Like many of you, i’m a facebook addict. I never really got into myspace as much as many did, but I really love facebook. It’s less cluttered than myspace. It’s easy to use. It’s easy to find people. All my friends are on it. Squabbles over changes in the user agreement aside, and no, I don’t like the new format either, Facebook is still a great marketing/networking tool (and a bit of a timesuck). But this here issue is something that made me pay attention. Apparently, it seems, Facebook has a rejected an ad deemed “too racy” despite the fact that the creators claim many other ads on FB are a lot racier. Is the ad being targetted for being “too gay”? Is FB turning homophobic? Will this be the next AmazonFail?
From the switched.com:
Facebook Rejects Lesbian Film Ad
We’re not gonna deny that the advertisement to the right would certainly be described as “sexy,” but it’s hardly lewd or inappropriate. So why exactly did Facebook reject this ad for ‘And Then Came Lola,’ a film targeted at a lesbian audience?
Filmmaker Ellen Seidler told SheWired.com that Facebook sent her a rejection notice saying the image was “either irrelevant or inappropriate.” The letter went on to spell out that, “Images that are overly explicit, provocative, or that reveal too much skin are not allowed. Images that may either degrade or idealize any health condition or body type are also not allowed.”
seems FB just reconsidered & decided to approve the ad after all. i just checked the films FB fan page & they have a blurb from the email they got from FB.
very interesting. Thank you Mr Charming! I’ll go check that out in a sec.
I really think that Amazonfail changed the way big websites deal with issues like this…
i think every facebook ad should look like this one. it would keep me logging in.
i think that is an excellent point, freedom. maybe a whole series with rotating characters.