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> Here are a few tips if you want to avoid getting microtargetted like this Why should I care if I occasionally get a mistargetted email?
by blfr 5y ago
> Here are a few tips if you want to avoid getting microtargetted like this
Why should I care if I occasionally get a mistargetted email?
- danparsonson 5y ago> if you want to If you don't, then don't worry yourself about it.
- blfr 5y agoWhy would I want to then. Or why would anyone want to. Or why is it of any importance. There's a pretty clear intent behind that question.
- watwut 5y agoI do want to avoid those. Not sure why you have such an issue with other people avoiding those, getting advice to avoid those and giving others advice how to avoid them.
- blfr 5y agoI don't have an issue. In fact, I have over 200 filters for my own email. But it's still interesting why since it underpins the whole post and isn't really explained.
- watwut 5y agoIt actually is. You just have to stop assuming it is about convincing you to care or about you in general. It is for people like them and about people like them.
- dnh44 5y agoPeople like to be outraged and outrage generation makes for good clickbait. The only reason I’m interacting on this post is because I feel a mild sort of outrage about the author’s mild outrage. And I feel like a bit of a sucker because of that.
- danparsonson 5y agoPresumably the intent behind my reply wasn't clear - you can make up your own mind about it.
- timme 5y agoAlso, the population segment that matches all three conditions will be far from 'micro'.
- gruez 5y agoNever let a reason to get outraged go to waste.
- tobr 5y agoYou mean like the people who decided to flag this submission? The complaint about the email is very reasonable. Addressing someone by their first name – as if you knew them personally – and also incorrectly assuming they have children is outright rude.
- ramblerman 5y agoMeh, no one cares when pitched a garden appliance yet lives in an appartment, or car insurance when they don't own a car. In that case it's just shrug this company's marketing campaign is shitty. I guess this hits some sense of identity that needs to be blasted from the rooftops, and we need to know how wrong this all is...
- brazzy 5y ago> I guess this hits some sense of identity that needs to be blasted from the rooftops, and we need to know how wrong this all is... Bingo: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/11/do-you-have-kids-thankfully-no/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/11/do-you-have-kids-thankfully...
- pwinnski 5y agoMy time and attention are finite, and every stupid email I didn't ask for depletes a finite resource. Leaving aside the reason spelled out in the article at hand--an ad assuming children while recovering from surgery to ensure no children ever--I think we should all be less okay with uninvited spam emails.