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Re:The Facebook Fallacy by andrewflnr on Saturday July 21, 2012 @11:44AM (#4274984)
I have an idea: how about a "this is interesting, save it for later" button on ads? So if something comes up that's useful, you can minimize the distraction for now. Maybe it would wait a while to put another ad up. Advertisers still pay per click in the "looking at it later" phase.

Of course you would need a natural way to put them back in front of the user. Some of my app ideas already have a natural "deal with it later" mode. I'm sure Facebook could come up with something.

Thoughts?

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Re:The Facebook Fallacy by lmm on Saturday July 21, 2012 @12:11PM (#4275047)
I mostly hate ads. But I go out of my way to look at my amazon recommendations, which are basically ads, and work the way you describe (wishlist). I can see a future where they or something like them (I guess pinterest is kind of similar?) displace most advertising - as long as people who want your product (whether they know it or not) can find it, you don't need ads.
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