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What makes a targeted ad the same as psychological manipulation?

• falcor84 3y ago
  Advertising is pretty much psychological manipulation by its very definition. Targeted advertising is manipulation targeted directly at my psyche.
  • lopatin 3y ago
    Sure, we can say that advertising in general is psychological manipulation. But that isn't what ajkjk was saying. They were ok with advertising, but not ok with targeted ads. > they should show fewer ads that don't fuck with our heads If I'm shown an ad that caters to my taste in software and horror movies, I don't consider that to be fucking with my head.
• ajkjk 3y ago
  Didn't say they were, but, like.... they are. Ads are fucking gross. I can't wait for the future where we almost entirely abolish them. Probably has to come after we stop worshipping the stock market, though.