Shit. You are an advertisement. You can't tell me you've never worn a piece of clothing that didn't have a label on it or seen someone else cool hat / shirt / jacket with a logo and then check that out.

Advertising is not just "getting a item at the store that you didnt intend to buy" - advertising is a long con. Advertising is everywhere, To think that advertising has never swayed you in any way is ignorant.

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No i haven't
No i haven't
No i haven't
No im not, i always buy clothes, from whatever is the first brand i happend to grab, that also suits me. In fact i absolutely despise brand logos on anything i own. Hell i cover up my phones logo with a popsocket or similar.

To think everyone is as vulnerable to ads as some random dude says, or as a handful of studies with like 1000 people show is the ignorant thing here. Not everyone is the same. And if i think about all the comments i have seen under videos that talked about exactly that, then ads seem to even have a negative effect when presented to younger generations, gen z for example.

Also you can just avoid ads. Click no on every optional setting on websites etc., use an ad-blocker, Sponsorblock for YouTube. When outside pit your headphones in/on and listen to your favourite music, and don't look anywhere you are not going. Ads are only everywhere if you let them be

[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Dude, I'm sorry, but you are wrong. Everything is advertising. Even IF you somehow manage to avoid ads, others don't. They form opinions around ads and that will filter through to you in one way or another.

Shitty and annoying ads ABSOLUTELY have the opposite effect. They make you avoid things when they are bad - you know what thats called? Bad advertising. You will never know when you are hit by a good advertisement. All the online research you do for your stuff - some of the people that wrote the things you researched may have been swayed by advertisements, then that tickles down to you.

If you know what Nike, Adidas, Gap, McDonalds, Walmart is - then advertising works. Brand recognition is advertising.

Simple as that.

But look, I will drop this convo, I promise im not trying to troll or annoy you. I just wanted to point out advertising is so much deeper than just you seeing an ad and immediately buying it. Its been around for centuries and it wouldnt still be happening if it wasnt effective.

edit: BTW - You said Pop-socket. Not phone stand. Pop-socket is a brand. You are advertising for them. I'm just saying. Advertising works. :)

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While there are multiple points i'd disagree to, im tired of this convo.

However is it really advertising if it's so universal that you don't even know it's a brand? Like at this point people don't even recognise pop sockets as a brand but rather a type of product. Like when i say noodles there are many producers.

Anyway, let's just agree to disagree

[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Sure friend. Have a good day. Genuinely. 🤝