Facebook recently celebrated it's 5th birthday, later this year I'll be celebrating my 5th year college reunion. Let's face it we're both old and need new hobbies, but this was something I couldn't resist. Don't get me wrong, I love FB. I've been using the site for the last 4 years and 10 months, today there are a 150M+ users, but I was probably using FB when there were <10k users. Seriously. When they first started placing ads on the right hand column, I remember thinking, geez these ads don't make any sense, they're boring and irrelevent. Soon Microsoft was in the fray, investing money in the company and inking a contract to siphon their own advertising on the site, but we all know about that. Now facebook ads are a little more relevant and much more creative. They are also some of the weirdest and most hilarious ads in town. I've set this site up so I can share all the funny ads I see with you and you'll be able to post funny ads as well (or send them to me and I'll moderate) I haven't decided yet... :)
Let the ad critiques begin!
2 comments:
oy, i despise facebook ads! i even tried an experiment where i disliked them and gave specific reasons... this accomplished two things.
1. it improved the quality/relevance/aesthetics of the ads posted in the right hand sidebar... for all of about two minutes. ugh.
2. it allowed me to talk shit (as in "no one in their right mind would consume that product"). you can choose "other" as your reason for hating on an ad. this allows you to type in your own reason. which allows to say how you really feel. of course, as we're all aware in the web 2.0 world, there's no "there" out there anyway. entertaining to send snarky comments to facebook? yes. effective? no.
Can I submit one? I see this one all the time!
"BYU Potty Training Chair
BYU potty chair - actually plays the fight song! Perfect if you are preparing to potty train, or a great gift idea!"
Check out the ridiculous infommercial type video on the website. you can even record a personal message for when your kid uses the chair correctly.
http://www.varsitybaby.com/
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