I believe it is time to ban advertising. Now, I realize that much of the internet depends on advertising for its revenue, but that is offset by the fact that I don't give a fuck
@ReticentTurnip personally, I want more agressive #Adblocker that'll literally filter all #ads on sight to be come the norm so that #advertising - espechally online - can only work to attract stupid SEO-oriented #bots.
@yujiri@ReticentTurnip#Advertising is an arms race. Business A does not like wasting money on ads but when competitor B spends money on ads business A is forced to buy ads to recover the market share lost due to competitor B’s ads. The cycle is never ending. Advertising inherently unlevels the playing field as it misinforms consumers. The misinfo causes consumers to get less value for the money.
The audience for the CNN townhall w/Trump will be 400 Republicans & GOP-leaning independents
Allowing Trump to appear in front of an audience exclusively comprised of people who are likely sympathetic to Trump -- and then turn over the questions to that group -- is irresponsible
So they're going to crapify search even more while trying to retain their #advertising edge.
WSJ reports that #Google plans to make #search more "visual, snackable, personal, and human", incorporating short videos, social media posts, and conversations with #AI.
The “Xfinity 10G Network” is misleading advertising.
BACKGROUND
Here are some of the confusion factors:
The letter G, as in 3G, 4G, and 5G, is used to denote “Generation.” For example, 3G cell phones used “Third Generation” cellular technologies.
Gigahertz, a measurement of frequency, is abbreviated as GHz.
Gigabits per second, a measurement of bandwidth, is abbreviated as Gbps.
Gigabit-speed Ethernet, at ONE gigabit per second, is abbreviated variously as GbE, GigE, or 1 GigE.
Gigabit-speed Ethernet, at TEN gigabits per second, is abbreviated variously as 10GE, 10GbE, or 10 GigE.
Wi-Fi now uses “generational names,” like cellular phone systems do. It didn’t always. For example, the Wi-Fi Alliance now refers to 802.11n as Wi-Fi 4. Then there was 802.11ac, now called Wi-Fi 5. The current standard is 802.11ax, which is called Wi-Fi 6. Wi-Fi 7 is in development. The 4, 5, 6, and 7 have nothing to do with frequency or data rate (bandwidth). People sometimes erroneously refer to 5 GHz Wi-Fi as 5G Wi-Fi, but they’re wrong.
5 GHz Wi-Fi and 5G cellular systems are two entirely different technologies. For example, you can create a 5 GHz Wi-Fi hotspot on a 4G LTE smartphone.
THE CURRENT SITUATION
Today, the average consumer sees the letter “G” everywhere, but really doesn’t know what it means. When they see an ad on television for the “Xfinity 10G Network” they make assumptions based on their incomplete understanding.
Is the “Xfinity 10G Network” the tenth generation of cable Internet service? No. It’s not.
Is the “Xfinity 10G Network” providing Internet bandwidth at 10 gigabits per second? No. It’s not.
The most truthful line in Xfinity’s own explanation of their service is:
"The Xfinity 10G Network is the new brand for our next-generation network."
And that’s all it is. Branding. Be sure you understand this, and explain it to your non-technical friends. It’s Xfinity’s current marketing campaign, and nothing more. No one has been counting cable ISP generations. This is not the successor to their 9th generation network. It’s their “new brand.”
The “G” means nothing. It’s not the generation. It’s not the speed.
Also, the “10” means nothing. It’s not the generation. It’s not the speed.
FULL DISCLOSURE
I’m an Xfinity Internet customer, and have been for years. I’ve heard other people complain about the company, but my experience is that it’s fast and reliable, and their customer service has always been acceptable. My only purpose in writing this post is to clarify misconceptions created by an ad campaign that is almost certainly confusing by design.
Do you need a technology evaluation? I’m here for you.
Although #RSV is a serious #health issue, this RSV #ad by #GSK promoting their medication is disruptive in the home and also causes auditory issues for me and others with certain health issues and it needs to get pulled off the air, esp local TV stations
Exhilarating new ad by Nike for promoting National Women’s Soccer League, made by the agency Wieden & Kennedy. The idea is kick—(pun intended)ass!
The phrase "park the bus" in football terminology means 'defending without trying to attack'. The ad's narrative juxtaposes a literal bus being parked in front of the goalpost with a giant screen where women kick the ball. And each time they kick the ball in the direction of the bus, a wrecking ball smashes the bus!
What in the actual fuck is going on? EVERY ad I run on Facebook gets at least one person calling my business a scam! I don’t fucking get it. If someone can explain it or help, I’m all ears. It’s wearing me down and I’m about to throw in the towel. This isn’t what I signed up for.
Do these fucking mouth breathers call every online business a scam? Why is my business a “scam” but they’ll buy Trump NFTs?
🚫 #Boycott#Budweiser | Dutch-Owned Conglomerate Hardens Stance | Sides with Boycott Bigots, Puts Two Top Marketing Execs on LOA | “We have made some adjustments to streamline the structure of our marketing function to reduce layers so that our most senior marketers are more closely connected to every aspect of our brands’ activities.” — @washingtonpost
"In his excellent book on #surveillance, Bruce Schneier has pointed out we would never agree to carry tracking devices and report all our most intimate conversations if the government made us do it.
But under such a scheme, we would enjoy more legal protections than we have now. By letting ourselves be tracked voluntarily, we forfeit all protection against how that information is used.
Those who control the data gain enormous power over those who don't."
This sums up beautifully why ads can't work as the primary funding model for the web, as it has for newspapers, radio, and television;
"Ad blockers help us safeguard an important principle—that the browser is fundamentally our user agent. It's supposed to be on our side. It sticks up for us. We get to control its behavior. No amount of moralizing about our duty to view unwanted advertisements can change that."
'Here’s how The Washington Post verified its journalists on #Mastodon'
"This was a team effort by Rob Cannon, Holden Foreman, Tyler Fisher, Jeremy Bowers, Dylan Freedman, Christian Stroh, Jeremy B. Merrill and others. Special thanks to the Mastodon community for their contributions."
To mówicie, że Elon to geniusz? I że dobrze wycenił API #twitter-a?
"#Microsoft zamierza usunąć Twittera ze swojego planu Microsoft #Advertising w przyszłym tygodniu.
„Od 25 kwietnia 2023 r. inteligentne kampanie z wieloma platformami nie będą już obsługiwać Twittera” — zapowiedział Microsoft. Podobny e-mail rozesłano do użytkowników Microsoft Advertising z informacją, że „Digital Marketing Center (DMC) nie będzie już obsługiwać Twittera od 25 kwietnia 2023 r.”.
[EN] -> https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-drops-twitter-from-advertising-platform
Elon Musk is threatening to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts.
#Twitter announced that it would become the #weed-friendliest social platform & start allowing some previously restricted cannabis #ads to appear in the feeds of users in states that have legalized it.
Weed delivery services could be #advertising on Twitter feeds soon.
This new policy sets Twitter apart from other ad giants like #Meta, which bans both CBD and THC ads, #Google, which allows some CBD ads but bans #marijuana ads, including instructional content.
The #MicrosoftAdvertising platform will drop support for its #Twitter integration starting on April 25—and #ElonMusk apparently isn't very happy about this decision.