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I would just like to take this opportunity to post these screenshots I took over the past 2 days: https://imgur.com/a/SLrJaUJ https://imgur.com/a/SLrJaUJ I am

I would just like to take this opportunity to post these screenshots I took over the past 2 days: https://imgur.com/a/SLrJaUJ https://imgur.com/a/SLrJaUJ I am surprised by just how many ads for drugs I get. They know their audience. But still. Lots of ads for testosterone, growth hormone, and now ketamine.

birdyrooster 5y ago
IG is a gateway drug
- andrei_says_ 5y ago
  To?
  - ostenning 5y ago
    Tiktok
    - exikyut 5y ago
      [Meanwhile at Facebook] "Wait no"
- perardi 5y ago
  You want a real hot take based off a throwaway comment? It kinda is for steroids. (Hold on, don’t downvote me yet, I’m going somewhere.) I am a 30-something gay male. Here’s my Recommendations view: https://imgur.com/a/1Paravn https://imgur.com/a/1Paravn Hot dudes, dogs, and one computer setup that’s either based off my search for standing desks or mechanical keyboards. Instagram is a body dysmorphia engine. If you are in a certain demographic, it is so easy to drink from a constant firehose of thirst traps of men with very suspiciously large traps. You get that every time you open Instagram? It does start to warp your brain, and make you consider trying pharmaceutical interventions. Conflict of interest: I am absolutely one of those monsters posting thirst traps: https://imgur.com/a/2JGOYwL https://imgur.com/a/2JGOYwL
  - ostenning 5y ago
    > Instagram is a body dysmorphia engine. 100%
  - dk775 5y ago
    Very interesting. Almost like it wants to flatten society, all gays are all the same. To me I hope this doesn’t keep people from being unique or growing in the future
mfgs 5y ago
I only use insta in the browser on my phone, which is quite a nice watered down experience that doesn't show ads (even without an ad blocker) or annoying account suggestions.
- deleted 5y ago
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novoblade 5y ago
i've never seen those ads before. aren't instagram ads tailored based on your browsing history? if anything, those ads may just be indicative of your recent interests.
- perardi 5y ago
  What could I possibly have posted that would trigger these ads? Oh. https://imgur.com/a/CXvySpa https://imgur.com/a/CXvySpa (Like I said. They know their audience.)
  - bellyfullofbac 5y ago
    Wow, you've posted pics of yourself twice. Take that attention-seeking shit back to IG.
- morty_s 5y ago
  Yeah, they’re tailored. I get ads for perf dev tools, compilers. I still get ads for vehicles months after buying one. I’ve only had one ad that was “eerie.” Coworkers were talking about a kind of beverage I’d never heard of (talking over zoom, on a work-only machine), got an ad for the product later that day. Could be that I just recognized the name from our convo which caused me to scroll back up...
  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    I finally figured out the spookiness after talking to my mom on the phone about vacuum cleaners and then getting ads for vacuum cleaners: My mom bought a vacuum online after our phone call, and one way advertisers choose an audience is “all the friends of someone who searched for the product” My roommate and I confirmed this by getting ads for something the other just googled. What I’m trying to say is, targeted ads ruin Christmas, but no one will hear me out :’(
Igelau 5y ago
The entirety of HN is now following chicagoresearchcentercrc and furiously liking every one of its posts.
- ryanianian 5y ago
  What?
  - dannyw 5y ago
    Free (es)ketamine!

birdyrooster 5y ago

IG is a gateway drug

andrei_says_ 5y ago
To?
- ostenning 5y ago
  Tiktok
  - exikyut 5y ago
    [Meanwhile at Facebook] "Wait no"
perardi 5y ago
You want a real hot take based off a throwaway comment? It kinda is for steroids. (Hold on, don’t downvote me yet, I’m going somewhere.) I am a 30-something gay male. Here’s my Recommendations view: https://imgur.com/a/1Paravn https://imgur.com/a/1Paravn Hot dudes, dogs, and one computer setup that’s either based off my search for standing desks or mechanical keyboards. Instagram is a body dysmorphia engine. If you are in a certain demographic, it is so easy to drink from a constant firehose of thirst traps of men with very suspiciously large traps. You get that every time you open Instagram? It does start to warp your brain, and make you consider trying pharmaceutical interventions. Conflict of interest: I am absolutely one of those monsters posting thirst traps: https://imgur.com/a/2JGOYwL https://imgur.com/a/2JGOYwL
- ostenning 5y ago
  > Instagram is a body dysmorphia engine. 100%
- dk775 5y ago
  Very interesting. Almost like it wants to flatten society, all gays are all the same. To me I hope this doesn’t keep people from being unique or growing in the future

mfgs 5y ago

I only use insta in the browser on my phone, which is quite a nice watered down experience that doesn't show ads (even without an ad blocker) or annoying account suggestions.

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novoblade 5y ago

i've never seen those ads before. aren't instagram ads tailored based on your browsing history? if anything, those ads may just be indicative of your recent interests.

perardi 5y ago
What could I possibly have posted that would trigger these ads? Oh. https://imgur.com/a/CXvySpa https://imgur.com/a/CXvySpa (Like I said. They know their audience.)
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  Wow, you've posted pics of yourself twice. Take that attention-seeking shit back to IG.
morty_s 5y ago
Yeah, they’re tailored. I get ads for perf dev tools, compilers. I still get ads for vehicles months after buying one. I’ve only had one ad that was “eerie.” Coworkers were talking about a kind of beverage I’d never heard of (talking over zoom, on a work-only machine), got an ad for the product later that day. Could be that I just recognized the name from our convo which caused me to scroll back up...
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  I finally figured out the spookiness after talking to my mom on the phone about vacuum cleaners and then getting ads for vacuum cleaners: My mom bought a vacuum online after our phone call, and one way advertisers choose an audience is “all the friends of someone who searched for the product” My roommate and I confirmed this by getting ads for something the other just googled. What I’m trying to say is, targeted ads ruin Christmas, but no one will hear me out :’(

Igelau 5y ago

The entirety of HN is now following chicagoresearchcentercrc and furiously liking every one of its posts.

ryanianian 5y ago
What?
- dannyw 5y ago
  Free (es)ketamine!