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Hello! Marketing? Are you listening? #

Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 23:11 GMT

PEOPLE ARE SICK OF BEING MARKETED AT!

Gawd/ess ... I hate all caps, but it needed to be screamed.

People are sick of being marketed at. And in the online world, where people have the option of NOT viewing ads, they don't. Even my mom (70 years old) found and installed AdblockPlus ... Get used to it, Marketing. You're the new "first up against the wall" group. The world+dog hates you more than lawyers. Please go away. Nobody will miss you.

Side note: Did you know that all (most?) of those TV screens in supermarkets which blare advertisements at you can be muted via remote control? Sometimes its a blissful couple weeks before someone figures out how to turn the sound on again ...

hikaricore

AOL? #

Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 23:11 GMT

I wasn't aware they existed anymore.

Mike Crawshaw

@Jake re supermarkets #

Posted Friday 30th January 2009 10:57 GMT

"Side note: Did you know that all (most?) of those TV screens in supermarkets which blare advertisements at you can be muted via remote control? Sometimes its a blissful couple weeks before someone figures out how to turn the sound on again ..."

Sir, this will be tested on my next visit to such an establishment. If this proves correct, then for the first time in my life, I will be grateful to someone for "enhancing my shopping experience"!

Anonymous Coward