The case for banning ads in social media

Re:The case for banning ads in social media by whatever1 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:35PM (#21540740)

So it now looks better in a photo, but in the meantime lots of advertising firms and possibly local professionals that were working in installation lost (part of) theirs jobs. Good for us tourists that we need the lowest possible cost of services.

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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by andrepd on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:43PM (#21540807)

Law enforcement will put drug traffickers out of business, and dealers out of a job. Banning coal mining will put miners out of a job. Jobs are not an end in itself, if their value to society is negative.

It does not just "look better in a photo". People are allowed to walk on their daily lives without being bombarded by flashing, highly targeted, hyper-optimised psychological manipulation. Without adverts that make them feel bad, inferior, missing out, all so they buy whatever shit the man with the money is peddling. They are allowed to decorate their buildings and public spaces with aesthetically pleasing art and decoration.

It's a major improvement in quality of life.

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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by CharlesColeman on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:52PM (#21540893)

> So it now looks better in a photo, but in the meantime lots of advertising firms and possibly local professionals that were working in installation lost (part of) theirs jobs.

I'm fine with that. Most jobs in advertising produce little to no social utility, and the labor spend doing them should be redirected into more socially beneficial directions. Less ad targeting and construction of ever more garish billboards, more teaching and medical care, etc.

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