• Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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    11 hours ago

    Targeted Advertisement is an Evil in it own league. Literally preying on what it detects as a potential “weakness”.

    For my part, it’s mostly just annoying. Like, Youtube will register that I watch a lot of Gaming videos and thus spams me with ads for Online Casinos, because marketing doesn’t know the difference.

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      10 hours ago

      Yeah, i am a 30 year old aingle guy who likes baseball. All my ads are beer, sports betting, and ultra pathetic dating apps

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        10 hours ago

        It is interesting though, that the targeted advertisement seem highly based on negative stereotypes. Like it’s ripped directly from shitty old movies, sit-coms and such.

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          Because the shitty old movies sitcoms and such pushes the same stereotypes to sell stuff

          A Marketype, if u want

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            8 hours ago

            Indeed. I’m just slightly surprised that no actual living person has looked at this and said: “Nah, this shit makes zero sense.”

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              I assume it’s because figuring out how to specifically target individuals is too difficult for a modern MBA, so they cheat and just try to force people into their easy to sort bins instead.

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          Yeah, I don’t bet, i refuse to use dating apps, but I DO love beer. But i look out for small stuff that I haven’t tried before, and usually shoot for local stuff when i travel. Like, I’m not gonna drink a Budweiser if i am at a bar in Detroit. I’m gunning down whatever seasonal Atwater brew i can’t get in Ohio, or trying to get my hands on some Black Rock brewery.

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            8 hours ago

            I too love various alcohol beverages. But I don’t give a flying fuck about what is advertised.

            If I want good beer, I go to a beer focused bar or micro-brewery and ask for what I’m in the mood for, they usually supply me with whatever I desire. If I’m traveling, I go for anything local. I just can’t get myself to “Pull a Vincent” and eat McDonalds if I’m in France.

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    Jesus Christ. these are legit digital monsters. I hope these chickens come home to roost. this is some inhumane shit if you thought of this algorithm you should immediately switch to a different field.