Facebook SocialAds launch time and place — revealed!
A source tells us Facebook will launch SocialAds next Tuesday, November 6 at a swanky little event hall called "Loft Eleven." The event goes "all afternoon," so until we hear otherwise, we're presuming it will be a five-hour forced march through the land of social-network ads, starting at noon. The loft features a 360-degree view of lovely Midtown Manhattan, exposed brick walls, smokers' terrace and "beautifully arched entrances," according to the proprietors. OMG! Good thing those arched entrances are beautifully arched. 'Cause just plain "arched"? Lame. OK, so here's what the place looks like.
Looks cozy, no? Better be. If Facebook intends to keep all of Madison Avenue locked up for the entire afternoon, as I've been told, they better bring the key to the liquor cabinet, too.
Loft Eleven is usually rented for wedding receptions and so the same rules apply. Clink! Clink! Clink! Pucker up, Zuck, here comes big daddy Ballmer! Yes, you have to dance the first dance with him!
See, it's still a 360 view of a New York, cause that building 5 feet from the window? It's in New York. OK? Shut up; eat your food; buy ads.
Enough with the soft lighting. This one's for the engineers.