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SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
April 28 2011 22:58 GMT
#1
Okay, so I'm sure we all know how fancy-pants targeted advertising works on services like Facebook/Gmail, etc. The service "reads" some of your personal data and attempts to serve you with appropriate advertising. It makes sense, and it means that (for the most part) you should be seeing advertising that's at least a bit relevant to your interests.

That's all well and good unless you're talking about something that you'd never, ever want to see ads about, like horrific tragedies, or a death the family.

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What's nice is that Gmail automatically filters for a bunch of words that might end up causing offense, so they save you from it by not showing ads in situations where you might be in a sensitive position.

Facebook appears not to have any such service, so if you should happen to make a comment about something like, oh, say for example a church massacre, this happens:

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Great stuff, now I can join the group for churches and massacres :/

****
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IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32274 Posts
April 28 2011 23:04 GMT
#2
And play farmville with them, where everyone is a sheep :3
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elmizzt
Profile Joined February 2010
United States3309 Posts
April 28 2011 23:09 GMT
#3
Why does this worry you? It seems like the system is working as intended.
d=(^_^)z
WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
April 28 2011 23:24 GMT
#4
On April 29 2011 08:09 elmizzt wrote:
Why does this worry you? It seems like the system is working as intended.


I personally agree with this. However that being said, I haven't been in a emotional position where an ad could potentially cause me distress
The_LiNk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada863 Posts
April 28 2011 23:28 GMT
#5
Talking about death in your family in your email; get an ad for funeral services.

What's so insensitive about that?
Gatsbi
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1134 Posts
April 28 2011 23:31 GMT
#6
"Yeah my dad got his finger cut off using a buzzsaw last week"

*Ads for buzzsaws*

lol
"IF WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE KNOWN. THEN YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN ANYTHINIG YET." - Rev Kojo Smith
mucker
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1120 Posts
April 28 2011 23:33 GMT
#7
Recommended pages aren't advertisements. It is things you may be interested in based on what you are viewing, but they aren't paid promotions. Paid ads show up under a Sponsored heading. There are no ads in your facebook screenshot.

Potentially the recommendations could be very good, like linking support groups or charities when you're reading a conversation about something tragic.

It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
April 28 2011 23:38 GMT
#8
On April 29 2011 08:33 mucker wrote:
Recommended pages aren't advertisements. It is things you may be interested in based on what you are viewing, but they aren't paid promotions. Paid ads show up under a Sponsored heading. There are no ads in your facebook screenshot.

Potentially the recommendations could be very good, like linking support groups or charities when you're reading a conversation about something tragic.



I hadn't actually considered that, I'm not sure why my Facebook doesn't have ads... I know it used to.

I still dread something like:


"My parents were murdered by secret nazis! I am the saddest orphan "

Groups you may wish to join:
Nazis
Orphans
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Bippzy
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1466 Posts
April 28 2011 23:38 GMT
#9
On April 29 2011 08:04 IntoTheWow wrote:
And play farmville with them, where everyone is a sheep :3


You, sir, are the winner.
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KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
April 28 2011 23:45 GMT
#10
haha! is that you in the FB status pic? thats really funny
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-28 23:49:56
April 28 2011 23:49 GMT
#11
Thanks Kurtis, I can only hope that wasn't sarcasm :D
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Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
April 28 2011 23:52 GMT
#12
the only one that bothers me somewhat is when looking up porn and it shows your city
HeadhunteR
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Argentina1258 Posts
April 28 2011 23:56 GMT
#13
I remember that there was an update that said "you havent connected with John Doe for a while, do you want to send him a message?", and many people complained that it sometimes recommended people who were dead but still had the FB page as a memorial. Good thing they got rid of that.
in The Kong line forever
KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
April 29 2011 00:51 GMT
#14
On April 29 2011 08:49 SirJolt wrote:
Thanks Kurtis, I can only hope that wasn't sarcasm :D

no. I know exactly what you're talking about
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
April 29 2011 14:19 GMT
#15
I'm glad someone does!

It's a shame Oblivion's main storyline goes downhill so fast after you escape from Picard's dungeon. I'd hoped he'd be a main character
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bonifaceviii
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2890 Posts
April 29 2011 14:48 GMT
#16
I don't know how many of you have experienced this but the moment you change your Facebook status to "Engaged" it's all wedding advertisements all the time, regardless of what shit you're talking about.
Stay a while and listen || http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=354018
Khenra
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands885 Posts
April 29 2011 14:59 GMT
#17
I don't see why anyone would ever want to browse the internet without AdBlock. This is just one of many reasons.
This signature is ruining eSports.
Golden Ghost
Profile Joined February 2003
Netherlands1041 Posts
April 29 2011 17:30 GMT
#18
On April 29 2011 23:59 Khenra wrote:
I don't see why anyone would ever want to browse the internet without AdBlock. This is just one of many reasons.

Because then we ultimately have to pay for a lot of things that are currently free. You may think the ads are annoying but for a lot of sites offering services to you (like TL) they are the sole source of revenue they've got.

So either accept the ad or be prepared to pay a couple cents for every time you visit your favorite sites.
Life is to give and take. You take a vacation and you give to the poor.
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
April 29 2011 17:48 GMT
#19
I believe Google posted a lovely response when AdBlock first appeared for Chrome, saying that they saw AdBlock as generally positive.

Essentially, they said some percentage of people would always use AdBlock, but that they were a tiny minority. If more and more people took the time to learn how to set it up or even look it up, it becomes an indication that advertising has gone too far/become too intrusive.

In that respect, the number of people using AdBlock becomes a valuable metric to track

Still, for sitea like TL everyone should be setting their AdBlock to show the ada; they're non-intrusive and basically just a solid example of ads well served.
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