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> I prefer ads that are relevant to my interests. A third party company that buys ads will decide on the content. What ads you see will be aligned with their i

by thih9 6y ago

> I prefer ads that are relevant to my interests. A third party company that buys ads will decide on the content. What ads you see will be aligned with their interests, not yours; e.g. if you're a "high earner", you might see ads for more expensive products and no cheap alternatives. If you're "expecting a child", the ads might scare you into buying more child safety products than you need; etc.

aminozuur 6y ago
It's in Facebook interests to show you ads that you like seeing, or feel are relevant. Facebook gives you a lot of control to manage your 'interests'. You can do so here: https://www.facebook.com/ads/settings https://www.facebook.com/ads/settings If you're scrolling your feed and see an ad you don't like, you can click the three dots, and select "Hide this Ad". Facebook learns from this.
- soupson 6y ago
  That’s the problem. It’s in Facebook’s interest to show me ads. And I don’t want to see ads. Ads are merely professionals paid to convince me I need things and should buy them from their client, placed at the edge of my perception when I’m getting a dopamine hit from something else. It’s psychological manipulation and it’s morally wrong.
- smolder 6y ago
  It's exceedingly poor at "learning" from the Hide this Ad button. I got approximately 3 dozen of the same style "were you abused in the boyscouts?" Ads from law firms despite clicking hide on every one of them. It's worthlessness drove me to cut through their obfuscation BS and write an ad blocker specific to FB. I have to update it now and then, but it's worth the effort to not see the garbage ads people target me with.
- theshrike79 6y ago
  What FB learns from this is not the fact that you don't like ads, it makes their ad targeting even better. This is like A/B testing, they can show you two kinds of ads for one category and learn what kind of ad won't make you hide it. Then you'll get served more ads of that type.

by thih9 6y ago

aminozuur 6y ago

It's in Facebook interests to show you ads that you like seeing, or feel are relevant. Facebook gives you a lot of control to manage your 'interests'. You can do so here: https://www.facebook.com/ads/settings https://www.facebook.com/ads/settings If you're scrolling your feed and see an ad you don't like, you can click the three dots, and select "Hide this Ad". Facebook learns from this.

soupson 6y ago
That’s the problem. It’s in Facebook’s interest to show me ads. And I don’t want to see ads. Ads are merely professionals paid to convince me I need things and should buy them from their client, placed at the edge of my perception when I’m getting a dopamine hit from something else. It’s psychological manipulation and it’s morally wrong.
smolder 6y ago
It's exceedingly poor at "learning" from the Hide this Ad button. I got approximately 3 dozen of the same style "were you abused in the boyscouts?" Ads from law firms despite clicking hide on every one of them. It's worthlessness drove me to cut through their obfuscation BS and write an ad blocker specific to FB. I have to update it now and then, but it's worth the effort to not see the garbage ads people target me with.
theshrike79 6y ago
What FB learns from this is not the fact that you don't like ads, it makes their ad targeting even better. This is like A/B testing, they can show you two kinds of ads for one category and learn what kind of ad won't make you hide it. Then you'll get served more ads of that type.