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This is fucked up. At first I thought, of course this exists but no one would really fall for it. Scrolling through the offerings, I felt a sinking feeling in t
by maxfurman 7y ago
This is fucked up. At first I thought, of course this exists but no one would really fall for it. Scrolling through the offerings, I felt a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. Psychological warfare on-demand, only $50!
- markstos 7y agoHaving someone see more articles on the benefits of quiting smoking is messed up?
- i_cant_speel 7y agoInvoluntary psychological manipulation is messed up regardless of the intent.
- markstos 7y agoAds we see can already be increasingly targeted to a very narrow group of people, which is spun as "making the adds more relevant to you". Is it different when it's a slightly larger group size than one?
- SamBam 7y agoYou're speaking in generalities. This site is dealing with real people, such as a man who wants more sex from his girlfriend (apparently the most requested "ad") and so secretly signs his girlfriend's phone up for a system where she is shown ads designed to manipulate her into giving her boyfriend what she wants. You don't see how there's an ethical difference, between that and a corporation advertising its products towards a general demographic?
- moate 7y agoI'm not clear here: are you using this as an argument in favor of spinner and their service or as an argument against targeted ads because they're basically just this spinner on a larger scale? If the latter, I'm with you.
- dreamer7 7y agoI am against targeted ads at all scales because we have a lot of fallacies that we cannot really control all the time even if we are aware of them. But the reactions to this service is slight proof that an organisation evokes lesser negative reactions than an individual
- din-9 7y agoI think the greater reactions are due to the targetting of individuals rather than the entity acting.
- dreamer7 7y agoVery interesting response! So marketing by large companies does not evoke such strong reactions but marketing by an individual does.
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoThe service is fucked up. If a store sells machine guns and lollipops, the lollipops do not make it child-safe.
- markstos 7y agoLike Wal-Mart?
- LyndsySimon 7y agoI assume you’re engaging in hyperbole, but just in case you aren’t - machine guns have been strictly regulated in the US for nearly a century.
- whatshisface 7y agoTo speak directly to your point, yes, actually, because now people who want to rationalize smoking can do so by being suspicious of a conspiracy to feed them slanted information.
- harrisonjackson 7y agoNot if you are doing it for yourself, but manipulating a loved one in this way is messed up - even with good intentions.