Technology

Wtf does their browser history look like to be getting those sorts of ads?!

ITT: People who are so quick to suggest ad blockers they miss the point of the conversation.

im getting the wrong type of ads lol

This shit's going on in centralized big-name websites, while Lemmy instances fret about discussing piracy and ban people for being impolite to bigots.

I fucking hate the modern web.

Similarly, my YouTube shorts are filled with gambling videos and “get rich quick scheme” videos. Seems as though “do not recommend channel” blocks the channel but assumes you have some growing interest in the topic.

I just want to watch woodworking shorts and plumbing videos T_T

Now here's the exact problem with the so called "personalized" ads, that Google and Facebook serves what the advertisers think you want to see, instead of what you actually want to see.

This is the fundamental conflict of interest which the obvious conclusion is that online banner/video advertisements doesn't work, and has never worked, because ultimately, no matter how many times you shove ads in people's faces via a thoughtless machine, you can't "trick" people into liking something. What people want is thoughtful, sincere recommendations by real people, which is why we have seen the rise of sassy brand Twitter accounts being so successful for a time: because there is a real person behind it.

(Of course, it's really funny if you take blatant advertisment to its logical extreme, and even that seemed more effective.)

Of course, Google and Facebook will never admit that they've been lying to everyone and themselves for more than a decade, because to do so is to admit that their entire business of Web 2.0 was built on an absurd and illogical premise of again, if you show people ads for things they never asked for a thousand times, then you can brainwash them into liking something.

In other words, Google and Facebook's entire advertisment business model, if you really think about it, is really no different than pick-up artist logic, and. They. Just. Won't. Go. Away.

Pixelfed

lucky 😮‍💨 all mine are weight loss scams and laptop deals

Aren't those ads personalised to your browsing history?

Are the drugs any good?

You're clearly a known customer for those products :p The algorithm is never wrong..

I'm trying to kick an opiate habit and seeing that I can buy them on Instagram is not helping

I don't see a problem. Shroom time babey

So basically the silk road moved to Instagram & Telegram... pretty ballsy, I wonder how much of it is honey potting?

That's a pretty good deal for a hot Nina with all the fixings... also I see a lot of fentanyl pills in those listings.

Well sir. Given that the algorhythm designed for procuring that content is literally the best at its job bar none. And having also had personal experience with this. One of two things or both is happening. #1 you like to partake in partying and you seek that out sometimes. And the software knows that. #2 you associate with drugs dealers who are in your social media circles.

Let's be clear. This content isnt shown to you just because. Its being shown to you because you have displayed a pattern of seeking where these items come into play or you talk to people who regularly engage in this.

I'm a 28 year old man. I have never been shown a targeted advertisement for feminine hygiene products. Also I had never seen advertisements on social media for literal drugs and shit until I went thru a phase where I developed a pretty bad coke habit for a while and had a lot of dealers in my phone.

Preamble to the shitty internet bills that will get passed on a holiday weekend at 2am?