ads instead of useful info

It rotates and after some minutes shows the departure times. But if you’re in hurry you want the time immediately, not after a while

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    We should look at how to fix the “bad exposure is exposure too” approach to advertising. It makes everything worse for everyone.

    And personally, i think the effect is vastly overestimated.

    Edit: or maybe it fixes itself, since everyone is oversaturated with ads and ignores them at best.

    • rumba@lemmy.zip
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      3 hours ago

      Blanket advertising is this bubble. Has been for decades. It’s nearly impossible to get reasonable campaign data from a billboard. But in the scheme of business it’s relatively inexpensive so everyone just buys in.

      If it’s not targeted, The vast majority of people aren’t going to waste their time on it.