of all advertising. I don’t understand what your response has to do with that. Were you just agreeing with me?
    - mxkopy 4y ago
      I don't really have a stance on 'abolish all advertising'. I'm just pointing out that in practice, "promoting a product" is rarely the only effect of an advertisement, and having discussions about ads in the context of benign promotion isn't acknowledging that reality.

by mxkopy 4y ago

cortesoft 4y ago

I don’t think pointing out useless and intrusive advertising is the same as saying there should be no advertising at all. We can even agree that ALL current advertising is awful and should be abolished, but agree some form of promoting your product should be available.

mxkopy 4y ago
Seems like you can't read. > Granted this might be different from ads that do just make you aware of a product. But this reasoning is looking more and more like justification rather than purpose. I have no problem with promoting a product, as long as it takes into account basic human empathy. But I guess if your bank account is directly correlated with product sales, you kind of forget about that.
- cortesoft 4y ago
  Telling me I can’t read is not a very charitable response. I can read fine, I was assuming you were trying to respond to my original comment, where the very first thing I write is “I agree a lot of advertising is awful”. My original comment was arguing that even if a lot of advertising today is bad, that doesn’t mean we should get rid of all advertising. I don’t understand what your response has to do with that. Were you just agreeing with me?
  - mxkopy 4y ago
    I don't really have a stance on 'abolish all advertising'. I'm just pointing out that in practice, "promoting a product" is rarely the only effect of an advertisement, and having discussions about ads in the context of benign promotion isn't acknowledging that reality.