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Nah, I searched for fridges on my ipad (with blockers on, nextdns) and a minute later my girlfriend started seeing fridge ads in facebook and instagram. And has
by jnsaff2 6y ago
Nah, I searched for fridges on my ipad (with blockers on, nextdns) and a minute later my girlfriend started seeing fridge ads in facebook and instagram. And hasn't stopped seeing them.
My guess is that it was purely IP based that time.
That public IP and her FB account is now tainted forever.
- PhantomGremlin 6y agoMy guess is that it was purely IP based Yes, this always happens to me. When I'm not blocking ads I'm inundated with all sorts of ads targeting young women. This can only be because of IP address. I certainly never search for stuff like that but I'm sure my two daughters do.
- smichel17 6y agoMy point was not about ads; I use an ad blocker. I should have emphasized this > after a video or two the recommendations will be... It was related because it was about influencing automated content discovery / recommendation algorithms.