I bet this is some MBA's idea
Tell HN: Facebook Messenger is testing in-call video ads
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#12I suspect this will be the final straw for many users, myself included.
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#13Bonus points if the ad preceding your next conversation is uncannily relevant to what you were talking about last time.
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#14that's amazing... there are people in a meeting room at facebook believing this will increase revenue and the product owner of fb messenger said yes. lol
Because consumers have a stellar track record of rejecting user-hostile decisions?
May as well try it. People are swallowing everything else.
Re: Tell HN: Facebook Messenger is testing in-call video ads
#15that's amazing... there are people in a meeting room at facebook believing this will increase revenue and the product owner of fb messenger said yes. lol
I don't think that said PO said yes naturally, I think he said yes forcefully.
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#16This makes 0 sense to me. There's literally no lock in with FB messenger.
The second I get a video ad - that's it for FB video calls for me.
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#17This is interesting. It sounds like Facebook is potentially looking under the couches, so-to-speak, for spare change by doing this. I also wonder if other comms apps are going to be doing this too?
Zoom has the audacity to show me (a paying Zoom subscriber) ads in the UI and at the end of calls. It's infuriating, even more so since it's ads for nothing I'd ever consider using. In UI: https://cs.joshstrange.com/zTpdlC End of call, always on top, popup: https://cs.joshstrange.com/BizVwE EDIT: I get that it's less offensive since it's a "first-party ad"/"upsell" and I could forgive the banner in the app (even thou…
This is annoying but advertisements tailored to the product you’re using aren’t nearly as offensive to just a random ad for some cheap wish.com product, interrupting your video call.
Re: Tell HN: Facebook Messenger is testing in-call video ads
#18This is interesting. It sounds like Facebook is potentially looking under the couches, so-to-speak, for spare change by doing this. I also wonder if other comms apps are going to be doing this too?
Zoom has the audacity to show me (a paying Zoom subscriber) ads in the UI and at the end of calls. It's infuriating, even more so since it's ads for nothing I'd ever consider using. In UI: https://cs.joshstrange.com/zTpdlC End of call, always on top, popup: https://cs.joshstrange.com/BizVwE EDIT: I get that it's less offensive since it's a "first-party ad"/"upsell" and I could forgive the banner in the app (even thou…
First-party upsells aren't at all uncommon in paid products. That's very different than what Facebook is doing.
Re: Tell HN: Facebook Messenger is testing in-call video ads
#19Wait, what? On a private person to person call? Curious if this will be a thing on cell phone calls next. This seems like a great way to kill off a platform.
Re: Tell HN: Facebook Messenger is testing in-call video ads
#20Assuming this is true, who comes up with ideas like this? If I was an advertiser do I really want to pay to have my ad (video nonetheless) shown to someone while they're actively trying to have a phone call? As a user, I'd just be pissed off at the advertiser plus im not looking at my screen when talking. I guess technically this increases ad "views" metrics. But advertisers are just wasting their money. I hope the f…
Ads are often (if not always) shown to users who are actively trying to do something else. Like watching a video or reading an article. Why should this be different?