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I don't think the OP is asking for regulation. I think the OP is begging for consideration. As a user, we have every right to state our opinions. It's not "i

I don't think the OP is asking for regulation. I think the OP is begging for consideration. As a user, we have every right to state our opinions. It's not "immoral" or "unfair" to say, "You're making money off of me, I'd really like you to change your behavior." I don't know why or how you jumped all the way to "regulatory hoops." Have you seen people advocating laws in this discussion? I haven't.

lenocinor 8y ago
Yeah, and I found asking for that consideration to be personally enlightening. I'd never thought about a case like hers before, and it seems excruciating.
foobar1962 8y ago
Consideration from whom? Some advertisers have bought the right to display their ads to people the platform has probably identified as “women having babies soon”. Does the OP want consideration from the platform or the advertisers? I feel the OP is venting the feeling that they’ve had a huge personal tragedy yet the world has just kept on going like nothing happened.
- VikingCoder 8y ago
  If an advertiser saw this and were horrified, I'm sure they'd be asking the platform to try to do something about it. If the platform saw this and were horrified, I bet advertisers would appreciate or at least not mind, if they fixed situations like this. If you and I saw this and were horrified, we might amplify her voice.
  - foobar1962 8y ago
    What if the ads for baby products were on advertising outside (or inside) the hospital. Should there be NO advertising for baby products because 1% of pregnancies end in stillbirth?
    - VikingCoder 8y ago
      I'm pretty sure OP is saying, "Hey, tech companies, if you're going to mine my data to figure out I'm pregnant, maybe you should give me some way to tell you that the pregnancy ended in sorrow, and I don't want to see any ads about baby needs." It's not calling for a ban on baby product ads. It's saying that force-feeding ads on baby products to someone who has lost their child is awful, and it doesn't seem like a big stretch to let a user say, "I don't have a baby!" in a way that tech companies / advertisers can use, to be more sensitive.
pixelrevision 8y ago
Facebook and Google would garner a lot more goodwill with me if they just offered some sort of option to subscribe out of ads on their networks.

lenocinor 8y ago

Yeah, and I found asking for that consideration to be personally enlightening. I'd never thought about a case like hers before, and it seems excruciating.

foobar1962 8y ago

Consideration from whom? Some advertisers have bought the right to display their ads to people the platform has probably identified as “women having babies soon”. Does the OP want consideration from the platform or the advertisers? I feel the OP is venting the feeling that they’ve had a huge personal tragedy yet the world has just kept on going like nothing happened.

VikingCoder 8y ago
If an advertiser saw this and were horrified, I'm sure they'd be asking the platform to try to do something about it. If the platform saw this and were horrified, I bet advertisers would appreciate or at least not mind, if they fixed situations like this. If you and I saw this and were horrified, we might amplify her voice.
- foobar1962 8y ago
  What if the ads for baby products were on advertising outside (or inside) the hospital. Should there be NO advertising for baby products because 1% of pregnancies end in stillbirth?
  - VikingCoder 8y ago
    I'm pretty sure OP is saying, "Hey, tech companies, if you're going to mine my data to figure out I'm pregnant, maybe you should give me some way to tell you that the pregnancy ended in sorrow, and I don't want to see any ads about baby needs." It's not calling for a ban on baby product ads. It's saying that force-feeding ads on baby products to someone who has lost their child is awful, and it doesn't seem like a big stretch to let a user say, "I don't have a baby!" in a way that tech companies / advertisers can use, to be more sensitive.

pixelrevision 8y ago

Facebook and Google would garner a lot more goodwill with me if they just offered some sort of option to subscribe out of ads on their networks.