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Is it a demise like Twitter? I mostly see scam ads both places, does it mean proper advertisers have given up on these? And at what time should we start making
by matsemann 3y ago
Is it a demise like Twitter? I mostly see scam ads both places, does it mean proper advertisers have given up on these?
And at what time should we start making advertising companies like Google, Meta etc responsible for what they show? They will of course claim it's not feasible to monitor and approve each ad. But they're quite happy to take the money and show them.
- tivert 3y ago> Is it a demise like Twitter? I mostly see scam ads both places, does it mean proper advertisers have given up on these? I'm wondering if it's everywhere. I've also seen a noticeable decline in quality of the ads on the New York Times app (including some weird ones, like "40 ideas for dentist signs" or something). I don't click on them, so I don't know if they're scams. I vaguely recall that a few years ago I'd never see stuff like that, and mostly see prestige brand ads (e.g. luxury designer clothes/watches/jewelry). In the last year or so, it seemed like 100% of their banner ads were the ACLU spamming the same messages, over and over. So maybe the bottom fell out earlier, and the ACLU has just decided to stop spending money on it.
- dylan604 3y agoI'm guessing "proper advertisers" won't lift a finger unless one of the scams impersonates them or does something the directly affects their day to day. I wonder how cooperative YT is when Anniston's lawyers demand information on the advertiser using her likeness without permission.