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Advertising is unsolicited content which attempts to trigger or nudge a behaviour. There should be a limit on the quantity of advertising. Limited to like 100

Advertising is unsolicited content which attempts to trigger or nudge a behaviour. There should be a limit on the quantity of advertising. Limited to like 100 people a day on average. We already have anti-spam laws. There would still be advertising but it would be from people from your own communities instead of big corporations.

PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
> Advertising is unsolicited content which attempts to trigger or nudge a behaviour. So I'm listening to the radio, and one minute I'm hearing someone on NPR (or an equivalent public broadcaster) explaining how to make my back healthier; the next minute there's someone trying to convince me that some product will make my back healthier. Which one is advertising and which one is not?
- viraptor 2y ago
  > explaining HOW TO make my back healthier > that SOME PRODUCT will make my back healthier. Is it really that tricky?
  - PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
    It is. The advice from the expert includes recommendations to buy a type of product, perhaps without a brand name.
    - dwaltrip 2y ago
      Ads are inauthentic speech someone is paid to express. If entity A pays entity B to say or display their words or content, it's an ad. This is not an impossible problem. It doesn't need to be perfect, and we can iterate.
      - twoodfin 2y ago
        Or, instead of trying to decide which speech is good and which is bad, we could let anyone say anything they want, across any medium the cost of which they are willing to bear.
        dwaltrip 2y ago
        You seem to be describing some sort of anarcho capitalist fantasy land. There’s a reason no single country on Earth operates like that.
        _factor 2y ago
        Just wait until the sky is turned Coca-Cola red. Fair game, right?
- stubish 2y ago
  The one where some sort of payment can be demonstrated in court. So quite possibly both if someone at the broadcaster accepted free back care services and decided to produce the story. But yeah, it could get very murky if you go down the rabbit hole and include things like owning shares in a health care provider.

PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago

> Advertising is unsolicited content which attempts to trigger or nudge a behaviour. So I'm listening to the radio, and one minute I'm hearing someone on NPR (or an equivalent public broadcaster) explaining how to make my back healthier; the next minute there's someone trying to convince me that some product will make my back healthier. Which one is advertising and which one is not?

viraptor 2y ago
> explaining HOW TO make my back healthier > that SOME PRODUCT will make my back healthier. Is it really that tricky?
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
  It is. The advice from the expert includes recommendations to buy a type of product, perhaps without a brand name.
  - dwaltrip 2y ago
    Ads are inauthentic speech someone is paid to express. If entity A pays entity B to say or display their words or content, it's an ad. This is not an impossible problem. It doesn't need to be perfect, and we can iterate.
    - twoodfin 2y ago
      Or, instead of trying to decide which speech is good and which is bad, we could let anyone say anything they want, across any medium the cost of which they are willing to bear.
      - dwaltrip 2y ago
        You seem to be describing some sort of anarcho capitalist fantasy land. There’s a reason no single country on Earth operates like that.
      - _factor 2y ago
        Just wait until the sky is turned Coca-Cola red. Fair game, right?
stubish 2y ago
The one where some sort of payment can be demonstrated in court. So quite possibly both if someone at the broadcaster accepted free back care services and decided to produce the story. But yeah, it could get very murky if you go down the rabbit hole and include things like owning shares in a health care provider.