Having my precious time-wasting interrupted by advertising only generates hate for that product... I can't believe the sponsors think it's a good idea...
Facebook Adding Advertisements to Personal News Feeds
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As much as I like it, I don't think G+ will ever get to the level Facebook has, I've been on G+ since the beta/trial/before launch time, and once it was open to the public half of people I knew signed up, never to go back on, and half didn't ever both because of FB.Sporky111 said:
I kinda think Mark and his little crew know this, and that's why all these new advertisements are coming to Facebook.
I never noticed the old ad's before they disappeared, and I'm not really bothered about this, I can handle one or two adverts in-between what my friends are up to. I guess I'll only be concerned when it becomes more ads than actual feed. We shall see come the next few weeks.
I just got rid of a virus that did exactly what they're about to do now. The ironic part is that Facebook was the one that alerted me of the virus.
I find it funny people are in an uproar over this. Aside from Facebook being a completely cesspool of terrible filth outlining the massive flaws of humanity, no one seemed to think it would eventually become an advertisement driven marketing money machine? They will keep jamming adds in until there is no space left just like every other site on the web. Then they will redesign it to fit more, and piss off a lot more users until the next terrible "social" site appears, and the process starts all over again. Then they will make a movie about that sites founder too.
YAAA.. Facebook is going to kill itself!
Seriously, the average individual will only tolerate a certain level of advertising before it revolts and tries to move on to something else.
So it seems it wont take 5 more years before people are joking about how they "cancelled their facebook" and how passe Facebook is now. Thing is... its a website that for the good of the net SHOULD die. Only problem is that with as many terrible precedents as Facebook set well never undo the damage that its responsible for.
Seriously, the average individual will only tolerate a certain level of advertising before it revolts and tries to move on to something else.
So it seems it wont take 5 more years before people are joking about how they "cancelled their facebook" and how passe Facebook is now. Thing is... its a website that for the good of the net SHOULD die. Only problem is that with as many terrible precedents as Facebook set well never undo the damage that its responsible for.
Mark Zuckerberg- fleecing monetizing those sheep customers like a boss. I mean, come on, he's literally called Facebook members "dumb f***s" for trusting him. Let's not pretend to be surprised by this latest twist of the knife.
Somebody remind me exactly what I'm missing out on by not being on Facebook?
Somebody remind me exactly what I'm missing out on by not being on Facebook?
well you can always use <censored because of this forums idiotic rules>
This is nothing new, youtube already does that. well not to such intrusive extend as all your contacts get the message but every second video on youtube is "Advertisement based on your watch history". imo youtube gotten worse since it merged with google. microsoft isnt the only "buy and ruin (msn, skype)" monster out there.
there always were stupid people. nowdays we have a technology to attract stuppid people and make money on it. thus: crapple, fartbook, twatter.
And well people often say "oh its a fad it will fade". well you said the same about rap, techno, even rock/metal, snowboards, skaters and many more things that are prominent part of our culture. even computer gaming was called a "Fad that will fade" in its early days.
This is nothing new, youtube already does that. well not to such intrusive extend as all your contacts get the message but every second video on youtube is "Advertisement based on your watch history". imo youtube gotten worse since it merged with google. microsoft isnt the only "buy and ruin (msn, skype)" monster out there.
there always were stupid people. nowdays we have a technology to attract stuppid people and make money on it. thus: crapple, fartbook, twatter.
And well people often say "oh its a fad it will fade". well you said the same about rap, techno, even rock/metal, snowboards, skaters and many more things that are prominent part of our culture. even computer gaming was called a "Fad that will fade" in its early days.
The ability to see the extent of human retardness. When i saw a friend using facebook i jsut stood there staring at the screen thinking how could world go that far down and how did i miss it.The Rogue Wolf said:
I really don't know why i still have a Facebook account. I signed up in its early days, when I lived outside my home country and wanted to stay in touch with friends. Well, that didn't really work and I still don't visit that site more than once in a couple of months. The email address I have saved there is my "spam" mail so I don't even receive the notifications to my normal email.
All I really do there is change the privacy settings every time I hear they have changed something. I really should just delete my account...
As for the news, nope, not too happy about the idea. Even though I only occasionally check my account, I think the idea is just horrid. Yes, it will start with one ad a day, but then it gets to two and eventually every second post is an ad (sorry, "story"). Why would they say no to money? And I am not a fan of anything that remembers your browsing history or spews ad's to my friends based on what I like.
All I really do there is change the privacy settings every time I hear they have changed something. I really should just delete my account...
As for the news, nope, not too happy about the idea. Even though I only occasionally check my account, I think the idea is just horrid. Yes, it will start with one ad a day, but then it gets to two and eventually every second post is an ad (sorry, "story"). Why would they say no to money? And I am not a fan of anything that remembers your browsing history or spews ad's to my friends based on what I like.
Never saw a need for myspace, never saw a need for facebook. Always thought it was silly to put pictures of yourself online without reason. I can see if you were actually advertising yourself or used it for something other than "WHEEE! CHECK OUT MY PHOTO ALBUM! YAY!"
Just store pictures of yourself on your phone or something, then share them with your friends. *shrug*
Guess this doesn't affect me ^.^
Just store pictures of yourself on your phone or something, then share them with your friends. *shrug*
Guess this doesn't affect me ^.^
My good god, I actually forgot MySpace exists :Otargren said:
True point, I remember MySpace instantly dying and Facebook being the most awesome thing ever in social networking history. (I don't think this, just a general opinion)
It would take a few years though I reckon, but if Facebook continue to piss people off, it may very well happen.
whew thats gonna be a tough one to shove down users throats. Because of course its just once a day.........right. I see that twinkle in your eye Zuckerberg. Sure it starts as once a day, until you get used to it. Then its twice then well who knows maybe "the next big thing" will come out by the time its 5 times a day. This hopefully will end in the massive boycott that i always hoped would happen but thats simply dreaming. Dumped my facebook 8 months ago and haven't looked back. For those of you who are thinking of switching over to google plus. Watch this youtube link and think about it for a minute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYdbof039QQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYdbof039QQ
Delete is a strong word when used in connotation to facebook. seeing as anything you ever post there is owned by facebook until the end of time. You "deactivate" your facebook. If you turn it off for a year and sign on one day, guess what its all still there just how you left it. So remember kiddies when your posting those really funny pics from that weekend after finals at the bar....you know the ones you dont remember taking. They are owned by a foreign entity that you have no control over as long as you both shall live. You didn't see the ring Zuckerberg slipped on your hand? Neither did I. :/Jack Rascal said: