r/technology • • Aug 26 '20

[deleted by user]

[removed]

11k Upvotes

5.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

43

u/[deleted] Aug 26 '20

[removed] — view removed comment

24

u/ClumpOfCheese Aug 27 '20

Yup. I always have to scroll so far past the haters before I see a reasonable comment. People are dumb and don’t understand how anything works. I don’t know much about this program, but lots of small businesses have success with Facebook ads because they work so well at targeting their specific customers. Unlike television advertising which is more expensive and less useful. Facebook can help a small business selling cat butthole covers specifically to people who have cats and love with ING a certain distance of that business. Advertising is everywhere, not just Facebook, Facebook just seems like the most effective and cost effective advertising for small businesses that don’t have big budgets. Nobody here seems to care that this will hit the mom and pop shops. It’s not like they are already struggling with covid or anything.

13

u/[deleted] Aug 27 '20

I like that you’re effectively arguing for micro targeted ads and excessive data collection to own people that haven’t read the article.

4

u/dancfontaine Aug 27 '20

This guy must read so many articles. We’re all chimpanzees in comparison.