would you prefer that they advertised? Or is your life good enough to not need to learn about new offers?

nemomarx 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How about if I'm interested in going out and getting something I look it up on my own time? Just don't tell me about it.

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warkdarrior 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Congratulations, you just confirmed the need for SEO in all its forms.

	▲	gigatree an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Lmao “if I need it I’ll just Google it and give my business to whoever paid the most to show up on the first page, thankfully those people don’t also spend tons on advertising too”

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shermantanktop 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Advertisers always say they are educating and informing, so that their "audience" is "learning" about their product.

And there's a bit of truth to that, for new products - people don't know about it yet. But it quickly goes from awareness to persuasion, then lies, and finally mindless repetition of a logo and tagline.

The endgame of ads is not information flow, it is programming the emotions and memory of the "audience."

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singpolyma3 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Cold email is a form of advertising, but if your question is do I consider any form of advertising acceptable: sure I do. I don't mind display ads or video ads where there is a quid pro quo etc. But cold outreach (email, calls, door to door etc) is unethical