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Instant Messenger or Instant Advertiser?

Posted by timothy on from the insidious-synthetic-friends dept.

Shadow2097 writes: "ABC News is running this moderately disturbing story about a new, highly targeted form of advertising. Two companies, SmarterChild.com and ActiveBuddy.com have teamed up to deliver interactive Instant Messenger bots that talk to children and deliver ever-so-subtle ads for various products. Just when you think market saturation has reached the limit, leave it to a greedy corporation to start targeting the most naive and vulnerable demographic there is."

2 of 384 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Slashmob strikes again... by Guppy06 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Fire bad!
    FIRE BAD!!

  2. Re:Slashmob strikes again... by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    BEER GOOD!

    Napster Bad!

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