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I see a lot of these "advertorials" on Medium, which is one of the reasons I primarily read here and not there. But this is the first one I've seen here.
This site is supposed to be a place where devs can share their experiences with other devs. That's what I'm expecting when I read a post. So when I get to the bottom of a post and realize it's really an ad, I feel deceived.
We went through this whole thing before with deceptive banner ads and the internet decided to label them as ads.
Any chance you'd do something along the same line and prefix your posts with a "sponsored content" notice of some kind? I know that sounds risky but perhaps you'd consider doing it as an experiment? Run an A/B test on it?
I see a lot of these "advertorials" on Medium, which is one of the reasons I primarily read here and not there. But this is the first one I've seen here.
This site is supposed to be a place where devs can share their experiences with other devs. That's what I'm expecting when I read a post. So when I get to the bottom of a post and realize it's really an ad, I feel deceived.
We went through this whole thing before with deceptive banner ads and the internet decided to label them as ads.
Any chance you'd do something along the same line and prefix your posts with a "sponsored content" notice of some kind? I know that sounds risky but perhaps you'd consider doing it as an experiment? Run an A/B test on it?
Best of luck with your business.
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