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> You can setup a campaign where you pay for comments You cannot setup a campaign where you pay for comments (https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1438417719

> You can setup a campaign where you pay for comments You cannot setup a campaign where you pay for comments (https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1438417719786914# https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1438417719786914#). But maybe you mean other user generated content like messages. You ought to be able to figure out pretty quickly if those are authentic.

kjkjadksj 2y ago
Do you care if they are authentic? Probably not. You are in the business of getting clicks on an ad. Your client has to worry about actually converting that to product sales. Thats their problem and not yours as the ad firm.
- doctorpangloss 2y ago
  Meta and ad agencies are definitely incentivized that your ads convert and that engagement is authentic. Otherwise why deal with them at all? SMBs are like 40% of Meta's revenues, the entire world finds the product valuable. It is a little glib to try to make the contrarian case on conversion. The toxic part of their incentives is that they want businesses to commit large budgets on campaigns whose performance you can measure with very little money spent and very little data.
  - cynicalpeace 2y ago
    Yes definitely. But then that last sentence sorta leads to the first question you had- why deal with them at all? I think it's because despite that toxicity it still seems to be the best ad platform in town. Haven't seen anybody suggest a better alternative. Feels almost monopolistic.
- cynicalpeace 2y ago
  I've heard it said that Meta prioritizes like this: 1. Users 2. Meta 3. Advertisers I have a feeling it's actually: 1. Meta 2. Users 3. Advertisers But in the end, advertisers always end up on the bottom. Especially since advertisers need Meta more than Meta needs any one of them.
cynicalpeace 2y ago
My bad, I guess I was thinking of engagement campaigns and yes messaging campaigns

kjkjadksj 2y ago

Do you care if they are authentic? Probably not. You are in the business of getting clicks on an ad. Your client has to worry about actually converting that to product sales. Thats their problem and not yours as the ad firm.

doctorpangloss 2y ago
Meta and ad agencies are definitely incentivized that your ads convert and that engagement is authentic. Otherwise why deal with them at all? SMBs are like 40% of Meta's revenues, the entire world finds the product valuable. It is a little glib to try to make the contrarian case on conversion. The toxic part of their incentives is that they want businesses to commit large budgets on campaigns whose performance you can measure with very little money spent and very little data.
- cynicalpeace 2y ago
  Yes definitely. But then that last sentence sorta leads to the first question you had- why deal with them at all? I think it's because despite that toxicity it still seems to be the best ad platform in town. Haven't seen anybody suggest a better alternative. Feels almost monopolistic.
cynicalpeace 2y ago
I've heard it said that Meta prioritizes like this: 1. Users 2. Meta 3. Advertisers I have a feeling it's actually: 1. Meta 2. Users 3. Advertisers But in the end, advertisers always end up on the bottom. Especially since advertisers need Meta more than Meta needs any one of them.

cynicalpeace 2y ago

My bad, I guess I was thinking of engagement campaigns and yes messaging campaigns