Comment by jongjong
2 months ago
Advertising is unsolicited content which attempts to trigger or nudge a behaviour.
There should be a limit on the quantity of advertising. Limited to like 100 people a day on average. We already have anti-spam laws.
There would still be advertising but it would be from people from your own communities instead of big corporations.
> Advertising is unsolicited content which attempts to trigger or nudge a behaviour.
So I'm listening to the radio, and one minute I'm hearing someone on NPR (or an equivalent public broadcaster) explaining how to make my back healthier; the next minute there's someone trying to convince me that some product will make my back healthier.
Which one is advertising and which one is not?
> explaining HOW TO make my back healthier
> that SOME PRODUCT will make my back healthier.
Is it really that tricky?
It is. The advice from the expert includes recommendations to buy a type of product, perhaps without a brand name.
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The one where some sort of payment can be demonstrated in court. So quite possibly both if someone at the broadcaster accepted free back care services and decided to produce the story. But yeah, it could get very murky if you go down the rabbit hole and include things like owning shares in a health care provider.