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Am I the only person who actually likes relevant ads? I like finding new things I didn't know existed to buy...

by brador 14y ago

awjr 14y ago
That's fine until you go to a site looking to buy something for your daughter. Suddenly the rest of my day's browsing is polluted by pink ponies.
- skore 14y ago
  Or just check out some weird novelty item on Amazon out of curiosity. Then you also get emails about it for the rest of your life.
- Kiro 14y ago
  That's not a very relevant argument against remarketing.
_delirium 14y ago
I like ads relevant to the site I'm visiting. I don't like ads that try to connect to something I was doing previously. Those break my concentration, and seem somewhat trollish. E.g. I'm trying to book tickets for a trip, then I need to switch to researching something else and am blocking out the trip from my mind for a bit. It's not helpful to have your own little troll Clippy following you around the internet asking around every corner, "I notice you're trying to get work done, but what about that trip you haven't booked yet?", even when you're visiting sites completely unrelated to travel. Yeah, I know about that trip, I'm just not working on it right now, because I have other things to do, and I don't need to be reminded about it on every goddamn page I visit. It seems like the explicit purpose of those retargeting ads is to distract me from what I'm currently trying to concentrate on, by reminding me of something I was doing previously. That's not something I want, and in fact I find it quite intrusive.
oneandoneis2 14y ago
The one thing that irritates me most about them is they aren't smart enough to STOP. Say I google "laser pen". Suddenly, I get ads about lasers! Cool! Then I buy one of these laser pens. The ads have done their job. Lucky them. But now that I've bought a laser pen, I no longer need to be shown ads for them - I won't buy another one, so for God's sake, stop showing me ads for them! Learn to know when an ad has served its purpose and move on. I did a search for "injury lawyer" a while ago, I swear it was six months before I stopped seeing ambulance-chaser adverts on every damn website I visited...
Nursie 14y ago
Can't stand 'em, find the whole thing creepy as hell. I find out about new (tech) things by reading tech sites, which probably means I'm a sucker for advertorial, but at least I'm going out looking for info rather than having it shoved into my face.

Am I the only person who actually likes relevant ads? I like finding new things I didn't know existed to buy...

by brador 14y ago

Am I the only person who actually likes relevant ads? I like finding new things I didn't know existed to buy...

awjr 14y ago

That's fine until you go to a site looking to buy something for your daughter. Suddenly the rest of my day's browsing is polluted by pink ponies.

skore 14y ago
Or just check out some weird novelty item on Amazon out of curiosity. Then you also get emails about it for the rest of your life.
Kiro 14y ago
That's not a very relevant argument against remarketing.

_delirium 14y ago

I like ads relevant to the site I'm visiting. I don't like ads that try to connect to something I was doing previously. Those break my concentration, and seem somewhat trollish. E.g. I'm trying to book tickets for a trip, then I need to switch to researching something else and am blocking out the trip from my mind for a bit. It's not helpful to have your own little troll Clippy following you around the internet asking around every corner, "I notice you're trying to get work done, but what about that trip you haven't booked yet?", even when you're visiting sites completely unrelated to travel. Yeah, I know about that trip, I'm just not working on it right now, because I have other things to do, and I don't need to be reminded about it on every goddamn page I visit. It seems like the explicit purpose of those retargeting ads is to distract me from what I'm currently trying to concentrate on, by reminding me of something I was doing previously. That's not something I want, and in fact I find it quite intrusive.

oneandoneis2 14y ago

The one thing that irritates me most about them is they aren't smart enough to STOP. Say I google "laser pen". Suddenly, I get ads about lasers! Cool! Then I buy one of these laser pens. The ads have done their job. Lucky them. But now that I've bought a laser pen, I no longer need to be shown ads for them - I won't buy another one, so for God's sake, stop showing me ads for them! Learn to know when an ad has served its purpose and move on. I did a search for "injury lawyer" a while ago, I swear it was six months before I stopped seeing ambulance-chaser adverts on every damn website I visited...

Nursie 14y ago

Can't stand 'em, find the whole thing creepy as hell. I find out about new (tech) things by reading tech sites, which probably means I'm a sucker for advertorial, but at least I'm going out looking for info rather than having it shoved into my face.