Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013 • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by philwelch » Tue, Dec 18, 2012, 10:36 PM UTC

zaidf wrote: post #11

kirinan wrote: post #4

These are the most annoying kind ads. Not only do I have to make sure my sound is off (if they implement it like that), they often times are REALLY loud and annoying. I make it a habit to ignore any company that has these kinds of ad offerings and shop a different brand on principle. Depending on how this is implemented, it could really be the final straw for me with Facebook. When Yahoo implemented those ads where i…

This is a shitty pattern that news sites(huffpo, espn etc.), especially, have bought into. You open a series of news stories across a half dozen tabs expecting text stories. You get auto-playing videos across tabs accompanying each text news story. Just for this reason I am for a browser-level default block on auto audio/video playing. Let me unblock it at the domain level(ie. youtube).

Or even just click to play every time. YouTube is much nicer when you can open multiple tabs and not have them start autoplaying in the background.

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by chris_wot » Tue, Dec 18, 2012, 10:43 PM UTC

That's it. I'm killing my Facebook account, the very instant that these appear.

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by kcwebz » Tue, Dec 18, 2012, 11:02 PM UTC

Seriously giving thought about moving from Facebook over to Google+... just a series of shitty updates with Facebook that I cannot be bothered giving time to think about how they effect me.. it's becoming such a cancer it needs to be excised from my life. Currently as it stands the only reason I have it is to stay in touch with family oversea's and my D&D group etc... but I ask myself now.. is that reason enough..

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by binarycrusader » Tue, Dec 18, 2012, 11:03 PM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #10

binarycrusader wrote: post #2

The day they do this is the day I delete my account; I've already come pretty close as I've gotten tired of scrolling through the sponsored crap.

Join us on Google+ -- it's like the Python of social networks. http://xkcd.com/353/

I'm already on Google+; unfortunately, most of my friends and family are not. And if I want to stay in contact with them, I need a facebook account.

However, I'm only willing to put up with so much before I just delete my account and revert to email alone for that group of people. Video ads would only make my decision to do that immediate as opposed to coming very close to it everyday.

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by mrdnk » Tue, Dec 18, 2012, 11:17 PM UTC

Meh! Another reason not to use Facebook.

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by grecy » Tue, Dec 18, 2012, 11:40 PM UTC

adblock them away.

I logged in to Facebook on a friend's computer the other day and was shocked how it looks with ads. I don't know how anyone can use it like that.

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by encoderer » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 12:19 AM UTC

grecy wrote: post #26

adblock them away. I logged in to Facebook on a friend's computer the other day and was shocked how it looks with ads. I don't know how anyone can use it like that.

I know this will probably spark nerd-rage, but adblock? C'mon man. Adblock is you, unilaterally reneging on the deal you make when you visit a website.

Suppose they, out of the blue, charge your credit card for your access? You'd be incredulous.

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by MartinCron » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 12:21 AM UTC

gtCameron wrote: post #3

The lack of imagination coming from Facebook today in terms of the monetization of their products is disappointing. Is there really no way that they can make money without pissing of their users? It seems like at that scale there should be new ways that they can try to make money other than simply following the tried and true method of shoving adds down everyone's throat.

The "send real world physical gifts" seemed pretty imaginative. Apart from that, I totally agree.

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by DanBC » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 12:23 AM UTC

> Smartphone users with bandwidth-capped data service are likely to be particularly annoyed by this, given that Facebook plans to roll out the video ads to both the browser-based version of its service and its mobile apps.

I'm one of the most ad-tolerant people I know but this is a terrible idea.

I still use FB, but less and less, and the day they serve an auto-playing ad with noise is the day I quit.

Unfortunately, most people don't care. That's why we have stupid "punch the monkey" and "free pointers" etc ads.

Re: Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013

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Post by MartinCron » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 12:25 AM UTC

encoderer wrote: post #27

grecy wrote: post #26

adblock them away. I logged in to Facebook on a friend's computer the other day and was shocked how it looks with ads. I don't know how anyone can use it like that.

I know this will probably spark nerd-rage, but adblock? C'mon man. Adblock is you, unilaterally reneging on the deal you make when you visit a website. Suppose they, out of the blue, charge your credit card for your access? You'd be incredulous.

It's good to know that I'm not the only person out there who has mixed feelings about adblock.