http://jacek.zlydach.pl/blog/2019-07-31-ads-as-cancer.html
A detailed explanation of why I keep saying that advertising is a cancer on modern society.
Making people unhappy
A marketer I know has a mantra, that successful sales are all about dissatisfaction - making people aware just how their situation sucks, and then offering a way to relieve the pain.
Interesting read.
I got a “sales” job once and during training this is basically what they preached. Find the pain point and lay into it until they relent and sign up for the thing that will fix the pain.
Made me super uncomfortable and I quit 2 days into training, because a lot of what the place did was accessibility accommodations, so it was basically harassing old and disabled people going about their day, and making them feel bad about their shitty situation to take their money. No thanks.
As opposed to successful social media posts, which would never go viral by telling everyone how much everything sucks.
Yes, it's something we can ban in the necessary transition to a more sustainable life, alas.... Here we are
I love it when people join the fediverse and then propose ads as a way to fund it. Always shows the disconnect.