Hasta La Creative!

Mark Zuckerberg promised that advertising would change forever when he rolled out Facebook’s new ad platform last November. Since then, the social network’s ads have followed the typical course of making people feel inadequate. There are, of course, the dating-site ads, which I’m told even married people get. Another of my favorites is “35 and overweight?” complete with a pic of an oiled-up bodybuilder. Lately, Facebook has been pushing braces on me. My parents must be pissed that they wasted all that money on Dr. Horner. But sometimes you want to relive some of the best Facebook ads. Never fear, now you can. A new link showed up in the Facebook redesign, offering “more ads.” It takes you to “The Ad Board,” featuring many tempting offers. Mine includes discount sunglasses, a painless way to remove unwanted body hair, an offer to “make mad cash,” and an invitation to play an invigorating game of duck, duck, goose.

—Posted by Brian Morrissey