Many people haven't, but thanks to the wide world of cross-site tracking, frequent shopping cards etc, your purchases can still be attributed to ads you've seen (and even billboards!)
Tell HN: I never bought anything from clicking on a paid ad
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#22I don't think I've bought anything directly from clicking an ad either, but I think just seeing those ads has probably still influenced us subconsciously in some way.
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#23I learned about Tile via ads in its early days and then eventually bought it.
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#24But you definitely have bought an item you have seen in a paid ad LATER.
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#25But you definitely have bought an item you have seen in a paid ad LATER.
i don't think i did
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#26I'll admit that instagram ads get me every now and then.
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#27I'll admit that instagram ads get me every now and then.
any example of a product/ad?
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#28I sometimes do, Instagram ads are exceptionally well tuned to my interest about 25%-50% of the time. It's usually unique very niche t-shirts which I'm always on the hunt for.
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#29I'll admit that instagram ads get me every now and then.
any example of a product/ad?
t-shirts on instagram get me a lot, I also get ads for Temu for things that look interesting (Weird tech gadgets usually) but I refuse to use any site that forces me to do some stupid "spin the wheel for a coupon gag" every time I visit so have never actually even looked at an item on Temu.
I also get extremely well tuned ebay product ads on instagram but I don't usually buy anything through that flow (I poke around on ebay enough on my own...)