<story><title>Instagram ads Facebook won&apos;t show you</title><url>https://signal.org/blog/the-instagram-ads-you-will-never-see</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>an_opabinia</author><text>A pretty cool piece.&lt;p&gt;Too bad they have to use text to make their point. It would essentially reach zero people due to rules (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;learn&amp;#x2F;lessons&amp;#x2F;how-to-adhere-to-facebook-ad-policy-text-in-images&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;learn&amp;#x2F;lessons&amp;#x2F;how-to-adher...&lt;/a&gt;). Then there&amp;#x27;s personal attributes (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;m.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;prohibited_content&amp;#x2F;personal_attributes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;m.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;prohibited_content&amp;#x2F;perso...&lt;/a&gt;). Then ads that do not sell products&amp;#x2F;services follow murky rules, and talking about Facebook itself is usually prohibited. (edited from: because the rule they&amp;#x27;re actually breaking is the &amp;quot;No Text&amp;quot; rule in Facebook ad creatives.)&lt;p&gt;Is there non-symbolic imagery that they could have used to say the same thing?&lt;p&gt;Perhaps they should have retained someone with this kind of creative experience.&lt;p&gt;Looking critically, the most narrow and serious obstacle to advocate for privacy is storytelling.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tgsovlerkhgsel</author><text>&amp;gt; &amp;quot;No Text&amp;quot; rule in Facebook ad creatives.&lt;p&gt;Where can this rule be found? That seems like a really odd rule, and &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;help&amp;#x2F;388369961318508?id=1240182842783684&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;help&amp;#x2F;388369961318508?id=12...&lt;/a&gt; says the opposite:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Avoid too much text on the image itself. We&amp;#x27;ve found that images with less than 20% text perform better, though there is no limit on the amount of text that can exist in your ad image.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Instagram ads Facebook won&apos;t show you</title><url>https://signal.org/blog/the-instagram-ads-you-will-never-see</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>an_opabinia</author><text>A pretty cool piece.&lt;p&gt;Too bad they have to use text to make their point. It would essentially reach zero people due to rules (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;learn&amp;#x2F;lessons&amp;#x2F;how-to-adhere-to-facebook-ad-policy-text-in-images&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;learn&amp;#x2F;lessons&amp;#x2F;how-to-adher...&lt;/a&gt;). Then there&amp;#x27;s personal attributes (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;m.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;prohibited_content&amp;#x2F;personal_attributes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;m.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;prohibited_content&amp;#x2F;perso...&lt;/a&gt;). Then ads that do not sell products&amp;#x2F;services follow murky rules, and talking about Facebook itself is usually prohibited. (edited from: because the rule they&amp;#x27;re actually breaking is the &amp;quot;No Text&amp;quot; rule in Facebook ad creatives.)&lt;p&gt;Is there non-symbolic imagery that they could have used to say the same thing?&lt;p&gt;Perhaps they should have retained someone with this kind of creative experience.&lt;p&gt;Looking critically, the most narrow and serious obstacle to advocate for privacy is storytelling.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mkmk</author><text>This actually violates the “personal attributes” rule. In my experience, this rule is enforced quite strictly — although you can still see the same targeting criteria under the “why did I see this ad” feature.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;m.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;prohibited_content&amp;#x2F;personal_attributes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;m.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;prohibited_content&amp;#x2F;perso...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>