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Crazyjayde 11-6-2012 12:08 AM

Facebook doin' it wrong
 
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 11-6-2012 12:50 AM

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A company trying to sell their product? Absurd.

Crazyjayde 11-6-2012 01:02 AM

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

dragon890x 11-6-2012 01:05 AM

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Share this message if you clicked "like"!!!
STDs are like Facebook.

FFRGreen 11-6-2012 01:18 AM

Re: Facebook doin' it wrong
 
There is no wrong way of using facebook

Everyone has a different way of using facebook

dragon890x 11-6-2012 01:22 AM

Re: Facebook doin' it wrong
 
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Originally Posted by FFRGreen (Post 3798499)
There is no wrong way of using facebook

Everyone has a different way of using facebook

I use it like a chair.

flash dualist 11-6-2012 01:45 AM

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dragon890x 11-6-2012 01:51 AM

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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 11-6-2012 02:12 AM

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

do u still have a myspace or something

qqwref 11-6-2012 02:16 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FFRGreen (Post 3798499)
There is no wrong way of using a chair

Everyone has a different way of using a chair

FTFY

Razor 11-6-2012 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Choofers (Post 3798513)
This thread is totally unwarranted and you're just over reacting.

do u still have a myspace or something

lmfao

foilman8805 11-6-2012 02:26 AM

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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 11-6-2012 02:32 AM

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

qqwref 11-6-2012 02:37 AM

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

FFRGreen 11-6-2012 03:38 AM

Re: Facebook doin' it wrong
 
There is no wrong way of using a chair

Everyone has a different way of using a chair

there

bmah 11-6-2012 03:44 AM

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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 11-6-2012 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by bmah (Post 3798549)
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 11-6-2012 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by bmah (Post 3798549)
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 11-6-2012 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by foilman8805 (Post 3798522)
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 11-6-2012 10:02 AM

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You're over reacting... lmao


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