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[kaioshade]

I refuse to believe Facebook can be THAT stupid. They just cant....

 

[Taco_Human]

I refuse to believe Facebook can be THAT stupid. They just cant....

hundreds of millions of people who use it dont care

 

[PS3GamerKyle]

How much of a greedy twat do you need to be to not see how damaging this could be

Exactly. A move like this would just be shooting themselves in the foot. Sure, it's a move designed to make you more money, but when you subsequently drive away a big portion of your userbase, the money won't be flowing in like it used to be.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

You're saying I use Facebook, aren't you?! Admit it!

I just wanted you to know I enjoyed this reference.

 

[Rebel Leader]

WTF?? this is unacceptable, browsing on a 3g mobile device and having video ads take up your bandwidth and cost you money?

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Maybe this would drive more people to actually use Google+ and it won't be a wasteland.

 

[hteng]

oh god is this gonna be like the youtube ads? fucking youtube ads, you can't stop them, it's so fucking destructive when you are trying to enjoy a speech when some twat goes spouting a language you can't understand beside you. fuck you autoplay and unstoppable ads.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

That zucks.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Maybe this would drive more people to actually use Google+ and it won't be a wasteland.

Google world domination plan #4: in progress

 

[FyreWulff]

Autoplay with no mute?

Yeah, that's a good way to lose a lot of people. I used to use the official AIM client for eons because I considered it a fair trade to let them show me a small ad while I used their service. Then they started having AIM autoplay video ads with very loud sound, and that's when I and a lot of people I know started looking for the alternative clients.

 

[PackerinMN]

You're saying I use Facebook, aren't you?! Admit it!

Wut

I just wanted you to know I enjoyed this reference.

I didn't get it.

 

[Freezie KO]

This would be a shame. I like facebook, but if they auto-play audio, I'm out of there.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Wut


I didn't get it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egyPIdoooJI

 

[RevoDS]

Well, the second this happens...time to go short FB.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

This won't happen.

If it does, it gives me good excuse to close my Facebook account.

 

[DECK'ARD]

The sooner this happens the faster people start hopping onto the next thing

I foresee good things for Nu-MySpace ...

 

[The Crimson Kid]

Yeah, this is clearly a bad idea when most people already have enough reason to dislike the site. Obviously this will only drive people away. Anyone can see how this will end up backfiring on them in the long term for a short term payout.

This is a result of Facebook going public, plain and simple. Their shareholders have been disappointed in the stock's performance since it launched and Facebook has been scrambling for new ways to advertise to its users ever since. It's difficult to focus on the long term ramifications of your actions when the stockholders you have beholden yourself to only allow you to focus three months into the future.

 

[Tenck]

Well I'm already on Google+

This just means I have enough of a reason to never check my facebook.

 

[dark_chris]

I like how Facebook is slowly killing themselves. Guess they didn't learn from Myspace.

 

[User 100115]

Maybe more of my friends will start using google+ so I can stop going to facebook

 

[Dr. Malik]

I see people joining twitter instead of G+

 

[reKon]

This will not happen. There's no way that Facebook is that stupid of a company. If somehow they do, if it results in more people going to Google+ I don't care. I think that Google+ is cleaner, faster, more unified with my Android phone/tablet, has a better application, and the Hangouts have been great (only thing me or any of my friends have used google plus for).

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I like how Facebook is slowly killing themselves. Guess they didn't learn from Myspace.

These companies never do. History just keeps repeating itself time and time again. It never fails. Google will probably benefit the most but mark my words if they do and they become the norm down the road history will repeat again.

 

[Dartastic]

Nope. NOpe nope and nope. The new Myspace is actually kinda cool, and if this happens I'll probably start using that way more... I already hate the ads that are already there. Anyway.

 

[Franklinator]

Hurray for AdBlock!

This a terrible idea, and I don't expect them to go through with it.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Is it possible they just floated the idea out there to gauge public reaction?

 

[TheSeks]

"Now that Zuckerberg has spammed your Facebook feed with terrible video ads, I'd love it if you'd come on MyFace."

"Are you on MyFace?"

 

[Dartastic]

Is it possible they just floated the idea out there to gauge public reaction?

Yes, but even that would be stupid because they HAVE to know how irritating this would be.

 

[DurielBlack]

This will kill what little time I spend using FB. I have shitty bandwidth as it is.

 

[Azure Dream]

I like that most advertisers can't figure out new, more effective methods of advertising online, the best they can do is continue to shove prerecorded videos into people's faces in awkward ways.

 

[legacyzero]

 

[davepoobond]

they're cashing in.


NOPE.COM

 

[mattiewheels]

GAF, lets get some programmers together and start a new social media site. We can call it...MyBook. Or Friendspace. Or MyFace.

 

[legacyzero]

GAF, lets get some programmers together and start a new social media site. We can call it...NeoGAF. Or NeoGAF. Or NeoGAF.

I spend all my time here anyway.

 

[virtuoso88]

GAF, lets get some programmers together and start a new social media site. We can call it...MyBook. Or Friendspace. Or MyFace.

One that takes over youtube, twitter and facebook. We'll call it youtwitface.com

 

[RevoDS]

I spend all my time here anyway.

NeoNeoGAF?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I like that most advertisers can't figure out new, more effective methods of advertising online, the best they can do is continue to shove prerecorded videos into people's faces in awkward ways.

Serious question: What would be new, more effective methods?

 

[Davey Cakes]

Really? And I thought the adds that you're forced to watch before internet videos (Youtube or elsewhere) were bad enough.

Maybe this would drive more people to actually use Google+ and it won't be a wasteland.

I have a G+ account. That place reminds me of early Facebook. Nice and clean. I don't use my account because FB covers the bases. But yeah, News Feed video advertisements would be the first step towards me migrating over and trying to get all my friends to do the same.

 

[Azure Dream]

I spend all my time here anyway.

Except this is more of an antisocial media site.

 

[virtuoso88]

Serious question: What would be new, more effective methods?

Whatever google's doing seems to be working. Unless they do lots of videos save youtube. I never notice them anywhere else with adsense.

 

[kingocfs]

It's about time someone started the new hotness, anyway. G+ is nice, I guess. Hopefully this dumbass decision gets people over there.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Being on Facebook over Google+ is frankly the lesser of two evils. Do you really want Google to own even MORE of your information? At least using Facebook primarily keeps everything you share on a social network separate.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I spend all my time here anyway.

I spend more time here than Facebook.

I wouldn't be opposed to FaceGaf.

 

[Garrett 2U]

I hardly check facebook now. As soon as I get a video ad I will close my page immediately.

 

[Azure Dream]

Serious question: What would be new, more effective methods?

I'm... supposed to do the job they're paid vast quantities of cash to do?

That being said, it's pretty obvious interactive ads that provide meaningful content are loads more effective than "sit here and be forced to watch a 30 second video about how sweaters are on sale at JC Penneys." What about the NewEgg or eBay ads, for example, that learn from your browsing history on their site, and suggest sale prices on that or similar items? That wouldn't work very well for sites you haven't visited yet... although considering the amount of data advertisers collect, maybe it would.

Also, some advertisers are finding all sorts of ways to communicate with the customer. How about Old Spice was posting live video responses to people's questions on YouTube one day, completely in-character? Or the other interactive games and media they make? There are lots of ways to approach advertising on a platform you're supposed to be interacting with, not just staring at.

But again, I'm not being paid to figure this out for them. I just see them trying to bolt an old method onto new media, to the annoyance of everyone.

 

[Monocle]

"Now that Zuckerberg has spammed your Facebook feed with terrible video ads, I'd love it if you'd come on MyFace."

We need to make this happen.

 

[GK86]

Dumb if true. I would delete my fb if it wouldn't label me a social outcast.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I'm... supposed to do the job they're paid vast quantities of cash to do?

Sheesh...Snappy McSnapperson.

 

[Amory]

Beginning of the end of Facebook, then. Good riddance, it's become clunky with all the stupid shit they've bolted onto it.

 

[Spawnling]

WTF?? this is unacceptable, browsing on a 3g mobile device and having video ads take up your bandwidth and cost you money?

I was thinking the same thing. Is this also applying for the mobile app? I have to pay for this in my data plan?