First off, Brant is a solid guy and I am looking forward to seeing where the show goes. Any reason why you're doing only audio and not video?
Second, the HubSpot ad leverages a Facebook feature called "social ads" which is available to any company. If people are a fan of your page or a member of your group, you can display their smiling mug next to your ad. If you don't want to have this happen, you need to change your Facebook settings. As far as a broader policy... the problem is that a social network without ads can't exist long term because there is no way to fund it. And even just standard ads get such a low click through that they are not worth much to advertisers. So, if users don't want to participate in ads, how can social network websites make enough money to be profitable?
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