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"Crap" is a relative term; 41% (many years ago) was still a lot better than putting out an ad in the New York Times. FB ads aren't perfect, but IME they're a lo
by reissbaker 6y ago
"Crap" is a relative term; 41% (many years ago) was still a lot better than putting out an ad in the New York Times. FB ads aren't perfect, but IME they're a lot better than anything else — the only purchases I've made off ads in the last few years have been from targeted IG/FB ads, and quite a few friends have mentioned the same.
Sort of ironic how the Intercept is apparently capable of believing both that:
* FB is completely incompetent at targeting "to the point of being fraudulent," and can't hit the broad side of a barn with a targeted ad buy, and
* FB is filled with malicious targeting geniuses, whose ability to pinpoint target ads to anyone with incredible precision has made a mockery of democracy.
(Disclaimer: I recently left IG, although I didn't work on anything ads-related.)
- JKCalhoun 6y ago> the only purchases I've made off ads in the last few years have been from targeted IG/FB ads Likely most of the ads in the last few years have been targeted ones.
- reissbaker 6y agoWhat I mean is: I haven't bought anything off of non-FB/IG ads, despite seeing many of them e.g. in the New York Times app (among others). It is indeed true that these are generally also "targeted," they're just not targeted well.
- nopriorarrests 6y agoHow true. "Those evil Trump campaign staffers turned election in his favor using amazing evil micro-targeting FB techniques which are complete scam and do not work at all". Pretty coherent point of view.