Facebook, Not Afraid of the Ads

Like many of us, our friends are joining Facebook. I was one of them, and have been slowly adding friends to my list. Honestly though, I am already sick of it.

It’s Not That I Hate

It’s not that I hate Facebook’s layout. No layout is perfect, though I could spend a week writing blog posts about why I hate theirs. It’s not that that they scour all of my information to target their ads at me more. It’s not that it’s an aggressive tell your friend marketer, and it’s not that they charge for virtual gifts. What a rip that is. What I am beginning to hate is that I am seeing design for greed, not design for use.

Greed

What really bugs me is what I saw today. A link to “More Ads” underneath an ad. Enough is enough, and how greedy can you be? What possible value could this offer to a visitor, and what kind of visitor would actually click on it? Are they going for accidentals? Maybe if they sold it as “Additional Resources Based on our Research of You”. It would be kind of true. I just try to imagine this as if my local newspaper were trying to get away with this crap. I can hear the sales rep now, “For an additional $4.95 a month we can also set you up to have a telemarketer call you on a daily basis. ” Any takers? I doubt it, and the ones that do I am sure only do so out of accident.

Think I’m already done using Facebook. I’ll give it a few more weeks.