Oh thank god
Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing political ads in the EU
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Re: Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing political ads in the EU
#162There are an awful lot of people here excited about a world with fewer or no allowed political advertisements. This feels short sighted to me. If I was an evil incumbent dictator, I would immediately outlaw political advertisements and give the people exactly what so many people here seem to be asking for. Then, I would give official government speeches every day talking about how awesome I am. I wouldn’t even have t…
There’s a difference between banning political ads and political journalistic reporting. A huge difference. You’d still hear about incumbents and opponents, just not from their ads, which is so much better.
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Paying is necessary, but not sufficient, to win. In her case, the campaign started too late. And despite being a household name, her policies were less known.
> Paying is necessary Donald Trump would like a word.
Do I understand correctly that you're saying Donald Trump got lots of support from social networks and TV for free?
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Ads influence people a lot. In particular the elderly generation.
My cousin says there should be a maximum voting age. She says if people can't vote for the first 18 years of their life, why should they be able to vote for the last 18 years (e.g. if retired or older than 65)? I disagree, of course. I don't talk to this cousin anymore. Personally I think the very elderly contain the wisdom for future generations, and make the best decisions because of all that wisdom, so they should…
The elderly will die before they see the consequence of them voting in another conservative party that reduces climate goals and investments in public infrastructure. Young people have to deal with the fallout for much longer
Re: Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing political ads in the EU
#165Excellent! People with money won't be able to use those platforms to buy votes.
Best joke ever. Just like the article.
Re: Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing political ads in the EU
#166As a EU citizen, I don't care? People are not swayed by political ads. They're swayed by influencers who push political agendas covertly.
You are not immune to propaganda
I don't disagree but I feel like having spent a couple of decades filtering bad Linux advice on sketchy forums has honestly built up some resilience.
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The advertising industry keeps repeatedly finding that no matter how much you think an ad turned you off a product, you're still more likely to buy that product after seeing the ad, and the more times you see the ad, the more likely you are to buy it. No matter how the ad made you feel.
It's amazing how an industry can conduct research that provides them with the exact answer they want
The answer they want is the one that correctly tells them how to turn money into more money. Companies with incorrect answers were bankrupted.
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online communication, city densities, very fast movement of people, immigration, inexistence of third spaces, helicopter parenting and so many other things
> migration What’s special about this? Are we in a period of particularly high migration? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_human_migration
The British NHS now provides translators for about 200 languages for their patients. How many would they need in 1950? Twenty at most, even fewer outside London.
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1. It makes sense that the business are the ones paying to get listed and vetted. We are now starting to need those blue checkmarks for a reason, some verification process is necessary, and then serving costs. 2. Why? You wouldn't search by business name, but by need. What about "nearby bakeries" or "pop soda" only benefits the better known brands? Indexing by name isn't the only way.
For #1 I think the idea basically violates the idea of banning advertising. For #2, I think that established brands essentially wouldn’t need to be searched for. In the status quo I can pay to put up a billboard next to McDonald’s and say “I make a better burger two blocks down.” But if I’m not allowed to do that a lot of people will just assume that McDonald’s is the place to go for a fast food burger.
1. No, it puts people in control of when they query the index instead of spamming everywhere eyesight could possibly stare at.
2. That's fine, you want something new or something you don't know where to get? Query an index. You want the good ol' experience? Go for what you already know well.
If you worry about the people who would never discover anything new, then it's like they don't talk to anybody or have no desire of changing anything, but that's their decision.