Today Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel joins the grand tradition of tech CEOs who trashed talked ads in ways they later came to regret. In a blog post announcing new ads for American users, the company said it wants to harken back to the days before ads "got creepy and targeted."

Silicon Valley has already pumped out some of the stupidest billboards in the Western Hemisphere, but BitTorrent's latest might be the most mind-bendingly moronic one yet.

So, it's settled: Silicon Valley has the worst roadside billboards in the Western Hemisphere. [Photo via Sara Mauskopf]

The Silicon Valley creation myth is now Diet Coke advertising fodder. [via Paolo Sambrano]

In July, Tumblr's tween creator David Karp predicted native, multimedia advertising would be the most exciting, dazzling part of the company. At the year's end, they're running depressing link ads for the yellow pages.

Like Instagram, Pinterest was never going to be a free ride forever—you're not paying for it with money, so you'll pay with your eyeballs instead. Here come the advertisements, and you all better start buying some tote bags and twine balls real fast.

Sure, Lululemon has been making video ads on Instagram since day one, but you'll only see those if you choose to follow Lululemon—and why would you do that? Now the choice is going away: Instagram is officially putting ads in your face whether you like it or not:

In an age of spending excess, it's nice to see the group at SocialWire cutting expenses: instead of taking a new group photo every time there's a new hire (or departure), they just hilariously photoshop around it.

Instagram creator Kevin Systrom is unveiling video for Instagram literally as I write this and Lululemon is already using it for marketing.

Starting today, you'll see things like promotional GIFs for Denny's in your web Tumblr feed (just like you had before via mobile), according to the company's staff blog. "These posts will simply blend in with the posts from the blogs you follow," says Tumblr, except that advert posts will be stamped with a dollar sign with lines shooting out of it.

Looks like Tumblr actually does sorta care about making money: mobile users will see "up to four ads per day, and they'll be differentiated with a dollar-sign icon with beams shooting out of it," reports AdAge. Subtle! Sadly, this revenue will be too late to save the editorial team Tumblr just canned.