+155 Advertising works on absolutely everyone. Yes, that means you too. amirite?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I'm still not playing Raid: Shadow Legends. I *already* buy Velveeta, so you got me there? I can't even remember the last ad I saw cause I mostly just get angry when they interrupt my YouTube time. They do not hold sway over me!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Do ads work - yeah. Do they make me buy the product - more often than not no. Ads *very* often work in the meaning of "remembering the ad/company/product", especially with the most annoying ones. So in that sense you are right. Where they often don't work is making me buy a product - especially when they are so damn annoying that I have to think of the ad years later.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

There's two ways ads work. One is that you see an ad and want to try the product. The other is that you've heard the name of the product before so you're more likely to trust it than something you've never heard of. This bias is only avoidsble if you actually do research which most people are too lazy to do.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

still drink folgers and never seen Game of thrones Ads suck today.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I grew up with a parent in the ad department and spent a lot of time at work with him. I grew up in a unique situation of knowing they're all lying liars who lie and they all know how to get you. I am not saying no ad ever has convinced me of something but for the most part I'm like "nah, not interested."

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I find that knowing how something works doesn't always keep me from being affected by it. Melodramas, for example, which are formulaic almost to the point of self-parody, can make me cry if I'm not consciously resisting it. Same with ads. If I pay attention to them, then I can consciously resist them. But maintaining that outside perspective forever would require perpetual vigilance and I don't think that's possible.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Hidden Brain just did a series on the methods used in advertising and selling. They are very compelling but having knowledge of the technics used help arm one to resist their influences.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Probably true, but mobile phone ads make me foam at the mouth. I'll toss my phone off a cliff before I download their silly little game.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

but if you download their game you get a free reward in your current game !! and then again. and again. until you have all the games !

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I think people who say that just say it as a random general thing without thinking about the nuances. Adverts are aimed at certain people. An advert for pet food is not gonna work on if you don't have a pet. Sounds obvious but there's examples that arent as obvious. If you're a big gamer, Raid Shadow Legends adverts aren't aimed at you either, despite seeming like they are. Not all adverts are designed to make you buy a product, some are designed to bring the product to the front of your mind so that next week you buy theirs instead of a competitor. These definitely affect everyone. You think McDonald's and Coca Cola need adverts for people to buy their products? Also these adverts work even better when they're fun or interesting and you tell people about them, means someone didn't even have to see the advert for them to be affected by it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

> An advert for pet food is not gonna work on if you don't have a pet. Nah; see you're doing what OP is suggesting and not understanding how this works. Marketing works on everyone because all it is letting you know something exists. Even if you don't have a dog but know that there are different or even a way to buy dog food from someplace indicates marketing has "worked".

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I disagree for me personally. When I see advertisements, I feel an amount of rage and make a personal vow to never buy the product. For the general population, though? Absolutely, they work.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

We found the "outsider".

by Anonymous 1 year ago

A good example is how the auto industry manufactured the demand for SUV and trucks.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Certain types of ads absolutely do not work on me, assuming that "work" means to get me to buy the product. I've not ever heard anyone claim that no advertising works on them at all.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This isn't an unpopular opinion: it's simply untrue. There's no way you can prove that an ad someone watched years before and they forgot about caused them to buy something at a later date. How would you even go about testing something like that? There's nothing in the world that works on everyone. To suggest there is something that everyone in the world is universally affected by in the same way is nonsensical, especially in regards to psychology. Unless you're talking about death, there is no universal with humans.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Where did I say everyone was affected in the exact same way? Different ads work better and worse on different people, of course. There are a host of different marketing tactics out there, and advertisements are practically ubiquitous. We are steeped in it, and what is nonsensical is to think you have never been affected by it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I dunno, I've never bought a Pop The Pig toy

by Anonymous 1 year ago

if i don't already like something then the ad's not gonna work on me. even if i like the thing the ad technically doesn't work cause i was already gonna buy it

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't see much shame in being taken in by promotion. It often leads to joy, so why not?

by Anonymous 1 year ago