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the compulsion to show people ads at all times and in all possible locations really is bizarre. how is that, of all things, what continually drives massive businesses? it's so meta and empty and undesirable to so many people, how has that become the norm?
@walruslifestyle It may be undesirable, but it obviously works in terms of selling things. Much of the modern economy depends upon generating artificial wants and brand loyalty via recognition.
@bob it does not work, though. advertisers want you to believe it does, but that's what advertising is for!
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I think it does, and I think it's naive to assume that advertising doesn't work.
Years ago when I started blocking ads more seriously I noticed that I also wasn't buying so much gadgety stuff or paying attention to fadish things I didn't really need. It's only when you cut that out of your life that you notice how much it was influencing you previously.
I think it does, and I think it's naive to assume that advertising doesn't work.
Years ago when I started blocking ads more seriously I noticed that I also wasn't buying so much gadgety stuff or paying attention to fadish things I didn't really need. It's only when you cut that out of your life that you notice how much it was influencing you previously.
@bob yes, as someone who has written software for marketing firms and has reviewed articles for marketing journals, I'm definitely naive
