Social Networking to Advertisements- Lizzy Sblendorio Post 2

 

Social Media + Advertisements
Everything in today's world is ad-free this or ad-free that, what happened to being on social networks ad-free? As we see everyday on our social media platforms, advertisements are everywhere. Scrolling on Instagram? Ads pop up. Scrolling on Facebook? Ads pop up. TikTok? YouTube? X? Advertisements. A basic definition for advertisements can be summarized as a public notice for others to see their products or what they are trying to sell you. Companies pay big money to social media platforms for their advertisements to be published. Is it annoying to some but helpful to others? Yes. The plus side for ads is you can find a product you have never heard of and try it out. This has happened to me a few times while I was scrolling on Instagram. But when is it too much? Sometimes when we research on Google or some other platform, an ad will pop up later for that same item you were researching. Companies take your data and try to post advertisements for what you are looking for. For instance, I can get an ad for clothes from a website but I won't get ads for lets say a children's toy. Makes sense? This is very comparable to commercials on Cable TV. All they are is just a bunch of advertisements. Social Networks went from people posting about their lives to ad filled scrolling. Will it ever go away? Probably not. I do not think it is an overall bad idea. 

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  1. Zoe ManaloSeptember 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM

    Hi Lizzy! I don't think ads will go away. While it feels annoying to be scrolling and all these randoms ads pop up, but I agree that a benefit of this the ads become specific to us. We can click on block or not interested it for other ads. There have been a few ads that did influence me to buy products which is what I was looking for. However, the amount of ads especially on social media apps are overwhelming sometimes.

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