Comments on: GM to end display ads on Facebook http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: phuzz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425465 phuzz Wed, 16 May 2012 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425465 Adblock plus for Firefox does also block all the ads on YouTube for me, and as far as I know I'm not doing anything different.  In fact, I was pretty shocked when I watched a Youtube video on a friend's computer and had to sit there waiting for an advert, I thought he'd installed the wrong tool-bar or  got hacked or something. Adblock plus for Firefox does also block all the ads on YouTube for me, and as far as I know I’m not doing anything different.  In fact, I was pretty shocked when I watched a Youtube video on a friend’s computer and had to sit there waiting for an advert, I thought he’d installed the wrong tool-bar or  got hacked or something.

]]> By: eerd http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425319 eerd Wed, 16 May 2012 12:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425319  Indeed, IPOs are not really the opportunity that they seem to be - unless they're chronically mispriced. The point at which the private money is getting out, and bringing public money in, would seem to indicate that most of the running has been made. Worth considering that something like one in eight people in the world now have Facebook accounts, it seems unlikely this can continue to increase. The only way FB can make more money is selling more ads and data - which will alienate existing subscribers.  Indeed, IPOs are not really the opportunity that they seem to be – unless they’re chronically mispriced. The point at which the private money is getting out, and bringing public money in, would seem to indicate that most of the running has been made.

Worth considering that something like one in eight people in the world now have Facebook accounts, it seems unlikely this can continue to increase. The only way FB can make more money is selling more ads and data – which will alienate existing subscribers.

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425239 SoItBegins Wed, 16 May 2012 07:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425239 By the way: Looks like there's a browser add-on called <a href="http://adblockvideo.com/faq.html" rel="nofollow">AdBlockVideo</a> that claims to do the same on Firefox. Please note: I haven't tested it, and Mozilla hasn't finished approving it yet. If you do download it, let me know your opinion. By the way: Looks like there’s a browser add-on called AdBlockVideo that claims to do the same on Firefox.

Please note: I haven’t tested it, and Mozilla hasn’t finished approving it yet. If you do download it, let me know your opinion.

]]> By: ChibiR http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425222 ChibiR Wed, 16 May 2012 07:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425222  That's amazing! O_o *pokes Firefox ABP* Y U NO DO DAT FOR ME? >=(  That’s amazing! O_o
*pokes Firefox ABP* Y U NO DO DAT FOR ME? >=(

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425221 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 16 May 2012 07:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425221 Yes. Yes.

]]> By: ChibiR http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425219 ChibiR Wed, 16 May 2012 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425219 Even the annoying during-the-video banner ads? *intrigued* Even the annoying during-the-video banner ads? *intrigued*

]]> By: 3William56 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425182 3William56 Wed, 16 May 2012 05:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425182 In related news, small boy alleges  emperor is naked. It blows my mind that not once in the feverish coverage of the Facebook IPO has the words "dot bomb" or "bubble" been used, let alone "MySpace". Memories are short. And the real tragedy is that normal smart investors will be caught in the mess if Facebook tanks once the realisation that the ads are the only source of income, and they are inherently valueless sinks in. In related news, small boy alleges  emperor is naked.

It blows my mind that not once in the feverish coverage of the Facebook IPO has the words “dot bomb” or “bubble” been used, let alone “MySpace”. Memories are short. And the real tragedy is that normal smart investors will be caught in the mess if Facebook tanks once the realisation that the ads are the only source of income, and they are inherently valueless sinks in.

]]> By: Cornan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425083 Cornan Wed, 16 May 2012 02:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425083 What this is is that GM wants to buy some Facebook stock. Note that last line:  "The news comes just days before Facebook's planned IPO." that is the main reason this is noteworthy. This looks (to me) like an attempt by GM to reduce the share value in any way possible. GM LOVES to purchase chunks of other companies so this seems right in their wheel house. What this is is that GM wants to buy some Facebook stock. Note that last line:  “The news comes just days before Facebook’s planned IPO.” that is the main reason this is noteworthy. This looks (to me) like an attempt by GM to reduce the share value in any way possible. GM LOVES to purchase chunks of other companies so this seems right in their wheel house.

]]> By: Jay Converse http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425048 Jay Converse Wed, 16 May 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425048 Facebook has ads? Facebook has ads?

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1425007 SoItBegins Wed, 16 May 2012 00:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1425007 And AdBlock Plus stops even the ads on YouTube (at least in the Safari version). And AdBlock Plus stops even the ads on YouTube (at least in the Safari version).

]]> By: Ender Wiggin http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1424990 Ender Wiggin Tue, 15 May 2012 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1424990 only sometimes?   only sometimes?  

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1424963 Funk Daddy Tue, 15 May 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1424963 Just now someone realized that crappy small unsolicited ads don't have an effect on major purchases of $15,000.00 and more, sometimes much more? Huh. Funny that. Just now someone realized that crappy small unsolicited ads don’t have an effect on major purchases of $15,000.00 and more, sometimes much more?

Huh. Funny that.

]]> By: jillkennedy http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1424964 jillkennedy Tue, 15 May 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1424964 Well, yeah, we saw this coming.  I'm just surprised more companies haven't stopped spending on Facebook.  It's easy enough to have a robust presence there without paying for ads (that don't work).  What's scary is what Facebook will have to do next to appease disappointed advertisers in order to appease expectant shareholders.  It's really the beginning of the end for Facebook...   http://mankabros.com/blogs/onmedea/2012/01/27/facebook-and-the-disappearing-valuation/ Well, yeah, we saw this coming.  I’m just surprised more companies haven’t stopped spending on Facebook.  It’s easy enough to have a robust presence there without paying for ads (that don’t work).  What’s scary is what Facebook will have to do next to appease disappointed advertisers in order to appease expectant shareholders.  It’s really the beginning of the end for Facebook…  
http://mankabros.com/blogs/onmedea/2012/01/27/facebook-and-the-disappearing-valuation/

]]> By: MollyMaguire http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1424954 MollyMaguire Tue, 15 May 2012 23:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1424954 And buzz marketing can only be believable up to a point - 'Wait a minute, my friend Gerald Macchio just bought ANOTHER car?' And buzz marketing can only be believable up to a point – ‘Wait a minute, my friend Gerald Macchio just bought ANOTHER car?’

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/gm-to-end-display-ads-on-faceb.html#comment-1424941 tristan eldritch Tue, 15 May 2012 23:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161084#comment-1424941 I often wonder how useful this kind of advertising really is; I mean the advertising on youtube has no impact on me whatever, other than the minor nuisance of getting rid of it as quickly as possible.  Sometimes the obtrusiveness of web advertising makes you particularly unreceptive to it. I often wonder how useful this kind of advertising really is; I mean the advertising on youtube has no impact on me whatever, other than the minor nuisance of getting rid of it as quickly as possible.  Sometimes the obtrusiveness of web advertising makes you particularly unreceptive to it.

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