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Re:Honda Insight's immersive ad on Vimeo by mattlyon on Sunday April 26, 2009 @11:27PM (#580772)
I love how this is entirely against Vimeo's TOS: http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:11585

except for the special cases they make.

Re:Honda Insight's immersive ad on Vimeo by malbiniak on Monday April 27, 2009 @06:36AM (#581166)
Fair point, but I'd like to think that if Hummer came to them, they'd say no. Something about an affordable hybrid car seems aligned with the personalities running Vimeo.
Re:Honda Insight's immersive ad on Vimeo by ivankirigin on Monday April 27, 2009 @09:21AM (#581316)
That's just bullshit. The last thing I want from a content host is an agenda and bias against certain players.
Re:Honda Insight's immersive ad on Vimeo by malbiniak on Monday April 27, 2009 @09:47AM (#581338)
The power of the consumer is the choice to support the vendor they identify with. Spoiler alert: each content host, vendor, business has an agenda, it's just a matter of how quickly you can identify it.

And please - hold it against a business for trying to add additional revenue? How's your balance sheet?

Re:Honda Insight's immersive ad on Vimeo by ivankirigin on Monday April 27, 2009 @02:30PM (#581801)
On the latter point, it's the opposite. Companies shouldn't leave money on the table for ideological reasons as petty as too-low-mpg. [note that I don't think vimeo actually did anything wrong here - it's the idea that is bullshit, not any action they have taken. I loved the Ad.]

Consumers should move towards vendors that are as neutral as possible. Personal bias shouldn't influence a business decision.

My agenda for Tipjoy is to make money. We're completely content neutral, within the bounds of the law.