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Re: Instagram is incorporating users' photos in ads for Meta Glasses

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Post by acdha »

smalltorch wrote: post #23
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #2

Didn't Facebook do this years and years ago? Yes, 2013: https://mashable.com/archive/facebook-ads-photo#ggcKnNfAUaqy > According to Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities: > You give us permission to use your name, profile picture, content, and information in connection with commercial, sponsored, or related content (such as a brand you like) served or enhanced by us. This means, for example, that you pe…

Those are incredible terms that no one read.

I cancelled my Instagram account when they added those terms in the early 2010s. At the time it was mostly photographers reading them and closing accounts but it wasn’t exactly a secret.

Re: Instagram is incorporating users' photos in ads for Meta Glasses

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Post by srmatto »

haliskerbas wrote: post #30
srmatto wrote: post #25

Is Meta abusing its users a problem? Yes. Does the TOS allow for it? Yes. Can people decide to just create a shell account and not actually participate? Sure. One of the real insidious problems with Instagram and to some extent Facebook is that they provide a free, low friction way for business to communicate with current or potential customers. As a result many small businesses use Instagram as replacement for a pub…

Every time I try to create a shell account, it gets banned with no reason given. Even if it's just to follow a few influencer accounts.

Well there you go, there is no reasonable way to be a non-participant while also staying up to date on businesses that choose to use the platform.

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Post by nicce »

doublerabbit wrote: post #12
Zhyl wrote: post #11

The XKCD for this exact scenario is 14 years old. https://xkcd.com/1150/

Some reason that strip doesn't load for me.

It is just saying that if you don't pay for something, you are the product. I think it still fits well here.

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Post by fumblebee »

dewey wrote: post #21
RattlesnakeJake wrote: post #17

Many years ago (back when Facebook still had sidebar ads), my sister was presented with a dating ad for "Hot Christian Singles" accompanied by a photo of our brother. It was hilarious, but also mind-boggling. In what scenario would pulling in a friend's profile photo create a useful ad?

> In what scenario would pulling in a friend's profile photo create a useful ad? Exactly in the scenario you just described. You still remember it and you are actively talking about it years after the fact.

wouldn't "useful ad" imply either 1) clicking through and buying the product or service, or else 2) building up a positive brand association to help increase sales later?

remembering an advert correlates but is different to it being valuable.

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Post by cute_boi »

srmatto wrote: post #25

Is Meta abusing its users a problem? Yes. Does the TOS allow for it? Yes. Can people decide to just create a shell account and not actually participate? Sure. One of the real insidious problems with Instagram and to some extent Facebook is that they provide a free, low friction way for business to communicate with current or potential customers. As a result many small businesses use Instagram as replacement for a pub…

You can't create shell account on fb/meta anymore. They will ask to turn on camera and rotate your head.

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Post by RattlesnakeJake »

dewey wrote: post #21
RattlesnakeJake wrote: post #17

Many years ago (back when Facebook still had sidebar ads), my sister was presented with a dating ad for "Hot Christian Singles" accompanied by a photo of our brother. It was hilarious, but also mind-boggling. In what scenario would pulling in a friend's profile photo create a useful ad?

> In what scenario would pulling in a friend's profile photo create a useful ad? Exactly in the scenario you just described. You still remember it and you are actively talking about it years after the fact.

But it didn't bring clicks to the website nor goodwill toward the company.

No one remembers who ran the ad. Even if we did, it would only be in a negative light due to a weird and off-putting advertising approach.

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