Facebook doin' it wrong

[Crazyjayde]

I just can't get it out of my head. - Rant incoming -

There's just so much things I can't comprehend about the way major corporations and networks uses publicity by trying to appeal to a larger public.
Yeah well, don't get me wrong that's usually a good marketing technic, but now it just blasted through the wall of absurdity.

So Facebook basically wants to appeal to EVERY F***** SINGLE INDIVIDUAL ON EARTH and their new pitch consists of "X is like Facebook", where X basically equals ANYTHING you've ever saw, experienced or did in your entire life:

Seriously, I don't get how they can believe everything that surrounds us can be related to Facebook in a way or the other. Yeah sure, pools and halloween are linked to social interactions. I can understand that chairs are a symbol of individuality too but don't you think it's a bit extrapolated guys? Let's be honest, the first thing I think of when someone asks me about community pools is of yellow warm spots of water and the leftovers of some wrinkly old Band-Aid floating near me (which is actually a good representation of how I perceive my friends). Halloween? More like being stuck in company of creepy stalkers having an obsession with candy for a whole night.

But really, they're forcing it down the throat. It's like if they believed that they are the biggest innovation nowadays. "Anyone can sit on a chair". Well no sh** Sherlock, chairs are for people?! I'll be damned. There's not even any distinction between real-life and social networks. They're actually making an ad about our mundane life, and they're pretty much saying: Facebook is the universe. IT IS REAL EVERYTHING AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.

I'm sure even a crack house would be more fitting as comparison.

[Izzy]

A company trying to sell their product? Absurd.

[Crazyjayde]

Not talking about the objective but the whole argumentation behind. It's what distinguish good marketing from bad and this one fails miserably.

[dragon890x]

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STDs are like Facebook.

[FFRGreen]

There is no wrong way of using facebook

Everyone has a different way of using facebook

[dragon890x]

Originally Posted by FFRGreen

There is no wrong way of using facebook

Everyone has a different way of using facebook

I use it like a chair.

[flash dualist]

[dragon890x]

On a serious note about what OP is trying to say, I agree that it's a crappy advertisement move. I'm sure everyone here knows how wonderful forced memes are, and Facebook is screaming like a little child to hop on that train.

[Choofers]

This thread is totally unwarranted and you're just over reacting.

do u still have a myspace or something

[qqwref]

Originally Posted by FFRGreen

There is no wrong way of using a chair

Everyone has a different way of using a chair

FTFY

[Razor]

Originally Posted by Choofers

This thread is totally unwarranted and you're just over reacting.

do u still have a myspace or something

lmfao

[foilman8805]

this actually has the potential to be a good thread, but the OP is kind of fractious and incoherent. too much ranting, not enough point-making.

[Izzy]

Why do they even need to advertise? Seems like a waste of time, money and effort.

[qqwref]

I know, right? They should just buy facebook ads like everyone else.

[FFRGreen]

There is no wrong way of using a chair

Everyone has a different way of using a chair

there

[bmah]

All that the advertisers want you to think is this: "Facebook is life." And to some people's obsessions, it almost is their life.

[dragon890x]

Originally Posted by bmah

All that the advertisers want you to think is this: "Facebook is life." And to some people's obsessions, it almost is their life.

Thanks for reminding me! I almost forgot to water my crops.

[MopeyJoe]

Originally Posted by bmah

All that the advertisers want you to think is this: "Facebook is life." And to some people's obsessions, it almost is their life.

I'm still waiting on the ability to slap people through the internet for being so stupid.

[Crazyjayde]

Originally Posted by foilman8805

this actually has the potential to be a good thread, but the OP is kind of fractious and incoherent. too much ranting, not enough point-making.

Jesus, I just considered making an irrational rant could have the potential of making an interesting thread. Just thought that the subject was blatant enough to incite discussion. Thought it could have been a bit of wind of change.

All I'm trying to say, is that the way they advertise is not pertinent to their main objective as a social network. They're bringing the whole world on the table, which resumes to the collectivity. An enormous mass of people we do not share relations on Facebook. I would have preferred that they stick to their general idea. Facebook is for staying in touch with your entourage, with your own privacy. I would've liked to see publicities that centers about the last failed date you've had with a girl than this.

[Choofers]

You're over reacting... lmao