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Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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Re: Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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Would you mind revealing that page? I am on the opposite end of the political spectrum but I hold great value in people who are honest about what they are and I’m always reevaluating my positions. I’m not trying to put you on the spot. Feel free to ignore this message.

What exactly is the opposite side of an anti-fascist facebook page?

A far right Facebook page? Not very complex to work out what he means?

Re: Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you mind revealing that page? I am on the opposite end of the political spectrum but I hold great value in people who are honest about what they are and I’m always reevaluating my positions. I’m not trying to put you on the spot. Feel free to ignore this message.

What exactly is the opposite side of an anti-fascist facebook page?

I think we know the answer already

Re: Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you mind revealing that page? I am on the opposite end of the political spectrum but I hold great value in people who are honest about what they are and I’m always reevaluating my positions. I’m not trying to put you on the spot. Feel free to ignore this message.

What exactly is the opposite side of an anti-fascist facebook page?

autozone apparently

Re: Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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> "A few months into maintaining my Trump online identities, I started feeling that I needed to buy guns. I knew it was irrational and impractical given my lack of training and urban lifestyle. Nonetheless I was convinced I needed them. When I told my girlfriend, her perplexed response made me realize how deeply my mind had been manipulated by my pro-Trump Facebook feeds." Exactly the kind of effect Facebook is selli…

Most of the smartest people of my generation have dedicated their lives to building super-computers to point at peoples' brains and make them want to buy things. I suppose it's marginally better than fractionally growing somebody else's pile of money.

they were probably more likely to end up in finance tbh

Re: Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exactly is the opposite side of an anti-fascist facebook page?

A far right Facebook page? Not very complex to work out what he means?

I must say, your name is apt!

Re: Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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I don't have a gun, and I live in a country that doesn't have a problem with guns, and I'm happy about that.

Not everyone who buys these accessories will go on to rush the Capitol, despite the article hinting at that implication.

Facebook's advertising policies are not a suitable place to enact desires that people have been unable to achieve democratically.

For a hot topic like guns, the constraints on where/when they can be advertised should also be decided democratically.

Re: Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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Yesterday I googled "how to measure a chainsaw bar" and got targeted by a clothing company running a sale for tactical clothing, including what I can only describe as domestic terror outfits. It was striking to me to type in a single atypical search term and then be immediately cast into a completely different advertising cohort.

Re: Facebook is bombarding rightwing users with combat gear ads. See for yourself

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It's a weird thing since I have to imaging people that might buy that kind of thing already have it, or would be searching for it on other forums ( I have ).

Couldn't you say the same for, say washing machines? You: I just bought a washing machine on Amazon Amazon: "Here are some ads for more washing machines, in case you're an enthusiastic collector!"

Especially annoying when they call it "people who bought this also bought". I don't think so Amazon. Just call it "related items" please.
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