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Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by beervirus » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:21 AM UTC

sillysaurusx wrote: post #57

bscphil wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> still assert that they were aware of the ad and not allowing it to influence their decisions. The claim you're responding to is not that they won't allow it to influence their decisions, but that they will actively refuse to even consider a product if they learned about it through an ad. Most of the ads I encounter are through podcasts because I don't watch TV and ad blockers of various kinds apply everywhere else.…

Which principle?

Not rewarding the awful ad-tech ecosystem is a good principle.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by sinac » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:21 AM UTC

Izikiel43 wrote: post #69

quest88 wrote: post #60

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I buy things from ads if the things solve problems I have. Sometimes I don't know about the solutions and the advertising works because FB/Insta know what I like. They work well and I'm grateful I get relevant ads.

I bought some sensors that Instagram advertised to improve ski technique and they’ve worked wonders

If you don’t mind me asking, can you please share a product name or link? Sounds cool

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by davidivadavid » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:22 AM UTC

bscphil wrote: post #66

sillysaurusx wrote: post #57

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Which principle?

Similar to endisneigh I take as many steps as I possibly can to avoid letting advertising influence me. I block ads wherever possible, and anything that slips through goes on a shit-list of companies that I will avoid buying from unless I have no other choice.

So if you see an ad about something, you never recommend it. Sounds like you let advertising influence you quite a bit.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by unethical_ban » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:22 AM UTC

swatkat wrote: post #27

Kiro wrote: post #8

I want to buy every single thing I see here. I've been really happy with the kind of ads I've been seeing lately. Instead of generic commercials I'm getting very specific products solving problems I have but didn't realize could be solved by a gadget.

This reads like a subliminal message from John Carpenter’s “They Live”. I hope it’s sarcasm :)

I found a t-shirt brand that actually has well fitting, nicely colored, comfortable shirts. They shrink in my dryer so I have to hang-dry, but I have been buying some things I find on there.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by aikinai » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:24 AM UTC

MattGaiser wrote: post #24

Kiro wrote: post #8

I want to buy every single thing I see here. I've been really happy with the kind of ads I've been seeing lately. Instead of generic commercials I'm getting very specific products solving problems I have but didn't realize could be solved by a gadget.

I turned off my adblocker for Facebook as the ads started being far more relevant to me. Lots of interesting games or hackathons or nifty tools.

I almost never check Facebook and when I do, I only login in a private tab, but even from this sandbox, Facebook somehow has the best ads for me by far.

I actually get very little value from the normal content, but I’d probably even sign up for a newsletter of their ads for me.

Edit: They always seem to have very cool Kickstarters for me, for example, so then later I’ll try to go right to the source, but I’ve never found something good myself on Kickstarter.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by gnicholas » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:24 AM UTC

dhosek wrote: post #64

Before I completely dropped social media, I had a f—k the algorithm attitude towards the ads. I made a point of clicking through everything that was completely uninteresting to me. That road led to a non-stop flood of class-action lawyer ads.

I’ve heard that mesothelioma class action lawyer advertisements are among the most expensive on social media.

Cynical hypothesis: once the platforms realized you’ll click on anything, they decided to show you their highest-compensated ads.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by bdefore » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:26 AM UTC

smabie wrote: post #87

M277 wrote: post #71

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Yeah, I do this too. I don't know why or how, but on a subconscious level, my brain registers online ads as something bad / malicious, and so anything I see through an ad is automatically labelled as bad. I even freak out if I accidentally click on an ad on mobile because I feel as if I have downloaded a piece of malware. I don't know where this comes from...possibly due to having been there back when many ads really…

wait so if I showed you an ad for every product in existence you would buy nothing at all?

poster didn't say anything of the sort. but given the situation you're constructing, i'd expect they'd buy only what's necessary and all things being equal from the one that advertised least.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by neilv » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:28 AM UTC

endisneigh wrote: post #17

Is there anyone else out there who refuses to buy something if they first learned about it from an ad?

Whenever someone tells me a video URL that I decide to invest time in looking at, Grammarly or Liberty Mutual will tend to barge in, and interrupt whatever flow that was.

Sure, I remember the brand names. And I'm going to be sure to remember that those brands spent a lot of money wasting my time.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by bdefore » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:30 AM UTC

yarg wrote: post #45

endisneigh wrote: post #17

Is there anyone else out there who refuses to buy something if they first learned about it from an ad?

Depends on the ad - if it's excessively irritating or intrusive absolutely. To the point where I'll boycott entire stores if an ad pisses me off too much. Tangentially, youtube's ads are getting worse by the day and Hero Wars' efforts are now so damned desperate that they've gone beyond deliberately misleading to damned near pornographic. It's bad enough that I'm considering completely dropping Google despite the ina…

YT is certainly levering up the ad annoyance lately. It drove me to look around and I discovered not only is it better without ads, it's better without any social component at all. CloudTube uses YouTube APIs for what you actually want, just the video: https://tube.cadence.moe/

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by jrochkind1 » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:31 AM UTC

gccs wrote: post #70

Taek wrote: post #34

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Advertising works at a subconscious level. The more you see a product, the more you subconsciously learn to like and trust the product, especially if you are being exposed to that product in a trusted context (popular celebrity posing with it, etc). I wish I had saved the link, but I read a study that showed people consistently underestimated how likely they were to buy a product after seeing an ad. They would buy it…

Coke stopped buying advertising once. Cause everyone already knows about them, so why pay for ads? Their sales dropped dramatically. Now they pay for lots of ads.

citation?