Editor's Pick: Facebook Asks Users to Bare Souls Over Ad Hiding

Facebook Asks Users to Bare Souls Over Ad Hiding

Erika Morphy 09/12/14 1:09 PM PT

Facebook really wants you to like the ads it serves. Its latest effort to get you to ad-appreciation nirvana is slightly reminiscent of the Comcast guy who didn't want to let a canceling customer go. You want to hide an ad? Fine -- just tell us why. You keep seeing this? What do you mean? You keep seeing things like this -- or exactly this? You think it's spam? Why? Yikes -- just keep scrolling. [More...]

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