Comments on: How Do YOU Feel About Ads On Twitter? http://twittercism.com/poll-twitter-ads/ A Twitter Blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: @clocsen http://twittercism.com/poll-twitter-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-11686 @clocsen Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:04:13 +0000 http://twittercism.com/?p=2372#comment-11686 I object very strongly to intrusive advertising - ads which get in the way of, or distract me from, what I want to do - and I have a low tolerance threshold for such ads. I also get turned off by disguised advertising - such as "infomercials" and tweeps being paid to tweet in favour of products, etc -> the latter are difficult to spot unless you see someone repeating the same message time and again. In my book most internet advertising is intrusive, and I can't think of a way for twitter to introduce non-intrusive ads. What will be my reaction to ads on twitter? It depends on what and how. My goodwill towards the service will almost certainly reduce sharply and I will race to the front of the queue for an Adblock equivalent. It's a moot point whether I would reduce my use of twitter. Most of my twitter friends I only know through twitter. I don't know how many friendships would survive a move to another platform (which one - Facebook, Google Wave, a.n. other?) particularly when it comes to the loose 'communities' of tweeps to which I belong. Twitter needs to make money, certainly. Whether it can do that by pushing out adverts and keep ME as a happy, contented, user is another matter. I object very strongly to intrusive advertising – ads which get in the way of, or distract me from, what I want to do – and I have a low tolerance threshold for such ads. I also get turned off by disguised advertising – such as “infomercials” and tweeps being paid to tweet in favour of products, etc -> the latter are difficult to spot unless you see someone repeating the same message time and again.

In my book most internet advertising is intrusive, and I can’t think of a way for twitter to introduce non-intrusive ads.

What will be my reaction to ads on twitter? It depends on what and how. My goodwill towards the service will almost certainly reduce sharply and I will race to the front of the queue for an Adblock equivalent. It’s a moot point whether I would reduce my use of twitter. Most of my twitter friends I only know through twitter. I don’t know how many friendships would survive a move to another platform (which one – Facebook, Google Wave, a.n. other?) particularly when it comes to the loose ‘communities’ of tweeps to which I belong.

Twitter needs to make money, certainly. Whether it can do that by pushing out adverts and keep ME as a happy, contented, user is another matter.

]]> By: zuls http://twittercism.com/poll-twitter-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-11656 zuls Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:53:08 +0000 http://twittercism.com/?p=2372#comment-11656 The twitter advertisement has been a very hot issue :D , I'm looking forward to the outcome.. I also hope for some income from twitter.com advertising model. Hopefully .-= zuls´s last blog ..<a href="http://myonlinecontest.blogspot.com/2009/01/adgitize-ads-as-contest-prizes.html" rel="nofollow">Adgitize Ads as a Contest Prizes?</a> =-. The twitter advertisement has been a very hot issue :D , I’m looking forward to the outcome.. I also hope for some income from twitter.com advertising model. Hopefully
.-= zuls´s last blog ..Adgitize Ads as a Contest Prizes? =-.

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