I'm less concerned about this and more concerned that Facebook lists first among my interests "slurry".
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From one point of view, Christianity is more of a culture than a purely religious thing. Books use allusions to the Bible, even if their authors and readers aren't very religious. People pay lip service to the idea of God (singular, capitalised, and having a particular brand of deity in mind), even if they haven't prayed in decades. > How in the world could FB figure out I'm an early adopter? Maybe if you accessed Fa…
"From one point of view, Christianity is more of a culture than a purely religious thing." Excellent point. So much of the public dialogue involves similes and metaphors with references to an entire milieu of common myths and values. I was watching a history show once about religion in the U.S. An interesting thing that I never realized was that religious references were huge part of most every presidential speech up…
> Probably not, but it might allow them to communicate with me in a more complex way ..
True enough. One way I can imagine this being used is if you have a person from another culture (e.g. Japan), but the algorithm has identified them as Christian, then certain ads made for the Christian motifs will have more of an impact with them rather than simply being flowery allusions.