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Could it just be confirmation bias? Or could it be that the correlation is the other way around: You see something online, decide to pick that as your topic wit

by shafyy 4y ago

Could it just be confirmation bias? Or could it be that the correlation is the other way around: You see something online, decide to pick that as your topic with your partner (unconciously) and the ads show up because of the initial location you have seen the topic.

lifeinthevoid 4y ago
While that's possible, the more plausible explanation is Meta reading your messages imo.
- Proven 4y ago
- shafyy 4y ago
  Is it? I feel like this would be easily reproducible and would bite them in the ass big time.
SamBam 4y ago
The best way to solve this would be to pick three topics ahead of time. If you're worried about the phone's microphone, do so by pen and paper. Then randomly select one of those three topics to discuss on WhatsApp. Finally, keep an objective eye out for ads about all three topics. Ideally, log every single ad you see.
- kasey_junk 4y ago
  Better to have a computer pick random topics.