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RE: It's Not Just Online
I expected more responses defending the income Omninerd gets from these ads as justifying the crap.
I really don't think it even reaches that level of moderation. The ads are more or less chosen automatically from some sort of pool supplied by Google and based on a search of "keywords" on the displayed Omninerd page. To quote from the link : "Google AdSense matches ads to your site's content, and you earn money whenever your visitors click on them."
No Omninerd input as to what these ads might actually be as far as I know.
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RE: It's Not Just Online
n the case of many TV ads, I'm finding that I have no idea what product was even being presented as they attempt to be new and different in their advertising approach.
I certainly know what you mean. In the competition to make ads that are new and different the message is often lost and we are simply having our time wasted. At least effective commercials subsidise programs, but those that aren't just bore us for no reason.
We have become desensitised to unwanted crap being thrust at us, and that is a more comfortable condition than expecting truth and being disappointed. However, consider for a moment that in the process you have been de-sensitised to having people lie to you. Is that really a good thing? Haven't we a right to expect other people to be honest with us, and if they are not, for us to relegate them to the category of those who can't be trusted and should not be listened to.
Sure most of us reject commercials routinely, but we don't seem to hold the perpetrators accountable. We have lowered our standards.
I expected more responses defending the income Omninerd gets from these ads as justifying the crap. I even expected some to not understand my objection because this sort of thing is so prolific. Who cares? No one takes it seriously and why should we be different?
I think we should care and try to be different because we are seekers for the truth.
Right. It is not just on-line, all advertising has the same low standards but on-line seems to attract the worst, probably because reputable media outlets avoid the bottom dwelling scum out of concern for their image.
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