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But it could be similar to the case where Target was able to targets ads to women who did not even know they were pregnant. In this case, the above commenter c
by designium 5y ago
But it could be similar to the case where Target was able to targets ads to women who did not even know they were pregnant.
In this case, the above commenter could be doing things signaling that he may need a will soon due to diseases or life situation that he is not aware of. Or he/she has looked into content similar to those people in need. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- kalleboo 5y ago> But it could be similar to the case where Target was able to targets ads to women who did not even know they were pregnant In this case, she knew she was pregnant. Her family didn't.
- mbg721 5y agoFor every "Big Tech figured out my diagnosis before I did" there are a thousand instances of "You just bought a fridge--I bet you love buying fridges, here, let me show you some".
- Retric 5y agoPeople do take products back they don’t like. So statistically it’s not as unlikely as you might think.
- ipython 5y agoMore realistically you should tag the users profile to show them fridges in about 3 years when it first starts to either experience minor mechanical issues or starts to look “dated”. Just tag with refrigerator_2025 or something.
- LorenPechtel 5y agoThe really nutty one I've seen--Amazon apparently only looks at correlation without regard for causation. Buy ink, it starts showing you printers that use that ink.
- ju-st 5y agoThe target story is nice anecdote but it's unlikely that they figured out that the daughter is pregnant: https://medium.com/@colin.fraser/target-didnt-figure-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did-a6be13b973a5 https://medium.com/@colin.fraser/target-didnt-figure-out-a-t...
- Accacin 5y agoYeah I can't believe people are still parroting this at all.