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Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by jazzyjackson »

saltyfamiliar wrote: post #66
hluska wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey bud, I made a reply on this thread and now feel guilty about it. I’ve got nothing against you and you’re a wickedly smart person. Please please please don’t think I was mocking you or anything you believe. You’re a wickedly smart person and a talented writer. Those are the only opinions I have about you. Okay??? I have strong opinions about some of the cats who publish these ideas. Those opinions in no way inform…

> Please please please don’t think I was mocking you or anything you believe. You’re a wickedly smart person and a talented writer. Those are the only opinions I have about you. Okay??? Why do you sound like you just found out motohagiography has high-level connections to the mob? Honestly this entire thread is starting to trigger my schizoid tendencies because I have no idea what half the people in it are talking ab…

I guess we deserve this for clicking into a crypto-zoology thread but I’m right there with you

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

#72

Post by jazzyjackson »

hluska wrote: post #69
saltyfamiliar wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Please please please don’t think I was mocking you or anything you believe. You’re a wickedly smart person and a talented writer. Those are the only opinions I have about you. Okay??? Why do you sound like you just found out motohagiography has high-level connections to the mob? Honestly this entire thread is starting to trigger my schizoid tendencies because I have no idea what half the people in it are talking ab…

The simplest answer is that I was an asshole. Someone posted an idea and someone else asked for clarification. Rather than act like an adult, I put on my dickbag hat and shit all over the idea. My issue is with David Icke yet for some incomprehensible reason, I jumped into a thread that didn’t involve me and added my own personal shit. I injected David Icke rather than give Motohagiography the chance to explain their…

I think it’s puzzling for some of us that someone might be so apologetic and deferential for speaking their mind in a text forum - this is what we’re all here for, free association; someone’s post reminds you of David Icke and projection of meaning, by all means tell us all about it.

edit: I’m not the person you’re replying to

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by hluska »

saltyfamiliar wrote: post #66
hluska wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey bud, I made a reply on this thread and now feel guilty about it. I’ve got nothing against you and you’re a wickedly smart person. Please please please don’t think I was mocking you or anything you believe. You’re a wickedly smart person and a talented writer. Those are the only opinions I have about you. Okay??? I have strong opinions about some of the cats who publish these ideas. Those opinions in no way inform…

> Please please please don’t think I was mocking you or anything you believe. You’re a wickedly smart person and a talented writer. Those are the only opinions I have about you. Okay??? Why do you sound like you just found out motohagiography has high-level connections to the mob? Honestly this entire thread is starting to trigger my schizoid tendencies because I have no idea what half the people in it are talking ab…

I’m going to make this a separate reply because it’s important. “Schizoid” tendencies might just be a turn of phrase. If so, it’s insensitive but I can’t stop you.

If that’s not just a turn of phrase and you’re being serious, you can find a lot of good in medical science. If you need someone to go with you, I’m based in Canada but have a passport. My email is in my profile and anything you send stays between us unless you’re planning on harming yourself. Then seriously holmes, it’s on.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by jollybean »

winternett wrote: post #33

I'm very proud of my history of never clicking a Facebook ad in over 10 years... Most of them are really just shills for capturing targeting data to associate with my profile anyway. This also explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand... All things which have no relevance to me, yet quite often triggering my u…

"explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand."

Scroll to the bottom of CNN - it's all rubbish ads. That's just the long tail of attention-scamming, it's not FB.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by hluska »

jazzyjackson wrote: post #72
hluska wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The simplest answer is that I was an asshole. Someone posted an idea and someone else asked for clarification. Rather than act like an adult, I put on my dickbag hat and shit all over the idea. My issue is with David Icke yet for some incomprehensible reason, I jumped into a thread that didn’t involve me and added my own personal shit. I injected David Icke rather than give Motohagiography the chance to explain their…

I think it’s puzzling for some of us that someone might be so apologetic and deferential for speaking their mind in a text forum - this is what we’re all here for, free association; someone’s post reminds you of David Icke and projection of meaning, by all means tell us all about it. edit: I’m not the person you’re replying to

You’re making a lot of assumptions.

First, you’re assuming that I came across David Icke by chance. I didn’t. Someone I love has schizophrenia and is currently homeless. David Icke was part of his path. Fuck David Icke.

Second, you’re assuming I have no compassion. What if someone reading this is sick?? I can be a dickbag or possibly set myself up as someone worth confiding in.

I’ll err on the side of being someone worth confiding in. Sorry bud but your opinion isn’t very important to me.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by ma2rten »

winternett wrote: post #33

I'm very proud of my history of never clicking a Facebook ad in over 10 years... Most of them are really just shills for capturing targeting data to associate with my profile anyway. This also explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand... All things which have no relevance to me, yet quite often triggering my u…

Have you considered the possibility that facebook might just not be that good at targeting?

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by winternett »

jollybean wrote: post #74
winternett wrote: post #33

I'm very proud of my history of never clicking a Facebook ad in over 10 years... Most of them are really just shills for capturing targeting data to associate with my profile anyway. This also explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand... All things which have no relevance to me, yet quite often triggering my u…

"explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand." Scroll to the bottom of CNN - it's all rubbish ads. That's just the long tail of attention-scamming, it's not FB.

On the back-end it's likely linked to FB data though... A whole lot of sites began to lag when facebooks DNS went offline earlier this year and that was quite telling. That data on us flows all the way across the net.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by nine_k »

winternett wrote: post #33

I'm very proud of my history of never clicking a Facebook ad in over 10 years... Most of them are really just shills for capturing targeting data to associate with my profile anyway. This also explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand... All things which have no relevance to me, yet quite often triggering my u…

I, on the contrary, clicked every relevant ad on facebook. Now they learned my preferences and show me mostly ads about vintage 8-bit computers and tracker music software and groups.

And no ads about viagra or yoga pants.

I'd say that FB ads generally can target much better than general web ads because they can track and profile you precisely, e.g. from your posts, comments, and other interactions. But at least you sign up for that when you agree with FB's EULA when creating an account. General web ads are worst: they try badly to track you to become more targeted, but can't get targeted enough to stop being annoyingly off the mark even if they wanted.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by reilly3000 »

ma2rten wrote: post #76
winternett wrote: post #33

I'm very proud of my history of never clicking a Facebook ad in over 10 years... Most of them are really just shills for capturing targeting data to associate with my profile anyway. This also explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand... All things which have no relevance to me, yet quite often triggering my u…

Have you considered the possibility that facebook might just not be that good at targeting?

Yes Facebook is more loose with targeting then it represents to its ad buyers, but also as buyers are notoriously bad at selecting clever targeting. There is a case of misaligned incentives. The more highly-targeted ad, the more likely it leads to a sale, yet for Facebook or really any ad seller they want to maximize the revenue of every impression, and broadly targeted (irrelevant) ads fill that demand quite nicely. Less filters = more potential revenue, even at the expense of their advertiser’s ROI. It’s a balance. It’s also why if you are buying ads you never try the platform-provided tools, which claim to optimize for ROI but generally tend toward yield. Google’s liberal suggestions of broad-match keywords are not to be trusted.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Post by bcg361 »

dhosek wrote: post #61
winternett wrote: post #33

I'm very proud of my history of never clicking a Facebook ad in over 10 years... Most of them are really just shills for capturing targeting data to associate with my profile anyway. This also explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand... All things which have no relevance to me, yet quite often triggering my u…

I deleted facebook and twitter in January and it's been a measurable improvement in my quality of life. Before I did, I made a point of clicking every ad for a while to f-ck the algorithm. It took only about a day of that for every ad to be personal injury lawyers.

You might be interested in ad nauseam, an extension that clicks on every add for you: https://adnauseam.io/
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