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It doesn't expose me to relevant ads. I live in Montreal. My last three twitter ads were for a drug (reported as illegal) something about a new york lawsuit aga

It doesn't expose me to relevant ads. I live in Montreal. My last three twitter ads were for a drug (reported as illegal) something about a new york lawsuit against an oil company? And for a pizza place which doesn't exist in my country. User targeted ads do not produce better ads, despite everyone selling ads saying so.

quotemstr 8y ago
Am I supposed to accept your anecdote as evidence? I mean, on the one hand, we have the massive and continued success of platforms that tailor ads to target audiences, and on the other, we have freeone3000's complaint about a pizza ad not being relevant. Ad targeting works. That's a fact. You can argue that we should kill ad targeting anyway, that's fine. You can make that case, and I'd disagree. But to flatly deny that ad targeting works? That's adopting a private set of alternative facts, and if you do that, we can't have a conversation.
- freeone3000 8y ago
  Have you seen targeted ads that do work? An advertisement for a product you actually want?
  - quotemstr 8y ago
    Yes. Do you have an argument based on evidence, or at least reason, or are we going to continue like this?
    - freeone3000 8y ago
      Your arguments are irrelevant because they do not match my experiences. Are you telling me to disbelieve my eyes?
  - astura 8y ago
    Yes, I participated in a clinical trial I only found though Facebook ads. Since clinical trials are very specific on who they are recruiting, it's a great use of targeted ads. I also once bought soap that was advertised to me on Facebook. It's my go to brand of soap now. I also read here on HN someone successfully using Facebook ads to target people planning on moving in their city to find an apartment before it reached the open market. EDIT: here it is, https://medium.com/good-signals/apartment-baiting-with-facebook-ads-1e5cff81d6b2 https://medium.com/good-signals/apartment-baiting-with-faceb...
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quotemstr 8y ago

Am I supposed to accept your anecdote as evidence? I mean, on the one hand, we have the massive and continued success of platforms that tailor ads to target audiences, and on the other, we have freeone3000's complaint about a pizza ad not being relevant. Ad targeting works. That's a fact. You can argue that we should kill ad targeting anyway, that's fine. You can make that case, and I'd disagree. But to flatly deny that ad targeting works? That's adopting a private set of alternative facts, and if you do that, we can't have a conversation.

freeone3000 8y ago
Have you seen targeted ads that do work? An advertisement for a product you actually want?
- quotemstr 8y ago
  Yes. Do you have an argument based on evidence, or at least reason, or are we going to continue like this?
  - freeone3000 8y ago
    Your arguments are irrelevant because they do not match my experiences. Are you telling me to disbelieve my eyes?
- astura 8y ago
  Yes, I participated in a clinical trial I only found though Facebook ads. Since clinical trials are very specific on who they are recruiting, it's a great use of targeted ads. I also once bought soap that was advertised to me on Facebook. It's my go to brand of soap now. I also read here on HN someone successfully using Facebook ads to target people planning on moving in their city to find an apartment before it reached the open market. EDIT: here it is, https://medium.com/good-signals/apartment-baiting-with-facebook-ads-1e5cff81d6b2 https://medium.com/good-signals/apartment-baiting-with-faceb...

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