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>Isn’t this the exact opposite though? Your data being used for targeting will minimize bad ads that you see. Perhaps if it did what it says on the tin, but it
by Nicksil 5y ago
>Isn’t this the exact opposite though? Your data being used for targeting will minimize bad ads that you see.
Perhaps if it did what it says on the tin, but it usually doesn't, so no.
>(Facebook employee, never worked on ads or anything similar though)
Facebook is ads.
- suprfsat 5y agoIt is possible for Facebook to simultaneously vacuum up large amounts of personal data and still serve trash advertisements.
- neolog 5y agoNot only possible, it's actually required by Facebook's business model. The set of things that people actually need to buy isn't large enough to support Facebook's scale.
- judge2020 5y ago> Facebook is ads. OP gets paid via ads, but does not work on the actual ad team and thus wouldn't know any actual inner workings of the targeting systems.