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My biggest takeaway is that people can have vastly different experiences in "the same product". Just as liberal and conservative Facebook users saw very differe
by jasonshen 9y ago
My biggest takeaway is that people can have vastly different experiences in "the same product". Just as liberal and conservative Facebook users saw very different streams of content and news, men and women.
I don't check Instagram very often anymore but I just logged in now and here are the ads I see:
* Pluralsight - 10 technologies shaking up business
Monday.com - visual project management tool
* 241 Atlantic - Brooklyn's newest residential rental development
* Playstation - Monster Hunter World game
* Whichdoor - some kind of rental search engine
* Marvel Strike Force - action RPG game prob on mobile
These ads reflect my interests in tech, business, gaming, and NYC rentals (my lease is up later this year) and are interesting + don't make me feel bad about myself.
But if all the ads I saw were for clothing to "slim your dad bod" or featured really attractive men in skimpy outfits, with the implication that that's how I was supposed to look - I wouldn't like that. I would feel like the world was telling me that my personality, my intelligence, and my creativity didn't matter and that I am only valued for how I look.
That sucks and I think it's understandable that someone wouldn't want to see that. These advertising messages go deep into our psyches.
- jschwartzi 9y agoIf you buy any clothing online you'll start getting similar ads as you describe. I regularly get ads for men's underwear, tight-fitting workout clothes, and ads featuring ruggedly handsome 5'11" men with lush, immaculately-groomed beards in well-tailored clothes.