I strongly agree, in addition statements like "Before social media advertising would have to hitch a ride with some content produced for something else. Billboards, newspapers, television shows, and magazines all tried to provide a use value to their customers and audiences" are pretty incorrect. As bad as many people agree Facebook is for mental health, it was clearly created for and does provide value. The author does a fairly poor job of carrying out the argument without form-fitting irrelevant details to their desired narrative.
andrenotgiant|3 years ago
> Traditional advertising could never get your attention.
Are you serious?
> Before social media advertising would have to hitch a ride with some content produced for something else.
This is exactly what social media advertising does.
>Billboards, newspapers, television shows, and magazines all tried to provide a use value to their customers and audiences
What does that even mean?
Advertising was effectively getting attention and subverting behavior long before the internet. Watch the Century of the Self for some prime examples.