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This argument is the least likely to make me care about privacy (though in some cases it could work). "Advertisers will be able to select you based on your his

This argument is the least likely to make me care about privacy (though in some cases it could work). "Advertisers will be able to select you based on your history"... For what? For showing you an ad for the cool pants company that produces just the kind of pants you've always wanted? For an awesome, in-depth coding course? I'd rather get relevant ads than generic crap that I don't care about, even if it makes me spend more money.

Grimm1 6y ago
To use your profile to target you based on political ideology to influence your opinion in ways that can possibly be against your own interest and to polarize you against other people. Advertising on FB was and still is even with their newer protections used wayyy outside of selling you new pants.
- cle 6y ago
  But that's an even weaker rhetorical strategy. You're asking people to admit that they're susceptible to psychological manipulation. It's akin to asking them to admit "I'm weak and have no control over my beliefs". The people who are most vulnerable to that kind of manipulation are exactly the ones who are unlikely to respond well to this kind of rhetoric.
  - Grimm1 6y ago
    I'm responding the the question the op posed "For what?" and then proceeded to offer the most innocuous thing advertising does when there are far more well known malicious things happening every day. I agree this won't convince people for the reason you've stated I just want to make sure we're all on the same page about the actual level of harm that happens.
    - serial_dev 6y ago
      I'm not in the group of people who would not accept I'm being manipulated. I believe that I'm constantly being manipulated by the media, anyway. If a ~100 character Facebook ad can change my political position, then maybe it is for the better?
      - Grimm1 6y ago
        Seeing the same message over and over and over and over has been proven to have an effect subconsciously.

Grimm1 6y ago

To use your profile to target you based on political ideology to influence your opinion in ways that can possibly be against your own interest and to polarize you against other people. Advertising on FB was and still is even with their newer protections used wayyy outside of selling you new pants.

cle 6y ago
But that's an even weaker rhetorical strategy. You're asking people to admit that they're susceptible to psychological manipulation. It's akin to asking them to admit "I'm weak and have no control over my beliefs". The people who are most vulnerable to that kind of manipulation are exactly the ones who are unlikely to respond well to this kind of rhetoric.
- Grimm1 6y ago
  I'm responding the the question the op posed "For what?" and then proceeded to offer the most innocuous thing advertising does when there are far more well known malicious things happening every day. I agree this won't convince people for the reason you've stated I just want to make sure we're all on the same page about the actual level of harm that happens.
  - serial_dev 6y ago
    I'm not in the group of people who would not accept I'm being manipulated. I believe that I'm constantly being manipulated by the media, anyway. If a ~100 character Facebook ad can change my political position, then maybe it is for the better?
    - Grimm1 6y ago
      Seeing the same message over and over and over and over has been proven to have an effect subconsciously.