I'd generalize it to "I assume all ads on major platforms are scam." This includes especially channels owned by Google and Meta.

I remember back in 2010 I had to wait a week and correct my ad before it was approved and now they basically stream all kinds of scams without checking. They do have quite a few people, they could build a better scam detection system but it's against their interests.

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jandrese 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes. Facebook is especially bad about letting outright scammers buy ad slots.

	▲	Spivak an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Meanwhile in real life IG and TikTok ads are the only ones normal people seem to generally trust. I've only ever heard people talking about getting Instagram or TikTok ads for things and actually buying them in a way that would sound genuinely jarring if they said "an ad on Google." I think there's something to be said for how IG and TikTok ads are actually made that makes them more appealing which is that they actually try to be worthwhile content to watch in a way banner ads and TV commercials just aren't.

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bombcar 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What's annoying is they do have tons of scam detection crap, which seems to only trigger on legitimate advertising (insofar as any advertising is legitimate) - the problem is there are millions of people willing to work on getting scams through for pennies a day, and it doesn't cost them anything.