Instagram’s First Ad Hits Feeds Amid Mixed Reviews

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Instagram‘s first ad hit feeds on Friday, offering the first official glimpse at what users can expect from advertisers moving forward

The ad comes from fashion designer Michael Kors, and features a gold watch on the table next to delicate macarons. Instagram promised last week that ads were coming, and offered up a preview ad of its own to show users what to expect, but Friday’s sponsored image is the first real ad to come across the platform

As of mid-morning on Friday, the ad had more than 65,000 Likes and more than 540 comments. Despite Instagram’s heads-up last week (and another announcement earlier this month that ads were on the way), however, users took to the comments to voice their displeasure over the introduction of ads Read more…

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