Comment on Will it ever get to a point where data is so over-harvested that it starts to lose value?

DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• MajorHavoc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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

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  • Papanca@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I almost spit out my tea, thanks!

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• tooclose104@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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)

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• BitingChaos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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  • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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???

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• thonofpy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Y’all are getting ads?

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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  • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Wait what? You get ads for oncologists? Like what? Cancer medication?

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Continuing education mostly. Retreats, online courses, stuff like that.

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      • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Ah lol, that makes sense actually. I guess the algorithm isn’t nuanced enough to pick out a case such as yours

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