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The nuance you’re missing here is that advertisers can only ask Facebook to show to such and such from high level categories. Gay Male 18-35, San Francisco, int
by jarjoura 9y ago
The nuance you’re missing here is that advertisers can only ask Facebook to show to such and such from high level categories. Gay Male 18-35, San Francisco, into dogs, for example. That’s it. Facebook will then bill that advertiser based on how many people see that ad.
The advertiser has no idea who you are or even if they got your attention to the ad they just paid for.
- volak 9y agoMy only point is - your entire statement is basically "trust facebook" - no one should trust facebook. Personal information is the product facebook sells - it should surprise no one when that data is sold.
- sp332 9y agoThat's only true until someone clicks on the ad. Then the advertiser gets to put a cookie in that browser that says "the ad Facebook only shows to gay 18-35 SF dog owners got clicked in this browser."