Tumblr should stop making users watch horror movie ads against their will
lies:
I mostly didn’t mind when Tumblr started running “Sponsored Posts” in my dashboard. Tumblr has to make money. Most of the ads were boring, a few were interesting, but they weren’t a big deal.
Then the horror movie ads started.
Seriously this 100%! I mean if you want to try to sell me miracle whip or like some sunglasses or something, fine go for it. I understand you need to make money, and I’m totally ok with seeing sponsored ads like that.
But, as someone who is severely afraid of dolls, it is not a fun experience to be scrolling down and suddenly be forced to see a gigantic gif of that Annabelle thing rocking back and forth in a rocking chair while staring directly into my eyes. I legitimately had to slam my hand over the screen and then try to scroll quickly past it. I would be happy even if there was just a spot I could click that says this is not the kind of content I want to see.
Like I said, sell me all the laptop cases and apple juice you want, but please stay away from the things that make me have to sleep with my light on for the rest of the night
The thing is, horror movie advertising isn’t aimed at people like you and me. We were never going to buy a ticket. It’s aimed at people who actually go to horror movies. Those people have been desensitized through long exposure, so to reach them the advertisers make the ads as creepy as possible.
People like us are just collateral damage. The advertisers don’t care if our Tumblr experience is interrupted by horrific images we don’t want to see. Neither, apparently, does Tumblr.
Which kind of sucks.
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Tags: sponsored posts, the creepy dude I can't unfollow, no horror.
