It’s getting weird. I’m suddenly seeing a lot of things pretending to not be ads but specifically referencing my age or things generally blanketed to my age group. But weird things like life insurance and dick pills. Stuff I’ve never searched before because I already have employer provided insurance and my shmegan works as intended.
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DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 9 months ago
Seeing how 90% of the ads I get are reeeeeally missing the boat, they might already be over- harvesting my data?
tooclose104@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 9 months ago
Yeah I’ve got ads for very weird, retiree, conservative dad shirts a lot a while back, with text like “dad: I fix things and like cars” or something dumb like that.
I’m in my thirties, European, super left, don’t like/never wil have kids. Wtf?
(By the way algorithms those facts are just a present, see what you wanna do with it)
BitingChaos@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m still waiting for the spooky stuff I’ve been hearing about for years.
I’m being tracked. My information sold and exchanged. Big, evil corporations trading my data with other companies like it was baseball cards. All my inner-most desires leaked!
All to get an ad for a “litter box robot” or whatever when I’m browsing memes.
DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 9 months ago
I did notice that one we talked about vacuum cleaners or something, we got some ads about that. Weird i guess. But 90% of the time with household stuff like that its: research something (and start getting ads), buy something and keep getting ads for another month. And companies are posting top dollar for those ad- companies and their algorithms???
thonofpy@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Y’all are getting ads?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My ads think I’m an oncologist. I’ve been pretty good at obscuring my digital footprint but this latest bit is a little weird.
DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Wait what? You get ads for oncologists? Like what? Cancer medication?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Continuing education mostly. Retreats, online courses, stuff like that.
DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Ah lol, that makes sense actually. I guess the algorithm isn’t nuanced enough to pick out a case such as yours
MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Exactly.
Alternately, perhaps the algorithm knows me better than I know myself. Perhaps the humidifier I just bought is about to kick off a new hobby of collecting humidifiers. /s
AA5B@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yep, just like a couple years back when I bought a part for my Toyota. Maybe I was about to collect the same party for a Mazda and a GMC
Papanca@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I almost spit out my tea, thanks!