Twitter is mulling the possibility of making promoted videos automatically play 6-second previews when they pop up in people’s feeds, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. If the autoplay previews were to catch someone’s eye, that person could click to watch the full video.
I think I speak for the world when I say, NO!
Twitter shall die if they autoplay with sound. The rage of the internet shall come upon them and DDOS them to the ground…
I ignore the annoying ads now, but if they become more aggressive, I sincerely hope people will leave the platform. Why can’t Twitter just offer a 1,99€ service that guarantees me ad-free?
facebook app already autoplays
Which is already a problem with limited data plans.
2011: #DickBar
2015: #DickVideo
Imagine facebook/twitter are more interested in advertisers paying more than in our data plans 🙂
“Why can’t Twitter just offer a 1,99€ service”
I would like to see T to experiment with this, and I suspect the results would be fantastic for many reasons.
I imagine, however, they’ve done the calculations on paper and the potential buy-in doesn’t beat advertising money…for now.