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it's that worst of them are aggressively misaligned with my interests and with the interests of anyone who's not a total fucking rube. It makes sense that so m
by forgottenpass 10y ago
it's that worst of them are aggressively misaligned with my interests and with the interests of anyone who's not a total fucking rube.
It makes sense that so many are targeted at rubes. Who else do you think are actually clicking ads?
- philipkglass 10y agoI will actually click ads if they show me things that interest me. I'm not a miser or trying to hide my true interests from advertisers. But weirdly I still seem to see more ads relevant to my interests when reading a niche print publication (e.g. Scuba Diving) than I do reading a newspaper article about diving online. The ad networks have had years to gather all sorts of information about me and the end result seems more scatter-brained than old fashioned print ads.