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Pranking My Roommate with Eerily Targeted Facebook Ads (2014)
- chx 8y agoNeeds a (2014) in title.
- dang 8y agoAdded. Thanks!
- ghostinfluence 8y agoHah, woke up to a ping about a surge in my website traffic. Thanks for submitting OP! OP of the Facebook Ads Prank here, AMA.
- jboggan 8y agoThis is one of my all time favorite blog posts.
- josu 8y agoI read that it's no longer possible to micro target ads in this way. Is it accurate or are there still ways to do it? PS: The link at the bottom of the page says that "This typeform is private" http://www.ghostinfluence.com/register http://www.ghostinfluence.com/register
- ghostinfluence 8y agoThe general framework is still possible; small groups, not individuals. Here's a guide for how I've been using the strategy since 2014: https://mythos.one/brianswichkow/d2a91e https://mythos.one/brianswichkow/d2a91e Thanks for letting me know about the dead link!
- neutered_knot 8y agoWould it still work if you use the method in the edit?
- ghostinfluence 8y agoFor targeting an individual, not likely. Though I haven't tried it in some time. Though—since publishing this—I've had meaningful wins with campaigns targeting 20-50 person audiences so as to convert B2B sales, secure venture capital, etc. Knowing exactly what you want/need and who from your intend to acquire it makes the social engineering aspect much simpler to accomplish.
- kapauldo 8y agoWas this just an ad after all that? Maybe I was pranked.
- jiveturkey 8y agomore of a human interest story than a technical breakdown of any kind... the kind of story i don’t come to HN for. but i loved it. well played indeed.
- codedokode 8y agoNow you can do this on most sites, not only Facebook. Google Adsense has a Customer Match [1] feature that allows you to target ads to the list of emails or phones so it opens new possibilities for digital stalking. [1] https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/7474263 https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/7474263