Fun with Facebook advertising
Aug 12th, 2008 by handolio
Facebook has slipped in a new feature next to its adverts, in the form of little thumbs up and thumbs down icons.
I doubt that giving something the thumbs down results in the responsible party being finished off in front of a baying crowd; I can but hope.
Meanwhile I can vent my Facebook advertising rage by giving each advert that appears the thumbs down.
You should try it. It’s very entertaining to spend a few minutes making snap decisions on why a particular advert annoys you. My only sadness is that I can’t tick all of the categories.
I’m not sure why there’s a thumbs up. It’s a contender for littlest, loneliest link.
Maybe there’s someone out there clicking it - I’d better not meet them.
I slept on it, and curiosity has got the better of me. Here, so you don’t have to, is what happens if you click on thumbs up:
I think they are going to be getting a lot more thumbs down than up, the classic feedback issue. And beside if you like the ad you’re going to be clicking on it not rating it