Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet

Post by tomjen3 » Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 5:08 PM UTC

cm2012 wrote: post #94

I'm a Facebook advertiser. I can attest that there's lot of good products where the only cost effective and scalable way to reach your target market is through Facebook. Want to reach teachers with a time saving app? FB is the best way. Want to offer a SaaS tool to small businesses? FB is the best way to get it in front of them. Etc. FB ads don't have 0 utility for consumers. A lot of products just couldn't reach the…

Every single FB I have seen has either been pointless or a product that is directly insulting me.

Facebook allows you to mark ads as interesting, but unfortunately I can't mark ads as insulting, or just a bad product.

The irony is that I have money and an interest in gadgets, but I don't think I have ever seen an ad for them. Did see an ad for the local bus company though, because they wanted to "reach those 18 or above and living in $COUNTRY", aka marketing can't set up a Facebook campaign.

Then they suggest I get my masters at the university I already had one from, which they know because I put it into my profile...

Post by askafriend » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 9:11 AM UTC

hopfscotch wrote: post #192

askafriend wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it not real value for companies to be able to connect with tribes of people that then may become the biggest proponents of your product? Take fashion, a very tribal concept where each subculture has their own take on it. If you're a fashion brand wouldn't you want to find a way to reach the subculture you're a part of? As much as you might want to deny it, marketing matters and more of it is coming online because…

I find marketing gross, regardless of whether it is necessary or not, and when people use language like that it makes me gag. People who speak that way are drones for a worthless, parasitic industry. That's my complete thought. Have a good one. Oh and it's funny you think this site is any different from any of the other cess pits out there.

> Oh and it's funny you think this site is any different from any of the other cess pits out there.

You're the one who's coming into this forum and contributing negativity. You're just taking a shit in public and doing it for all to see. Most people here at least take the care to articulate their thoughts even if they have strong (or sometimes even misguided) opinions or ideas.

"Just listen to yourself holy shit" has never been a type of comment that's been welcome here, and you won't last long with that kind of attitude.

Contribute substance, otherwise don't engage at all. No one needs to see your garbage, irrelevant thoughts if you're not even going to take the time to give your own thoughts the respect and articulation they deserve.

Your comment is already dead, and that proves my point.

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