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I downloaded my FB data and as I predicted, nothing I'm bothered with. It is my common behavior that is ad targeted. Can someone please tell me what data peopl

by andirk 3y ago

I downloaded my FB data and as I predicted, nothing I'm bothered with. It is my common behavior that is ad targeted. Can someone please tell me what data people are so bothered with that Facebook uses to target basic ads? That "Facebook whistleblower" said the company is "profits over people". That people were appalled by that that will always be so funny to me.

rTX5CMRXIfFG 3y ago
Some people such as you have no issues with companies employing mind tricks to manipulate people into buying their goods and services, some people do
- andirk 3y ago
  Wow that makes a lot of sense. When people complain about social media using their data, it often comes off as if they're addicted and a victim of it, like they're really complaining about their own use of the platforms that they have grown to resent. I, too, would resent FB (for me, Instagram) if it had even the slightest bit of control over me. Pro tip: Like/interact with ads on Instagram that look cool so they'll show up more. I like the watches, cool shoes, cat food ads. I assume I'll buy something eventually once I get targeted with something that's not a cheap Chinese manufactured pile. It's never useful stuff like "Check out this cool shovel".
barbariangrunge 3y ago
Care to post your fb download here? Since you don’t mind people knowing about you
- andirk 3y ago
  My understanding is that 3rd parties get to _target according to this data_, but they do not _get the actual data_. So I can say "I'm going to propose!" a bunch of times and get engagement ring ads (the classic example, bc now the bride-to-be may also start getting engagement ring ads before she's/they's proposed to) but the 3rd parties don't know what I said or who I am, just that there is +1 in the engagement ring bucket. I also don't use much real PII, with fake name, burner email, but real uni and real birthday. Though I had to tell FB I was a straight male so I'd stop getting their hunk ads. Anyways, there are ~550 advertisers listed. Here are the top ones. I threw a zinger in there too. Live Nation Sponsorship x x Ticketmaster x x Drive with Lyft x x Essence x x Airbnb x x Uber x x AEG Presents x x MullenLowe U.S. x x AEG Presents - Media x x Coinbase x x The Joy of Spandex Deritives Incorporated, Inc Live Nation Concerts x x Amtrak x CVS Pharmacy x Iron Store x Microsoft Customer Insights Center x Massage Envy x Huntington National Bank x Evernote x Big Spaceship x Dollar General x Edit: Holy sh!t!!! I personally made an FB ad to say hi to this girl I was dating back when targeting could be super narrow, and [her name] is one of the ads that targeted me lol! Wow and that was only once for a couple days.
gitaarik 3y ago
Facebook probably has lots of more interesting data about you that you don't see in your report. Aside from that, having this data from millions of people, and being able to control what content they see on their platforms, these kind of companies gain a lot of power over a large group of people that they can employ in several ways. Influence political opinion, distract you from news they don't want you to know about. Influence public opinion. You can do a lot with it. That is why it's worth so much money and is it such a big business. On a personal level it might not directly have an influence on you, but you are contributing to humans being sheep for the herders to guide them as they want you to.

by andirk 3y ago

rTX5CMRXIfFG 3y ago

Some people such as you have no issues with companies employing mind tricks to manipulate people into buying their goods and services, some people do

andirk 3y ago
Wow that makes a lot of sense. When people complain about social media using their data, it often comes off as if they're addicted and a victim of it, like they're really complaining about their own use of the platforms that they have grown to resent. I, too, would resent FB (for me, Instagram) if it had even the slightest bit of control over me. Pro tip: Like/interact with ads on Instagram that look cool so they'll show up more. I like the watches, cool shoes, cat food ads. I assume I'll buy something eventually once I get targeted with something that's not a cheap Chinese manufactured pile. It's never useful stuff like "Check out this cool shovel".

barbariangrunge 3y ago

Care to post your fb download here? Since you don’t mind people knowing about you

andirk 3y ago
My understanding is that 3rd parties get to _target according to this data_, but they do not _get the actual data_. So I can say "I'm going to propose!" a bunch of times and get engagement ring ads (the classic example, bc now the bride-to-be may also start getting engagement ring ads before she's/they's proposed to) but the 3rd parties don't know what I said or who I am, just that there is +1 in the engagement ring bucket. I also don't use much real PII, with fake name, burner email, but real uni and real birthday. Though I had to tell FB I was a straight male so I'd stop getting their hunk ads. Anyways, there are ~550 advertisers listed. Here are the top ones. I threw a zinger in there too. Live Nation Sponsorship x x Ticketmaster x x Drive with Lyft x x Essence x x Airbnb x x Uber x x AEG Presents x x MullenLowe U.S. x x AEG Presents - Media x x Coinbase x x The Joy of Spandex Deritives Incorporated, Inc Live Nation Concerts x x Amtrak x CVS Pharmacy x Iron Store x Microsoft Customer Insights Center x Massage Envy x Huntington National Bank x Evernote x Big Spaceship x Dollar General x Edit: Holy sh!t!!! I personally made an FB ad to say hi to this girl I was dating back when targeting could be super narrow, and [her name] is one of the ads that targeted me lol! Wow and that was only once for a couple days.

gitaarik 3y ago

Facebook probably has lots of more interesting data about you that you don't see in your report. Aside from that, having this data from millions of people, and being able to control what content they see on their platforms, these kind of companies gain a lot of power over a large group of people that they can employ in several ways. Influence political opinion, distract you from news they don't want you to know about. Influence public opinion. You can do a lot with it. That is why it's worth so much money and is it such a big business. On a personal level it might not directly have an influence on you, but you are contributing to humans being sheep for the herders to guide them as they want you to.