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My guess is that it’s either what your theory says or pure coincidence. It’s a mathematical fact that the ads sometimes have to align with whatever your convers
by Hackbraten 7y ago
My guess is that it’s either what your theory says or pure coincidence.
It’s a mathematical fact that the ads sometimes have to align with whatever your conversation topic is.
The chance of such alignment may be significantly higher than our intuition says, a bit like the birthday paradox counterintutively has a >50% probability of happening.
- dvcrn 7y agoI am aware of that theory but it just seems too on point to be just coincidence and bias. Especially because I am already aware of this happening I monitor what I get advertised so it's not like I am skipping things subconsciously that I don't care about. The suggested ads take a full 180 turn depending on what's going on in my life. At first it's about jobs, then shoes, then about mental health, then about some concert I only verbally talked about (with bands I don't listen to). Instagram ads are spot on, exactly what's currently recent in my life. There is no relation to the ads beside me talking about it.