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I wish I could fund an as campaign to free people from the perception that ads are to sell you products Ads are there to change your behavior to make you more
by jazzyjackson 1y ago
I wish I could fund an as campaign to free people from the perception that ads are to sell you products
Ads are there to change your behavior to make you more likely to buy products, e.g., put downward pressure on your self esteem to make you feel "less than" unless you live a lifestyle that happens to involve buying X product
They are not made in your best interest, they are adverserial psycho-tech that have a side effect of building a economic and political profile on you for whoever needs to know what messaging might resonate with you
- FollowingTheDao 1y agoThis, yes, thank you. Advertising is behavioral modification. They even talk about it out in the open, and if you are unconvinced, hear it from the horse's mouth: https://brandingstrategyinsider.com/achieving-marketing-objectives-through-behavior-change/ https://brandingstrategyinsider.com/achieving-marketing-obje... "Your ultimate marketing goal is behavior change — for the simple reason that nothing matters unless it results in a shift in consumer actions"
- hdgvhicv 1y agoIt is literally brainwashing. Brainwashing is the systematic effort to get someone to adopt a particular loyalty, instruction, or doctrine.
- reaperducer 1y agoAds are there to change your behavior to make you more likely to buy products You have described one type of ad. There are many many types of ads. If you were actually knowledgeable about this, you'd know that basic fact.
- jazzyjackson 1y agorude
- fsflover 1y agoCould you enlighten us?
- whattheheckheck 1y agoYou put downward pressure on me to sell me on your idea