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The topics thing would be a lot less of a problem for me if I could choose and edit them myself. Also, if the ads served up in response weren't almost seizure-i

The topics thing would be a lot less of a problem for me if I could choose and edit them myself. Also, if the ads served up in response weren't almost seizure-inducing flashy things and autoplaying videos and the like. On facebook - which I still have because some societies and other groups I'm involved in use that as their only communication/organization channel - there's a list of topics they infer I'm interested in, both from my own clicks and from my friends'. There's no way, perhaps short of serving a GDPR notice, to edit these and tell them "no you got this one wrong". Just because lots of my friend group likes X doesn't mean I do, and if Facebook got this right they'd even get me to interact _more_ with the sponsored posts as they're showing me topics I care about. As far as I can tell, what's going to happen with topics API is I once help a friend buy some boots online, this gets registered as an interest in /Shopping/Apparel/Footwear/Boots (to take Google's example), and I get ads for more boots for a while even if I couldn't care less (it's already bad enough when you keep seeing ads for a product you've just bought). Also, if I want boots for myself, I'll go to a proper store so I can try them on and make sure they fit just right. I guess I'll still be able to point SQLITE at my topics file just like I can currently use it on my history or cookies file, but it feels like a kludge.

input_sh 2y ago
Oh there's a way, it's just under various dropdowns and you have to switch between like 3 different subdomains to end up here: https://accountscenter.facebook.com/ads/ https://accountscenter.facebook.com/ads/
- red_admiral 2y ago
  ... which currently throws a 500 for me.
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    How 'convenient' ...
8organicbits 2y ago
I've been trying to promote prefers-reduced-motion [1]. I get that some people like "seizure-inducing flashy things" and that companies like to build them. But from a basic design perspective, people should be able to look at your site and read the content. Many sites are not accessible and fail that low bar. If you build flashy things, please allow the user to opt-out. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-motion https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...
- Bluestein 2y ago
  > prefers-reduced-motion I mean, this should be a "default".- (vs. prefers-harassment :)
account42 2y ago
There is a great solution for all these problems: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock Seriously, why bother trying to correct advertisers opinion of you so that they can manipulate you more effectively.
- red_admiral 2y ago
  I use it when I can. There are some work-related things where I can't, and sometimes I help other people with their PCs who haven't been converted to the one true way yet (or uninstalled it because youtube and they don't know about whitelists).

input_sh 2y ago

Oh there's a way, it's just under various dropdowns and you have to switch between like 3 different subdomains to end up here: https://accountscenter.facebook.com/ads/ https://accountscenter.facebook.com/ads/

red_admiral 2y ago
... which currently throws a 500 for me.
- Bluestein 2y ago
  How 'convenient' ...

8organicbits 2y ago

I've been trying to promote prefers-reduced-motion [1]. I get that some people like "seizure-inducing flashy things" and that companies like to build them. But from a basic design perspective, people should be able to look at your site and read the content. Many sites are not accessible and fail that low bar. If you build flashy things, please allow the user to opt-out. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-motion https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...

Bluestein 2y ago
> prefers-reduced-motion I mean, this should be a "default".- (vs. prefers-harassment :)

account42 2y ago

There is a great solution for all these problems: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock Seriously, why bother trying to correct advertisers opinion of you so that they can manipulate you more effectively.

red_admiral 2y ago
I use it when I can. There are some work-related things where I can't, and sometimes I help other people with their PCs who haven't been converted to the one true way yet (or uninstalled it because youtube and they don't know about whitelists).