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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Tue Feb 19, 2013, 07:25 PM Feb 2013

Will THIS sink Facebook, do ya think???? [View all]

Dreaded Auto-Play Video Ads Could Be Coming To Facebook, VP Confirms

TV commercials that automatically play could soon hit Facebook’s news feed.
This week Facebook VP of Business David Fischer admitted auto-play video ads might be distracting,
but said “I believe there are ways we could do it.”
Fischer said during his Stanford Future Of Media Conference keynote that he admired YouTube’s video ads.
But auto-play video spots could be flashy and annoying in the quiet news feed.

At Wednesday’s Future Of Media Keynote with Fischer, Fortune magazine’s senior editor at large Adam Lashinsky opened the conversation about video ads saying Wall Street is clamoring for them.
Fischer explained they already exist in one form. Businesses can post videos from their Page and then pay to show them to more people, though those have to be clicked to play. He noted that businesses constantly ask for more attention-grabbing video ad units closer to a home page takeover than a simple news feed story.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/15/facebook-video-ads/

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Will THIS sink Facebook, do ya think???? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 OP

Because TV commercials sank TV? jberryhill Feb 2013 #1

and ads on soccer jerseys dlwickham Feb 2013 #3

I think commercials ARE sinking TV Auggie Feb 2013 #4

They sank movies for me - for the most part, I actively avoid big multi-plexes because of ads hatrack Feb 2013 #36

or YouTube. nt DonViejo Feb 2013 #6

Because those are JUST LIKE FACEBOOK Occulus Feb 2013 #10

do you get Facebook news streaming on your mobile phone? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #11

I have an unlimited plan for that and other things Occulus Feb 2013 #13

100% agreement. enlightenment Feb 2013 #32

Do you watch anything on YouTube? Those ads are EXTREMELY annoying. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #20

I did not even know YouTube has ads... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #22

I use it too pipi_k Feb 2013 #27

Extremely annoying! God I hate them. nt Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #26

They sure are jberryhill Feb 2013 #34

Facebook should die Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #2

Auto play ads are the MOST annoying thing on the internet! JeffHead Feb 2013 #5

Ptooooey Berlum Feb 2013 #7

They should sell ads on military aircraft, aircraft carriers, submarines(for those under sea cities) Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #8

Wall Street wants them? Brickbat Feb 2013 #9

Nope. RevStPatrick Feb 2013 #12

It hasn't sunk any other sites infested by them Posteritatis Feb 2013 #14

They're paying their executives gazillions of $$ for THIS SHIT??!?!?!??? lastlib Feb 2013 #15

And Facebook pays NO income tax, in fact gets a 429 Million $ refund. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #16

What will completely sink Facebook customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #17

do they charge membrship now? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #23

Not yet pipi_k Feb 2013 #31

yet another reason AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #18

Twitter starts integrating advertising software Bosonic Feb 2013 #37

The More I Hear Old Codger Feb 2013 #19

I go out of my way to avoid ads as much as possible. Initech Feb 2013 #21

It is easy to set your computer to avoid autoplay JPZenger Feb 2013 #24

How so? leveymg Feb 2013 #29

In some ways yes dmallind Feb 2013 #30

What would sink FB is a better social media platform KurtNYC Feb 2013 #25

More revenue so Facebook can pay taxes next year. Come on, do your part for poor Zuckerberg leveymg Feb 2013 #28

No Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #33

Greed is definitely sinking FB....this is NOT going to help them. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #35