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This is me. I blocked so many that nowadays all I get are fake marijuana ads and sex toy ads. No I don't regularly smoke or otherwise imbibe weed and I definit
by spike021 3y ago
This is me. I blocked so many that nowadays all I get are fake marijuana ads and sex toy ads.
No I don't regularly smoke or otherwise imbibe weed and I definitely don't do stuff that would link me with a need for sex toys lol. And judging by the replies I see to those tweets it's happening to other users too.
- recursivecaveat 3y agoSometimes I wonder if targeted ads are just a giant hoodwinking by big tech over retail businesses. I constantly get youtube ads in languages I don't speak, for tampons or bras (I'm a man), or of musicians in genres I don't listen to. These all seem like extreme table-stakes targeting that can often be inferred from the singular video I'm watching alone, not even including my watch history.
- wkat4242 3y agoI always like seeing stuff like tampon and washing powder ads (I don't own a washing machine). Because it shows my tracking is blocked successfully.
- adrianmsmith 3y agoI literally click "allow all" to tracking cookies everywhere. I also get completely inappropriate ads e.g. in languages I don't speak, for services to sell cars (I don't own a car) etc.