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Facebook Introduces Auto-playing Video Ads

Apparently Mark Zuckerberg wants to die at the hands of an angry mob

Reason Staff | 12.17.2013 5:50 PM

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Facebook's long-rumored auto-playing video ads are finally here. Sort of.

Reports of video ads on the social network have popped up here and there over the last year, but Facebook was slow to make such a big move. The odds of angering its user base seemed enormous. So there were tests. And more tests. Some users started seeing auto-playing videos in September. Then, Facebook rolled out its most recent app update, which delivered auto-playing videos to all users. The time to strike, it seems, is now.

But Facebook is still calling Tuesday's introduction of auto-playing video ads a test. Only a small percentage of people will see ads for the new Kate Winslet film Divergent play as they scroll through their News Feeds on both mobile and desktop version of the site.

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