Summary: Bearded gentleman "hates" Facebook because he doesn't think they'll be able to monetize their traffic, and doesn't like being shown ads.
Not a very satisfying article. He doesn't really say anything that hasn't been said a thousand times before. Also, the ad thing? Now, I hate ads, I love Opera's content blocker, and I have to admit that Facebook is the only site that has ever shown me ads I want to click. I even bought something from a Facebook ad once!
Please never do that again, you'll only encourage them. Nobody (except you, I guess) wants to see or click on ads while they're reading up on their friends lives. And honestly, fb ads are pretty terribly awful.
You've never seen ads you want to click on Google? Even when you're searching for things to buy?
Facebook's ads aren't intrusive; the pictures are very small and the ads are way off on the side of the page (unless there are some I don't know about due to my content blocker). The only time I even notice them is when something interesting catches my eye.
There are two reasons not to like ads: 1) They are intrusive/distracting; and 2) They show you stuff you don't care about. If Facebook can occasionally show me ads for things I might actually want, and if they can do so in a way that doesn't intrude on my browsing experience, kudos to them.
Edit: Oh, forgot to answer your question. No, I don't think I've ever seen an ad on Google that interested me. I don't really use Google to find things to buy, though.
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Summary: Bearded gentleman "hates" Facebook because he doesn't think they'll be able to monetize their traffic, and doesn't like being shown ads.
Not a very satisfying article. He doesn't really say anything that hasn't been said a thousand times before. Also, the ad thing? Now, I hate ads, I love Opera's content blocker, and I have to admit that Facebook is the only site that has ever shown me ads I want to click. I even bought something from a Facebook ad once!
Please never do that again, you'll only encourage them. Nobody (except you, I guess) wants to see or click on ads while they're reading up on their friends lives. And honestly, fb ads are pretty terribly awful.
You've never seen ads you want to click on Google? Even when you're searching for things to buy?
Facebook's ads aren't intrusive; the pictures are very small and the ads are way off on the side of the page (unless there are some I don't know about due to my content blocker). The only time I even notice them is when something interesting catches my eye.
There are two reasons not to like ads: 1) They are intrusive/distracting; and 2) They show you stuff you don't care about. If Facebook can occasionally show me ads for things I might actually want, and if they can do so in a way that doesn't intrude on my browsing experience, kudos to them.
Edit: Oh, forgot to answer your question. No, I don't think I've ever seen an ad on Google that interested me. I don't really use Google to find things to buy, though.
I normally hate the summaries, but this was excellent.
Also, the author seems like he's really not very fun to hang out with. I bet his friends are glad he isn't on Facebook.
You hate summaries? Why?
Because they usually try to capture the essence of an article in 1 sentence, and they usually fail.
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