Comments on: Facebook Social Ads Strangeness

By: Janice

Janice — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:21:21 +0000

Errr… you ought to reread section 6. Just look at your hand– it doesn’t get any more nude than that. Please! A little decency, Amit. Have you no mittens?

By: Kelly Winters

Kelly Winters — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:34:53 +0000

Maybe it’s because the first blurb is a fragment, as opposed to a complete sentence? Maybe they’re using a grammar-parser of some sort and it was flagged for that — maybe try changing the text to “A 2GB SD memory card with WiFi wireless built in lets you send photos to any photo sharing site without any cables!”

Also, any chance it thought “WiFi wireless” was redundant?

By: jen_chan, writer MemberSpeed.com

jen_chan, writer MemberSpeed.com — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:18:24 +0000

Aside from all the minor details the previous comments mentioned, I am as lost as you are. And why did your ad get disapproved just when it started garnering more clicks and hits? Hmm… I love to play conspiracy theorist sometimes but it’s usually just in my head. Is there a way to contact Facebook and actually ask what can be done to resolve the matter?

By: BEn

BEn — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:59:24 +0000

My theory is that Facebook is run by hordes of people in their early twenties who rush things to market without thinking them through all the way just to say they did it, and then have to catch up with themselves when people figure out that their stuff, nice as it looks, is a pile of crap.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:53:58 +0000

I think it’s total BS, or bs rather (!), that “we cannot provide you with the specific violations that have been deemed abusive.” Ah censorship without explanation. WTF.

By: Amit Gupta

Amit Gupta — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:48:26 +0000

@Alicia — SD stands for Secure Digital. I know gb is usually capitalized, but their ad system is very picky — too many capital letters and it just won’t go through. They wouldn’t take 2GB, but they did take 2gb. Go figure. (Also tried built-in vs. built in, no dice. I can’t remember if I hyphenated photo sharing.) I guess it makes sense that they need to regularize copy, and since some of these ads are only worth a few bucks, they have to do it algorithmically. Still, wtf. The disapproval must have happened manually, and it makes no sense why.

@melissa — awesome. :) I haven’t seen it, but it’s cool that it worked! :) I don’t think any sales have resulted from it yet.

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:39:26 +0000

I actually saw this one a few days ago. fwiw :)

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:04:22 +0000

Hmm, I’m not sure what SB is, but I think gigabyte is always capitalized: GB. “photo sharing” should be hyphenated, but it isn’t always when I’ve come across it on the internets…it should be photo-sharing. “built-in” instead of “built in” too? Those seem pretty nitpicky though.

As for 6, all I can think of it maybe it’s unlawful to use the term “Wi-Fi.” Don’t things have to be officially Wi-Fi to bear that name? Is the memory card?