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It's actually just a normal, genuine review of a product :)
by jessep 14y ago
It's actually just a normal, genuine review of a product :)
- pizza 14y agoAny positive review is an ad. That's why products that are well-liked are popular.
- roel_v 14y agoPff, that just depends on the definition of 'ad', but in my experience your definition is not in line with how most people interpret and use the word 'ad'. When I tell my friend how great these sneakers are for wearing, are those words an 'ad' for Nike? No, generally only those messages for which the beneficiary of commercial success of the product under consideration has paid for are defined as 'ads'.
- tankbot 14y agoad·ver·tise·ment/ˈadvərˌtīzmənt/ Noun: A notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy. An 'ad' doesn't have to be paid for. And connotations are not definitions.
- rm999 14y agoThe article isn't quite promoting anything. It's saying "I like this product", not "buy this product".
- learc83 14y ago>An 'ad' doesn't have to be paid for. And connotations are not definitions. Language changes. I don't know anyone who refers to unpaid positive reviews as advertisements--doing so just confuses people.
- tomp 14y agoMy definition of an ad: Ad is a piece of information trying to convince people to spend money. Ads usually do this by lying (sometimes implicitly, subconsciously - i.e. beautiful women in deodorant ads create an association in the viewers mind between beauty and this particular deodorant). A piece of information whose primary purpose is to inform, is not an ad (even though it looks like it). This includes, for example, most concert "ads" - a notification about an upcoming Parov Stelar concert informs his fans (= people who already want to go to such a concert) where they can fullfil their desires. It does not create new desire, e.g. by lying that there will be metal music played as well.
- hnriot 14y agoNot true, an ad is paid for by the company producing the product.
- jmduke 14y agoApologizes, I didn't mean 'advertisement' as in 'CLEARLY SOMEONE BRIBED THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE' -- just that, yes, it was someone writing with the intention of persuading others to use it.