This editorial contains strong opinion in which many people may rightly disagree.
Facebook is adding a new feature that allows users to leave feedback about their shopping experience after viewing a Facebook advertisement. [Will Facebook verify purchase or simply allow liberal or elite bots to kill conservative / indie businesses???] The report on the Facebook change originated from the Wall Street Journal. [The WSJ previously stirred sh*t with Facebook regarding legitimate arbitrage where people buy deals and conduct a sale to make a profit from buying low and selling high aka the free enterprise system.] The WSJ cited product marketing director Sarah Epps in their report. If a business receives a significant volume of negative feedback, the social media company will allow the business a chance to address the complaints but if feedback does not improve over time, Facebook will reduce the number of ads they can deliver and could also eventually ban them from the platform.
In some cases there have been legitimate complaints from sellers drop shipping from China. In some cases the shipping has taken too long and the products have been received in an unacceptable condition. But given this Facebook change comes three weeks after a Wall Street Journal hit piece like was done against independent, libertarian Pewdiepie one can assume the change is to promote the elite. That was the point of the hit piece against Pewdiepie. The WSJ and the elite want to help the elite (who once turned up their nose at the internet) to take over the internet in business, entertainment, and propaganda at the expense of ma & pa & junior.
The WSJ hit piece that was done against arbitrage sellers three weeks ago has already resulted in Facebook warnings to arbitrage sellers. Unlike the later WSJ article which was basically to brag about their success in getting Facebook to f the little guy, Facebook is in fact trying to work with honest sellers with negative feedback so as to help them to set more realistic customer expectations such as with shipping times. Facebook does not want to chase away advertisers but obviously they also don’t want their users to be misled or cheated.
Although the change was largely put in place because of the WSJ attack against arbitrage sellers, the change may impact local businesses as well eBook sellers and others. It will impact everyone who advertises on Facebook because there is no one who does not get some negative feedback of some kind; including the WSJ. It would be funny if they were among the first to be banned from advertising on Facebook.
Sarah Epps is trying to do a good job for everyone involved. Still, we all know how the Internet’s review/feedback system is abused from bots to competitors to weekend drunks to teens having a party to the kindly little old lady who secretly hates everyone.
This editorial contains strong opinion. If you disagree, cool.