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> I very rarely see meaningful criticism of ads in mainstream discourse. Most criticism is of the form “ads are evil, burn it all down”. This is silly. The reas
by pavel_lishin 2y ago
> I very rarely see meaningful criticism of ads in mainstream discourse. Most criticism is of the form “ads are evil, burn it all down”. This is silly. The reason people who hate ads aren’t making any progress is because ads are actually good for civilization. If you ever succeed in destroying ads, people are going to reinvent it, bottom up, by running around yelling in the street. You know, like we used to:
Can you say more about why you believe ads are good for society? This paragraph just says they're inevitable, but it doesn't mention anything about them being good.
- OmarShehata 2y agoIn short it's about helping people who are making genuinely useful products find the audience who genuinely needs them. "If you build it they will come" isn't true. People need to find out & understand when something they're looking for exists. It's true of small town businesses and global products. I think it's worth taking a step back and considering what a better world looks like, solving this problem without ads. I can envision a "pull" model, where you always seek it out vs it being pushed on you. I think people buying things they don't want or need is not good. If someone can propose a way to make the "pull" model work, and we can try it out, I'd be all for that experiment. And I hope they'll write it about it so we as consumers learn and demand better of companies we use.
- al_borland 2y agoLast time I used Hulu they would show me the same ad during every single break. Making me aware something exists is one thing, punching me in the face with it every 7 minutes is another. By the time I’m done watching, I’m so sick of hearing about it that I never want to see or hear about the product ever again.