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I personally wish that sites that use advertising just had ads that fit the content that you're looking at.

GenerocUsername 5y ago
Agree 100%. I see everywhere that people "prefer personalized ads" ... but if I am looking at paintball, you can just show me paintball ads! You dont need to understand me in depth at all. No privacy concerns if you just assume my interests based on what I am currently viewing.
- ericholscher 5y ago
  FWIW, this is exactly what we do at EthicalAds. You can read a bit more about it here: https://www.ethicalads.io/advertising-vision/#how-our-ads-work https://www.ethicalads.io/advertising-vision/#how-our-ads-wo... -- but we should really have a better page explaining how we're doing content-based targeting. Our advertiser find it works really well, and our publishers enjoy having tasteful, reverent ads on their sites.
- thrwaeasddsaf 5y ago
  I'd be interested in seeing personalized ads but there is no such thing. I recently had a look at what ad categories Google applies to me and honestly.. it is so wide that it is does not feel personal in the slightest, and indeed it's wide & vague and nonspecific enough that "employed male, about 30, western" would be a sufficient description. Indeed, I feel like that just filters for the ads they'd blast on broadcast media all day long anyway. Advertisers don't really understand who I am or what I want, and Youtube history isn't a good substitute. If anything it's circular, because Youtube also keeps recommending the same shit based on viewing history..
  - pessimizer 5y ago
    This is the worst part - they know enough about me to endanger or hurt me (for example my religion, sexual orientation, the computers I browse with, where they are located, and who I share them with, but they somehow don't know enough about me to give me better than shit recommendations of what to buy. > Advertisers don't really understand who I am or what I want, and Youtube history isn't a good substitute. If anything it's circular, because Youtube also keeps recommending the same shit based on viewing history.. This is why the internet is shit now. It doesn't understand that its tracking is recursive, and simply works to filter out small players and other people bad at gaming SEO.

Agree 100%. I see everywhere that people "prefer personalized ads" ... but if I am looking at paintball, you can just show me paintball ads! You dont need to understand me in depth at all. No privacy concerns if you just assume my interests based on what I am currently viewing.

ericholscher 5y ago
FWIW, this is exactly what we do at EthicalAds. You can read a bit more about it here: https://www.ethicalads.io/advertising-vision/#how-our-ads-work https://www.ethicalads.io/advertising-vision/#how-our-ads-wo... -- but we should really have a better page explaining how we're doing content-based targeting. Our advertiser find it works really well, and our publishers enjoy having tasteful, reverent ads on their sites.
thrwaeasddsaf 5y ago
I'd be interested in seeing personalized ads but there is no such thing. I recently had a look at what ad categories Google applies to me and honestly.. it is so wide that it is does not feel personal in the slightest, and indeed it's wide & vague and nonspecific enough that "employed male, about 30, western" would be a sufficient description. Indeed, I feel like that just filters for the ads they'd blast on broadcast media all day long anyway. Advertisers don't really understand who I am or what I want, and Youtube history isn't a good substitute. If anything it's circular, because Youtube also keeps recommending the same shit based on viewing history..
- pessimizer 5y ago
  This is the worst part - they know enough about me to endanger or hurt me (for example my religion, sexual orientation, the computers I browse with, where they are located, and who I share them with, but they somehow don't know enough about me to give me better than shit recommendations of what to buy. > Advertisers don't really understand who I am or what I want, and Youtube history isn't a good substitute. If anything it's circular, because Youtube also keeps recommending the same shit based on viewing history.. This is why the internet is shit now. It doesn't understand that its tracking is recursive, and simply works to filter out small players and other people bad at gaming SEO.