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Posted By: MaaMaw In Response To: i don't see it as that simple... (renee)
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, at 6:40 a.m.
I did not mean to imply that I think StormPay is innocent. When I made my first post, I knew nothing about StormPay; now I know a bit, and they're not sounding terribly innocent.
But that is neither here nor there as far as my initial post is concerned.
What I was saying about the WannaBelieve Syndrome is simply that on the autosurf boards (at least a few days ago when all of this started), many people (TONS of people) are blaming StormPay 100%. In their minds, the autosurf companies that were paying them are COMPLETELY legitimate... NO question about it... the ONLY evil-doer in all of this is StormPay, and they're waiting for their favorite autosurf companies to find another payment processor (a good one this time, unlike StormPay who caused all these problems) so they can carry on like nothing is wrong... nothing at all.
The fact that the Autosurf companies themselves are being investigated goes completely over their heads because they don't want to believe it.
That was my only point.
> in my opinion, something of a solid model of ad unit delivery will evolve
> from this autosurf thing--so long as it is significantly based upon solid
> advertising & marketing principals.
I don't, because I don't see how it can be a good thing for advertisers to have their ads viewed by people who are doing it only to get paid. That shoots the whole concept of "Target Market" right out the window.
It also shoots the whole concept of "Warm Bodies" right out the window when you consider that many (most?) people autosurf "in the background" and they never lay eyes on the ad.
I suppose things could someday shift so that disinterested people buy the advertisers' products (I don't think it will, but I suppose anything is possible)... but it sure won't shift enough so people buy the stuff without even seeing the ads.
Anyhoo, I digress too (my specialty).
All I really wanted to say was that my original post had nothing to do with StormPay but with the blindness of those who don't want to see.
Luv,
MaaMaw
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