Has someone here worked in marketing/PR? How can people write stuff like that and not feel incredibly dirty? This is a mostly honest question.
Every time some super big company starts some campaign feigning compassion or act the victim I just want to barf.
I personally don't see any ads on FB for mass market products, like on TV (cards, detergent, back pain medicine etc). I see gadgets that are cool, clothes from small producers that are actually kind fo cool.
They do actually help small businesses. As much evil as they do, you can't take this way from them.
They help small businesses that make products...
by killing all the small businesses that used to help these businesses sell their products (local newspapers, local magazines, local websites, local forums, and in general local advertising companies).
This won't affect Facebook itself much at all, it's going to hit smaller apps who use Facebook's advertising in app.
Haven't used Facebook in some time personally, but I can't recall much about advertising aside from the fact that it never interested me enough to actually click on it.