Asklemmy @lemmy.ml Vupperware @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

Does anyone else feel like advertising has little to no effect in them?

I cannot recall the last time I was swayed by an advertisement.

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it's most dangerous to think you're immune. it's subtle enough to sway anyone in ways you don't realize.
- People keep saying that but never give examples.
  
  Btw the topic is ads. There are other forms of sneaky marketing like altering search results or placement of goods on shelves in a store, but it's not that hard to be wary of those too.
  
  A very simple example: advertising makes you aware of brands. Just knowing that a brand exists might be enough to influence your decision in the future. Think about it: are you more likely to choose the brand you heard about, or the brand you don't even know exists?
Advertisments are like fake boobs: you only notice and complain about them when they are badly done.
- Or when they are HUGE.
I have pretty much stripped my online prescence of advertising through bowser extensions/paid apps/pi-hole, so it is only the subtle forms left that I have to be sceptical about.

Having to use a service that has obvious advertising is mostly just annoying because I know it's an advertisment. It is the more subtle forms that you have to be on the lookout for.

There are definitely forms of advertising that work on me, for example the hype surrounding particular video games, reviews on the PSVR2 headset, those kinds of things - because I spent money on them. It is never the blatant advertising that you see on Instagram or television that works on me.
If anything, when I see any advertisement these days, it convinces me to dislike the product, especially when they try to be obnoxiously hip.
- Grub hub dancing diverse man
  
  Old spice ad clones
  
  Better help pandering to lgbt in garish and obnoxious ways
  
  Liberty mutual stupid emu
  
  And I realize that me mentioning these proves their efficacy from a word of mouth perspective, be I alone will not be more likely to purchase these products as a result of these ads.
  
  I’m all for equal treatment, regardless of genetic makeup and sexual orientation, but when you use that stuff as a marketing tool, it offends me. Do you think I’m an ant? Do you think that your injection of humanitarian issues is going to make me more likely to buy a fucking therapy service?
  
  I firmly believe that it won’t .
I'm pretty confident I would not be on Lemmy right now had someone not advertised it.

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