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I think that is a rather cynical view of advertisers. Their behavior would be unacceptable in any social relationship. They exist in a space were we largely h
by forgottenpass 12y ago
I think that is a rather cynical view of advertisers.
Their behavior would be unacceptable in any social relationship. They exist in a space were we largely have to put up with them just because money.
I don't see how you can't not take a cynical view of the people who's primary goal is to manipulate you towards their own ends, just because those ends might once in a while be mutually beneficial.
- calibraxis 12y agoYes, when testing at ad companies, at least devs typically have to remember to turn off (multiple?) ad-blockers and enable flash. Some don't even tell their families they're in ads; rather say, "I'm in IT" hoping it's a boring enough answer that no one asks deeper. They think in abstract numbers like requests/sec, so they can go weeks without thinking about the actual results. (http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/) (Though I think it's rare to be explicitly aware of ads as corporate propaganda. Some are.)