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It's getting harder for me not to think my thoughts aren't tracked by cookies (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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Like, I keep seeing more and more ads about things I only thought about while not looking up anything online about it. For example: after I got out of the shower this morning I thought about how I needed to apply cream on my arms to prevent dry skin. It was only a thought that took me a few seconds. And minutes later I receive an ad on Instagram about dry skin.

I have never even googled dry skin. I didn't say anything about it to anyone lol. And I get the ad the day I think about it? These things keep happening more and more for some reason.

I know it's not possible and I promise I'm not going insane or anything, so don't lock me up lol. Just an observation.

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[–] Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I can't say I experience the same thing. The only place I really see ads online is IG or Tiktok, and none of them are relevant at all, I mostly just get ads directed at women, despite being a cis man. It seems hilariously bad at triangulating my demographic, maybe it's because I often use a vpn. Especially a lot of ones in the Romanian language, despite being nowhere near there. Also make sure you always select the "ask app not to track" option.