Why did you like it?

My visit to Apsense has been amusing in some ways, informative in  others and totally baffling a lot of the time.

One of the things that I find really mind boggling is the number of advertisements being copied and pasted as articles and receiving multiple "likes".

I don't know about you, but if I like something, it is because I have gained something from it. Maybe new information, a different way of looking at things or simply an appreciation of good use of language.

It is a sad but inevitable conclusion that people "like" adverts because they either promote the same programme or because there is a clique mentality at Apsense which says "we will like whatever crap our clique members publish".

THIS IS SO VERY SAD!

The worst advert I have seen recently and which is currently "liked" by 5 people is for cheap car batteries. This advert starts out by talking about getting the kids to school and getting you to the office - IT THEN LINKS TO RADIO CONTROLLED CAR BATTERIES!

I did ask the question about this new American car that runs on AA, AAA or U2 batteries but did not get an answer.

Another advertisement posted as an article is for a blatant ponzi that is offering 2% a day in interest on your original investment as well as commissions on the investments of people whom you recruit. HOW CAN ANYBODY POSSIBLY "LIKE" SUCH AN ADVERT?

Hasn't internet marketing got a bad enough reputation without advertising this kind of scheme? Has Apsense gone so far down the pan that it will allow it's members to be preyed upon by the greedy and unscrupulous?

There are times when I watch films that are so apallingly bad that they are entertaining in spite of being so bad. Does this same phenomenon relate to Apsense adverts pretending to be articles? 

Do you "like" them because they are such great examples of the liars art and sheer contempt for the readers?

Are they so bad that you think they are good?
or is that "like" button irresistable to you - after all, a sensible dis-like button is absent so no-one will ever contradict you.

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Rob aka Cerberus   Better World Partisan Great post, well put together! I fully agree, especially since we do not get credits for campaigns not "like"d . Aug 15th 2011 09:00

Brian Francis  Visual Designer Wow ! Maybe APSense is not as broken as I thought. I only just had a gripe regarding the very same things you mention and thought to write a blog post about it. However, you have already done so. Thank you. You may not get many Likes though (lol). Aug 15th 2011 13:30

Radek Vyskovsky  Super Surfer I think "Dislike" button is a good idea. Aug 15th 2011 13:35

Tricia (Patricia) Fahrendorf    Dear Old Coot. Just another example of why I find you so adorable. You do not mix your words, you do not court favor. You are blunt, straight from the hip and if "they" don't like it then to heck with them. In your very brisk fashion you said volumes about the quality of things. I applaud you for standing up for the Character of APSense and the marketers who work so hard to be honest. Aug 15th 2011 20:59

Marko S.   Web Presence Provider heh...this or similar discussion was few years ago...here at Apsense...and nothing changed...it becomes worse :) what you think Old Coot? Aug 16th 2011 04:58

Arthur Webster   Just plain honesty Hi marS, I remember similar discussions but I find that nothing changes because there are not enough ACTIVE members to force change. I don't think that anybody doubts that spam and scams are rife but the simple fact is that there are more people prepared to deny the truth of the matter than are prepared to look at the situation objectively. Looking at the adverts that are posted as articles, there is one common aspect to most of them - the author never responds to comments or questions. It is also significant that most of those who "like" an advert do not comment on it. I curl up in acute embarrasment for those people who advertise matrices, cyclers and doublers and are convinced they are running a business. I get angry when I see them advertising a new one every week. I despair as I see the potential for Apsense being buried under effluent. I still live in hope for change for the good. Aug 16th 2011 06:52

Marko S.   Web Presence Provider Well, do not be angry, cause harm to health :)) we can't change this in any way...the fact is that this new social apps/shits (sorry for word...) FB, Twitter, G+, LinkedInn, etc.. made advertising simple as ever -> if you have a lot of likes, +1, than your post ranging better...not because of quality (well sometimes the posts are excellent, but not always) but because of this likes, shares, etc...And advertising here follow exactly the same way - if I need credits I'm going to credits and like, comment, etc...to get this credits to make campaigns and this story goes in the circle again. We're to small to change this madness, so we need to live with that. As Radek mention - Dislike button is one of the ideas now how to protect quality but I think still not enough....maybe we need something like google's Panda...... Aug 16th 2011 09:41

Arthur Webster   Just plain honesty Hi marS, one of the things I fail to understand about sites like Apsense is the idea that all the marketing members advertise to all the other marketing members and actually expect to sell to them. What is wrong with this picture? Effectively what happens is that you have members who have lots of followers and they drag them from programme to programme creaming off initial commissions. There are very few sustainable business models being advertised at Apsense and I have a sneeking suspicion that very few members are making any money - otherwise they would not be advertising a different piece of mumbo jumbo each week. Strange that I am a potential customer and yet not a single person has tried to PM me with a proposition. Aug 16th 2011 17:18