In December, Ad Age reported that Facebook was working on 15-second video ads
that would automatically play in the news feed, potentially with audio.
User backlash to this development was harsh, but Facebook is still
tweaking the potential product. Chief Marketing Officer David Fischer said earlier this week
at the Future of Media Conference at Stanford University that if the
company were to roll out auto-play video ads, there’s a way that it
could be done without greatly hurting the user experience.
TechCrunch writer Josh Constine asked Fischer about the video-play ads, and if there’s a way they could coexist with Facebook’s relatively motionless news feed. Fischer replied that Facebook has not yet released video ads because there hasn’t been a product with which the company has been comfortable:
While users who commented on AllFacebook’s Facebook page were quite negative about the prospect of auto-play video ads, some experts wanted to wait and see before passing judgment.
Readers: Do you think there’s a way Facebook could launch auto-play video ads without intruding on the user experience too badly?
TechCrunch writer Josh Constine asked Fischer about the video-play ads, and if there’s a way they could coexist with Facebook’s relatively motionless news feed. Fischer replied that Facebook has not yet released video ads because there hasn’t been a product with which the company has been comfortable:
I believe there are ways we could do it.
There are ways that could be destructive and distracting to the user
experience. But there are ways that could potentially balance user
experience with advertiser experience. We haven’t put a product out yet
because we haven’t had one we’re comfortable with. But if we could, then
we would do it.
However, it appears evident that Facebook will likely roll out the
auto-play video ads in an effort to dip into the TV ad revenue market.While users who commented on AllFacebook’s Facebook page were quite negative about the prospect of auto-play video ads, some experts wanted to wait and see before passing judgment.
Readers: Do you think there’s a way Facebook could launch auto-play video ads without intruding on the user experience too badly?


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