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1) FB doesn't listen to you. 2) Why are people getting so upset for seeing relevant ads? Ads is what pays for many of the services we use for free, would you ra

• AlexandrB 9y ago
  In my experience most targeted ads are both creepy and irrelevant. It's quite an achievement. After shopping for custom USB keys online I saw custom USB key ads for months. Long after I had already found a supplier for them. The experience is not unlike being followed around a mall by a really pushy salesman after you glance at a toaster; because now he thinks all you want to buy is more toasters. If you bring this up with someone who works in adtech, the stock response is that we need even more tracking to fix it. It's like the adtech version of "no true Scotsman". Edit: That's not to mention what a huge waste of money this must be for the client buying this ad space. After ordering something from an Adafruit-like electronics shop, I saw ads for them around the web for quite a while. Often trying to sell me the very thing I had just ordered. How did I find them in the first place? Second or third page on Google search.
  • dllthomas 9y ago
    It's like there's an assumption of increasing marginal utility...