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I read the title then looked at the screenshots and thought what? It still says "ad."

nvader 9mo ago
Paragraph two of the article is: > This means the only differentiator between organic results and the promoted ad is the presence of the small ‘Ad’ banner next to the app icon. If it's that easy to fail to notice a paragraph, how much easier would it be to miss just the word 'Ad'?
- morshu9001 9mo ago
  I wasn't there to read the text, the screenshots say everything. Thought I was looking at the wrong pic cause it seemed obvious.
  - Dylan16807 9mo ago
    > I wasn't there to read the text, the screenshots say everything. That's the exact kind of attitude that will make people miss an "obvious" marker. And I wouldn't call that tiny thing on the third row of text obvious. Even knowing it said 'ad' somewhere, it took me several tries to find it.
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    - morshu9001 9mo ago
      > That's the exact kind of attitude Apparently not though, I saw it said ad. Maybe you missed it because you were focused on the wall of text instead of the UI.
      - Dylan16807 9mo ago
        > Apparently not though, I saw it said ad. It's not like it's a guarantee. And being the "kind" of attitude doesn't mean you miss the exact same things in each situation. It didn't bite you here but it's a risk elsewhere. > Maybe you missed it because you were focused on the wall of text instead of the UI. I was looking at the ads the whole time, but I was intuitively focusing edges and the corners and the fine print at the bottom but the actual marker was tucked into the middle very small.
rtpg 9mo ago
It is kinda interesting how like every company seems to go through this flow of highlighting that something is an ad (usually even with some differing background color like what Google used to do!), and then they just pull back differentiators more and more until it really is the smallest minimal marker possible
- morshu9001 9mo ago
  For sure it seems intentional. I wonder if they used to be more afraid of the FTC.
- alt227 9mo ago
  They are inching forward closer and closer to the regulators lines to see what they can get away with without rousing the bear.
fhennig 9mo ago
But it was easier to distinguish with the blue background, don't you agree? So why remove the blue background then? It just feels deceptive, does it not feel deceptive to you?

Paragraph two of the article is: > This means the only differentiator between organic results and the promoted ad is the presence of the small ‘Ad’ banner next to the app icon. If it's that easy to fail to notice a paragraph, how much easier would it be to miss just the word 'Ad'?

morshu9001 9mo ago
I wasn't there to read the text, the screenshots say everything. Thought I was looking at the wrong pic cause it seemed obvious.
- Dylan16807 9mo ago
  > I wasn't there to read the text, the screenshots say everything. That's the exact kind of attitude that will make people miss an "obvious" marker. And I wouldn't call that tiny thing on the third row of text obvious. Even knowing it said 'ad' somewhere, it took me several tries to find it.
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  - morshu9001 9mo ago
    > That's the exact kind of attitude Apparently not though, I saw it said ad. Maybe you missed it because you were focused on the wall of text instead of the UI.
    - Dylan16807 9mo ago
      > Apparently not though, I saw it said ad. It's not like it's a guarantee. And being the "kind" of attitude doesn't mean you miss the exact same things in each situation. It didn't bite you here but it's a risk elsewhere. > Maybe you missed it because you were focused on the wall of text instead of the UI. I was looking at the ads the whole time, but I was intuitively focusing edges and the corners and the fine print at the bottom but the actual marker was tucked into the middle very small.

rtpg 9mo ago

It is kinda interesting how like every company seems to go through this flow of highlighting that something is an ad (usually even with some differing background color like what Google used to do!), and then they just pull back differentiators more and more until it really is the smallest minimal marker possible

morshu9001 9mo ago
For sure it seems intentional. I wonder if they used to be more afraid of the FTC.
alt227 9mo ago
They are inching forward closer and closer to the regulators lines to see what they can get away with without rousing the bear.

fhennig 9mo ago

But it was easier to distinguish with the blue background, don't you agree? So why remove the blue background then? It just feels deceptive, does it not feel deceptive to you?