Fearful of Reader Reaction, Facebook Delays Video Ads 120
AlistairCharlton writes "Facebook is continuing with plans to launch news feed video adverts, but has faced setbacks with CEO Mark Zuckerberg twice delaying the project amid fears of tainting the user experience. Reports claim Facebook will soon add 15-second video adverts to users' news feeds in a bid to lure big spenders away from traditional television ads and onto the social network." For some reason, video ads bother me little on sites like YouTube (where the content is visual, sound isn't a big surprise, and the ads are usually quickly interruptable), but otherwise they make me cringe and wish for a nuclear-enabled ad blocker.
I'm going to do it (Score:4, Informative)
I'm going to be the someone smugly pointing out that they don't use Facebook. But seriously, I can't imagine the payoff of using the site is worth the thousands things they do to track you.