| Autoplay video ads may be coming to Facebook's news feed
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GaryK
msg:4529493 | 3:29 am on Dec 19, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Autoplay video ads may be coming to Facebook [news.cnet.com]'s news feed within the next six months, according to [an ad agency].
These video ads are supposedly scheduled to hit the desktop version of the social network first, then could be rolled out to mobile. According to [the ad agency], the ads will most likely play 15 seconds, could be targeted to certain users, and may even have an auto-audio function. On the desktop version, the ads are expected to get users' attention by expanding out of the site's news feed into the left and right columns. |
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I understand the need to make money, I even keep ABP disabled on Facebook because their ad formats are fairly tame, but how far is too far when it comes to intrusive ads?
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mack
msg:4529502 | 4:19 am on Dec 19, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Ooft don't think I could stomach that, especially if they contain audio. Auto playing anything is BAD its like a throw back to 1999.
Mack.
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bhonda
msg:4529638 | 1:21 pm on Dec 19, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Pure link bait.
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Says it all.
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bill
msg:4529803 | 4:16 am on Dec 20, 2012 (gmt 0) |
It may be link-bait, but enough people are discussing the possibility in the media, so I hope they get the message. Auto-play video ads, particularly with sound, would be a very bad idea...That would be a shark-jumping moment for them.
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Tropical Island
msg:4529933 | 3:18 pm on Dec 20, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Terrible idea.
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