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The problem is that while this might work great on a large scale, it breaks down at the individual level: why would I want all that ad-clicking activity associa
by riprowan 10y ago
The problem is that while this might work great on a large scale, it breaks down at the individual level: why would I want all that ad-clicking activity associated with my account / cookie / IP?
- throwaway13337 10y agoBecause you don't want the trackers to know your real activity? It's pretty common now to do things like intentionally tagging the wrong friends in facebook because people are paranoid that facebook knows too much. Even with non-techie people. They're creeped out. Throwing off retargeting is something a lot of people might want to do.
- supernumerary 10y agoThe supposed value of the ad-clicking activity profile is that it pertains to you, if a bot is making your ad-click decisions your profile gets scrambled, ostensibly making you harder to target when ad-tech reaches new heights of persuasiveness...
- anexprogrammer 10y agoIf you're interested in everything, you may as well have clicked nothing. Your ad profile becomes meaningless. It certainly isn't representative any more as you're lost in noise.
- elcct 10y agoOnce your client "clicks" all the ads suddenly all meta data about you becomes useless. That is much better than simply not showing ads.