Everything Popular Is Wrong: Why Facebook Ads Don’t Work

A Facebook ad just told me Facebook ads suck. That’s right. Someone is trying to tell me ads don’t work using an ad. Hypocrisy at it’s finest. What’s wrong with the f*ing world? Pardon my language. I can get quite passionate about “social” media. Also, this is not my first kick at the social advertisement can. I’ve been around this space for a while. And can’t help but notice that things have gotten progressively worse since my last post.

The other day someone added me as a “friend”. I didn’t know him. But, according to Facebook, we knew some mutual people, so I accepted the request. It took the guy a wholesome three minutes from there to add me to his sales group for a LinkedIn promotion. Don’t pitch me, bro. I don’t appreciate it. Networking is not about forcing your stuff down my newsfeed. It’s about making meaningful connections. You’re already not meaningful to me anymore. Bye bye, new wanna-be “friend”.

LinkedIn is becoming Facebook and Facebook is becoming LinkedIn. On Facebook I…