Just as the title says: Have you ever clicked on an ad, knowing it was an ad, on purpose? What ad was it? Why did you click it?
Curious because I realized I have not once in my life clicked on an ad shown online on purpose. Accidentally, and being tricked into clicking the wrong thing sure; never with intent though.
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There are ads I deliberately searched for like the fun viral music videos by Berlin public transit authorities. There’s even adds I physically ordered per mail. My home state in Germany had an ad-campaign where they printed stickers with “Nice here! But were you ever in Bade -Wurrtemberg?” that you could get per mail. Vandalism got these stickers everywhere and there was even a subreddit about spotting these in weird and faraway places. I also did paste a few in interesting places.
Does it count if it was for a shitty company and I just wanted to drive up their ad costs? If so, yes. Otherwise, no. lol
“we have a billion people interested in our ad campaign!”
“wait why is it coming from just one ip?”
What can I say. He really got me. 🤷🏼♂️
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I have purposely clicked on ads for some video games. It isn’t worth the click even then since you end up on some marketing railroad that doesn’t lead directly to the steam page.
Same for me, on occasion I’ve discovered decent games by clicking on the ads on mobile. Since I know it’s going to open up the play store, it doesn’t feel as sketchy.
However, the vast majority of the time I back out after taking a look at the game page.
I was thinking “no” but, yeah, Steam Store front page. Almost every time I launch, I take a moment to see what’s good today.
But apart from that, I can’t think of a time though it’s probably happened once or twice over the years. At best, some brand’s ad looks like a good idea, so I start searching the market,and if I buy, you can be guaranteed it ended up being from a competitor.
The old spice commercials with Terry Crews were absurdly hilarious.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq2SlCja3zo&pp=ygUVdGVycnkgY3Jld3Mgb2xkIHNwaWNl
That was Crews? For real? Didn’t it used to be a different guy, or was it always him and I just never made the connection?
You’re probably thinking of Isaiah Mustafa
Yes! That’s the Old Spice guy I remember. Who came first?
Who was also really great! He was the man your man could smell like.
Yeah, I click them Steam sale ads all the time.
Turns out when the ads are for things I want, at good prices and without all the nag and malware, they’re beneficial for both consumer and advertiser. Advertising used to be a useful tool for both parties.
But enshitification must continue.
