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[ElectricBlanketFire]

Poke if old.

Having already ticked off many users in late 2012 with photo-licensing changes, sharing limitations, and an end to policy voting, Facebook plans to insert video ads into users’ News Feeds in 2013, according to a report.

Facebook plans to unveil 15-second video ads by April within both mobile and desktop news feeds, several advertising executives tell Ad Age. The ads will start playing automatically, according to two of the executives, and Facebook has reportedly not decided whether to mute audio from the ads. Ad Age reports that the commercials will even expand beyond the middle web page section that normally contains the news feed, taking over the left and right rails of the page as well.

Damn Zuckerburg.

 

[Frustrated_me]

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

 

[Deleted member 81567]

 

[Izick]

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

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[out0v0rder]

maybe it's time to buy some stock now

 

[demon]

This would piss me off if I gave a shit about Facebook.

 

[Escape Goat]

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

 

[Anno]

Start using Google+, people. Kinda funny that ridiculous ads might be the thing ultimately driving people towards Google.

 

[Hot Coldman]

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

 

[DominoKid]

because i needed another reason to ignore facebook lmao.

 

[Dmax3901]

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

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

 

[Deleted member 81567]

Seriously, why would someone want to fuck up something so big? It was gonna get outdated anyway, this is just accelerating the process.

 

[Rebel Leader]

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

.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Start using Google+, people. Kinda funny that ridiculous ads might be the thing ultimately driving people towards Google.

Or perhaps this is what drives people back to MySpace with their new redesign.

 

[Row]

whoever applied the foundation to his eyes needs to learn about blending

 

[Cyan]

Autoplaying ads with audio = rage.

 

[Blake'sGrave]

Damn you Zuckerbeeeeeeeerg!

Been thinking about delting my Facebook for a while now, this has pretty much sealed the deal.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Autoplaying ads with audio = rage.

Yes. The worst vile shit ever.

 

[WedgeX]

Do talking ads actually make money? Alt f4 happens pretty much immediately when they come up. Good thing I've got my google+

 

[K.Jack]

Autoplaying ads with audio = rage.

Oh God, the horror. Do they not realize this could potentially sink Facebook?

 

[BlazinAm]

where is this from?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

So it begins.

 

[ColtraineGF]

Auto-playing ads with audio is the absolute worst type of ad there is - I can't imagine why they'd want to go this route.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

I refuse to believe they would do this. Ads with audio are the worst fucking thing ever.

 

[smr00]

This is a prime example of why ad-block was created.

 

[apocalidiot]

Damn. Fuckin' Facebook

 

[Hot Coldman]

Autoplaying ads with audio = rage.

What's that? Autoplaying audio ads has long been seen as the Internet's equivalent to door-to-door salesmen, if they carried boomboxes John Cusack-style and you could tell them to fuck off to their face? Suck my dick, I'm Zuckerberg, bitch!

 

[Kwixotik]

If they do this, I quit Facebook

 

[Justin Timberlake]

Considering this would literally kill facebook, I'm a little skeptical that this will come to pass

 

[ColtraineGF]

"You've just won a brand new iPod!"

Ugh, I can hear it in my head right now.

 

[Vanillalite]

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

To be fair that's what Diaspora wanted to be.

 

[Cipherr]

Noone likes autoplaying videos, especially with audio..

NOONE... Idiots.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Or perhaps this is what drives people back to MySpace with their new redesign.

Because everyone went back to Friendster after MySpace started falling apart.

 

[CrankyJay]

If true, going to Google +.

 

[Kisaya]

Lmao, no way.

That's not cute.

 

[Little Old Man]

Video ads that I can't use would massively cut my use of the Android app- can't afford to waste valuable data allowance on downloading adverts. I doubt this would actually happen though, it is obvious the backlash would be immense.

 

[XenodudeX]

They have to know that this will piss off users, right?

 

[Mumei]

Autoplaying ads with audio = rage.

Absolutely dreadful. Good thing I hardly ever use Facebook.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

They have to know that this will piss off users, right?

They're drunk with power.

 

[sans_pants]

that has to be the worst idea ever

 

[PackerinMN]

I like how no one on GAF uses Facebook.

 

[Andiie]

I only use Facebook for the news feed so this'll shit me off no end if it goes down as planned.

 

[AlStrong]

 

[goomba]

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

 

[Suite Pee]

Can't stand it on ESPN, and the stuff they play is sometimes relevant to me.

Someone needs to devise a social networking protocol that communicates in a way similar to phones so that individuals aren't tied to any one company.

 

[Salsa]

but ads ARENT COOL Mark didnt you learn anything from justin timberlake ffs

 

[Hot Coldman]

I like how no one on GAF uses Facebook.

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

 

[goomba]

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

Or FuckFacebook

 

[Randdalf]

I forsee a sharp rise in Facebook users using ad blockers, or moving to Google+ because they don't know about ad blockers.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I swear to god my page will be deleted the second that happens. The suggested events and suggested pages shit is already pushing me to my limit.