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Facebook already has a way in-app for you to see why you were targeted with an ad (on any ad click the 3-dot menu -> "Why am I seeing this ad?"). The tool will

Facebook already has a way in-app for you to see why you were targeted with an ad (on any ad click the 3-dot menu -> "Why am I seeing this ad?"). The tool will tell you things like whether you were retargeted vs targeted using lookalike audiences, targeted based off of your age, gender, location, interests, etc. I don't think this is the "slam dunk" the author intends it to be, but I'm sure it will resonate with the Woke™ hackernews crowd regardless.

not2b 5y ago
Facebook's "Why am I seeing this ad?" info is deliberately incomplete and does not reveal exactly how the advertiser targeted the ad. https://qz.com/1245941/why-am-i-seeing-this-ad-explanations-on-facebook-are-incomplete-and-misleading-a-study-says/ https://qz.com/1245941/why-am-i-seeing-this-ad-explanations-...
- crakhamster01 5y ago
  Hit a paywall so I can't comment on the article, but just from the hero image the current implementation has more detail than what's being shown there. It looks like this article was last updated in 2018 though, so its claims might be dated?
notsobig 5y ago
guess what this guy does for a living...
- crakhamster01 5y ago
  :) is not taking things at face value a profession?
creata 5y ago
Believe it or not, sometimes you want to raise awareness about something that would otherwise be hidden behind a kebab menu and rendered entirely clinical. I don't think this is the sound criticism you intend it to be.
- crakhamster01 5y ago
  Believe it or not, I agree! But raising awareness and acknowledging that the information is readily available through the UI is not mutually exclusive. After reading updates from both sides, I don't think Signal intended to deceive readers with this blog post, it just sounds like they jumped the gun. It seems like whoever authored the post doesn't understand Facebook's advertising tools all that well. https://twitter.com/joeosborne/status/1389770672172318720 https://twitter.com/joeosborne/status/1389770672172318720
  - creata 5y ago
    Ha, sorry, my comment was way too sarcastic. And yes, that looks to be what happened here.

not2b 5y ago

Facebook's "Why am I seeing this ad?" info is deliberately incomplete and does not reveal exactly how the advertiser targeted the ad. https://qz.com/1245941/why-am-i-seeing-this-ad-explanations-on-facebook-are-incomplete-and-misleading-a-study-says/ https://qz.com/1245941/why-am-i-seeing-this-ad-explanations-...

crakhamster01 5y ago
Hit a paywall so I can't comment on the article, but just from the hero image the current implementation has more detail than what's being shown there. It looks like this article was last updated in 2018 though, so its claims might be dated?

notsobig 5y ago

guess what this guy does for a living...

crakhamster01 5y ago
:) is not taking things at face value a profession?

creata 5y ago

Believe it or not, sometimes you want to raise awareness about something that would otherwise be hidden behind a kebab menu and rendered entirely clinical. I don't think this is the sound criticism you intend it to be.

crakhamster01 5y ago
Believe it or not, I agree! But raising awareness and acknowledging that the information is readily available through the UI is not mutually exclusive. After reading updates from both sides, I don't think Signal intended to deceive readers with this blog post, it just sounds like they jumped the gun. It seems like whoever authored the post doesn't understand Facebook's advertising tools all that well. https://twitter.com/joeosborne/status/1389770672172318720 https://twitter.com/joeosborne/status/1389770672172318720
- creata 5y ago
  Ha, sorry, my comment was way too sarcastic. And yes, that looks to be what happened here.