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.
Wait a minute, there are ads on the internet? (Score:4, Interesting)
Adblockers are your friend. Nothing gets blocked faster than autoplay video ads.
Re:I'm going to do it (Score:5, Interesting)
Also, this would be a good thread to point out that Dice seems to be intentionally collecting user statistics with the latest poll rather than using it as a basis for discussion.
Haha, what? (Score:2, Interesting)
...CEO Mark Zuckerberg twice delaying the project amid fears of tainting the user experience.
Too late for that, Zucky. Waaaaaay too late. If it weren't for extensions like F.B. Purity, my wall would be nothing but you fuckers peddling likes to shit my friends like and 'suggesting' friends for me. It's so far out of hand already, it's bananas! God damn I can't wait for Facebook to be dethroned.
"fears of tainting the user experience" (Score:4, Interesting)
Pushing unwanted content at users only has one result.
My prediction (Score:5, Interesting)
(leaving aside the fact that nobody really cares)
FB is resorting to increasingly intrusive strategies to maintain ad-revenue and that great MBAmerican idea that companies must continue to grow or face heat death ("too infinity and beyond!"), and at some point it will start to drive away users, at which point it will be too late to stop the bleeding no matter what they try, and soon after all that will be left is a handful of grandmothers who didn't get the memo and aimless hordes of rabid beliebers, because that's who FB is really designed for.
OK, maybe I should rename the subject to "My hope"