[Design-team] Fedora Advertising Banner

[Fabian A. Scherschel]

Hmmm.... Somehow Apple manages to sell millions of iPads a month with these
terrible adverts. Maybe they aren't *that* bad? Especially considering that
the device itself is terrible and just looks good IMO.

Anyway, I was actually trying to help. From the last few weeks I can see
that is not wanted. I will concentrate on actually producing some artwork as
soon as I can get the time to do it as it has become clear to me that the
atmosphere around here isn't what I mistook it for. To be clear, I don't
feel offended. Mo telling me on IRC is was full of bullshit didn't offend me
and so didn't anything else. I believe in telling people what I think and
can very well take the reverse, but I understand that this isn't wanted in
many places. I also didn't want to offend anyone of you, I was just trying
to pass on what I thought was a valid point.

See you around,
Fab



2011/2/20 Máirín Duffy <duffy at fedoraproject.org>

> On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 22:29 +0100, Fabian A. Scherschel wrote:
>
> > Who said anything about lying or misleading?
>
> I did, was just laying out the two extremes to be avoided.
>
> >  But mentioning ones weaknesses is not what advertising is about.
> > There is a whole gamut of grey in between lying and misleading and
> > bluntly stating the truth and that gamut is exactly where good
> > advertising lives.
> >
> >
> > Just look at Apple. I hate this company and their products but when it
> > comes to advertising, they know what they are doing.
>
> Yeh, I'm particularly amused by the number of iPad advertisements I see
> in the subway with the iPad phallically placed between the user's legs.
>
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/st-oscars-ipad-ad.jpg
> http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/files/2010/07/ipad-ad.jpg
>
> http://blog.ziggytek.com/wp-content/uploads/ziggytek/blog/2010/03/ipad-ad.jpg
>
> http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/firstipadad.png
>
> Have you actually tried to lay back with a tablet or even a book in that
> position? It's not exactly comfortable. (well at least not for me, it
> takes a bit of contortion.)
>
> >  Slogans like this one is why we can't compete with them out there
> > IMHO. We can have all the freedom and happiness in our ivory tower,
> > but if we can't get it to users none of this matters.
>
> No. The reason we can't compete is because this much ado is made and
> time wasted about a filler slogan in a mockup. It's like writing a
> restaurant review of a dish while it's still uncooked in the pan.
>
> Now, if all that energy could be harnessed towards instead making
> advertising that subliminally convinces viewers that Fedora will endow
> them in a desirable way....
>
> Tongue in cheek,
> ~m
>
>
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