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> Why are people so vehemently oppose to being shown ads that are actually relevant to them on ad-supported platforms? speaking only for myself, two reasons:

> Why are people so vehemently oppose to being shown ads that are actually relevant to them on ad-supported platforms? speaking only for myself, two reasons: 1. they don't show me relevant ads. I would honestly fill out surveys for them to show me relevant ads, but they still won't, just like Netflix and Amazon won't restrain themselves from showing me the same screens full of movies and TV that I will never watch. If they find out that I don't want to drink sugarwater, I swear they will only show me ads for Pepsi, Sprite, etc. 2. They're addicted to hot javascript and flashing lights. If they'd just give me a short text blurb that says "this podcast that you love is brought to you by X ice cream brand", I'd buy that ice cream as thanks. But when they take over my screen and kill my right click menu, no. In a related way, some vlogger/podcasters that I listen to who touch on controversial subjects have this elaborate "we only advertise products that we ourselves use" speech they give, and I'm thinking, hey, what about an advertiser that would say, "we support free speech on both sides of this issue". I'd buy their product in a second.

BirAdam 3y ago
The one about pop is funny. I am quite fond of Pepsi Zero Sugar, and it’s the only one I don’t personally see ads for. Weird. Never thought of it until you mentioned it. I seriously see ads for Starry and Coke constantly.
- esafak 3y ago
  Isn't that the right choice for the advertisers? Pepsi knows you're in the bag and Coke wants to change your mind. Try drinking Coke for a year to see if the advertisers flip :)
  - fsckboy 3y ago
    yeah, I'm not saying advertisers don't know what they're doing, just why I don't want to watch their ads, which somebody up above called "relevant".
xp84 3y ago
> hot javascript and flashing lights. I really don't think we're using the same Facebook. Facebook's ads are tiles in the feeds, they're very occasional ads that play after a video when you're in their video section, they're an occasional sponsored Reel that you can just swipe past, and they're a 0.75cm tall strip of products (I get Nordstrom) across the bottom of a playing Reel. Of all the advertising platforms, this seems one of the most respectful of me. Compare this to YouTube's unskippable preroll and mid-roll ads (though the cheap availability of Premium means you're choosing to pay with your time instead of money so :shrug: whatever). And compare with any local or national TV news website and most blog-style sites, laden with fake malware ads, "one weird trick for fat loss" with disgusting body horror pictures. I really genuinely do not find Meta that bothersome compared to almost anyone else.
- fsckboy 3y ago
  you are on to something: I have never used Facebook even for a second, except to click inbound links and discover they won't let me use Facebook without signing up.

BirAdam 3y ago

The one about pop is funny. I am quite fond of Pepsi Zero Sugar, and it’s the only one I don’t personally see ads for. Weird. Never thought of it until you mentioned it. I seriously see ads for Starry and Coke constantly.

esafak 3y ago
Isn't that the right choice for the advertisers? Pepsi knows you're in the bag and Coke wants to change your mind. Try drinking Coke for a year to see if the advertisers flip :)
- fsckboy 3y ago
  yeah, I'm not saying advertisers don't know what they're doing, just why I don't want to watch their ads, which somebody up above called "relevant".

xp84 3y ago

> hot javascript and flashing lights. I really don't think we're using the same Facebook. Facebook's ads are tiles in the feeds, they're very occasional ads that play after a video when you're in their video section, they're an occasional sponsored Reel that you can just swipe past, and they're a 0.75cm tall strip of products (I get Nordstrom) across the bottom of a playing Reel. Of all the advertising platforms, this seems one of the most respectful of me. Compare this to YouTube's unskippable preroll and mid-roll ads (though the cheap availability of Premium means you're choosing to pay with your time instead of money so :shrug: whatever). And compare with any local or national TV news website and most blog-style sites, laden with fake malware ads, "one weird trick for fat loss" with disgusting body horror pictures. I really genuinely do not find Meta that bothersome compared to almost anyone else.

fsckboy 3y ago
you are on to something: I have never used Facebook even for a second, except to click inbound links and discover they won't let me use Facebook without signing up.