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| Newspaper pic of an actual whore, from the NY Daily News. |
Don't be a whore.
Ok, you need to sell ads to make money, i get that. But, this Timeline idea??
You claimed it was to "help us tell our story better." But then you added middle-of-the-page advertising that pushes our content down off the first screen!
Right now on the first screen of my Timeline there is one post that i made and one ad and one post by me. If i scroll down one full page i can see the bottom of my post...and another ad from you!
The old ads on the side were fine. this Timeline assault is obnoxious.
And all the more so because you're obviously just selling your space out to anyone, scams included!
"Congratulations! Your IP has been selected in (city here)! Claim prize!" ??
"Banks Forced to Write Off Billions in Debt! See if you Qualify for this Program" ???
"You have a pending message ::imitation Facebook message box showing 1 message::" ????
You're even letting them imitate YOU!?!? And you know what that ad was for? ilivid.com, a site whose banner read "Download and Watch Instantly"
i used to sell advertising for a newspaper. My job was to make the bottom line higher than it was at that time the year before - money talked. But i still worked to never allow scams (or even misleading ads) from reaching my readers!!!
Plus i've been getting ads on my Timeline for things that are both controversial and diametrically opposed to my own social and political beliefs, which means that your inventory of data's crystal ball is broken too!
Don't get me wrong, Facebook, i actually think you're fantastically cool. But my belief in that is not necessarily unwavering. So, please, shape up! Quit selling ads to scams! Quit making the placing of ad content so obnoxious! And please, remember to stay cool - that's why we like you!:-)
Love,
PaxRyan
