Master Index of Archived Threads


Facebook Ads

Centerfield Feb 05 2014 08:27 AM

I'm pretty sure the entire purpose of these is to make you feel like shit. The newest one: No Young Men! Only +30! The implied message here is that they've assembled a group of young single women in an around NY so deviant they are only interested in really old men. You know, the sad part is they probably wouldn't even like me since I've gotten a little soft around the middle... Get INSANE Muscle Growth! Wait what? Awesome! Tell me how to look like the guy in this obviously-not-photoshopped picture!

MFS62 Feb 05 2014 08:40 AM Re: Facebook Ads

The newest one: No Young Men! Only +30! The implied message here is that they've assembled a group of young single women in an around NY so deviant they are only interested in really old men. + 30 is "really old men"? What does that make +40? Ancient? Later

cooby Feb 05 2014 08:43 AM Re: Facebook Ads

I took the opportunity to find out what terrible thing Ellen Degeneres had done, and now I am invited to find out all the dirt on her. Seems all she really did was use a face cream that wasn't Cover Girl.

Edgy MD Feb 05 2014 08:51 AM Re: Facebook Ads

I got muscle growth going. But shit, I really do want INSANE muscle growth. **click**

Centerfield Feb 05 2014 10:26 AM Re: Facebook Ads

Is anyone else getting the "Most Stolen Underwear" link? That one is just odd.

Ceetar Feb 05 2014 11:51 AM Re: Facebook Ads

Verizon and Lifelock today. I paid my verizon bills last night so clearly it's on to me.

Frayed Knot Feb 05 2014 01:09 PM Re: Facebook Ads

Centerfield wrote: Is anyone else getting the "Most Stolen Underwear" link? That one is just odd. Most stolen underwear meaning, what type is stolen most often, or whose?

Edgy MD Feb 05 2014 01:21 PM Re: Facebook Ads

Somewhere, in a musty corner office of the Association of Undergarment and Garments of Support Manufacturers (AUGSM), some poor shnook who thought majoring in probability and statistics was a good thing is searching of reports of pilfered Maidenforms and hijacked Haines.

Mets – Willets Point Feb 05 2014 03:13 PM Re: Facebook Ads

https://adblockplus.org/

Zvon Feb 05 2014 07:46 PM Re: Facebook Ads

This whole "looking over our shoulders" when we shop online is getting on my nerves. Maybe it wouldn't be bad if they were right about what they think I need, but they are never suggesting anything I want . And thinking about it, no, it still would be bad. I find it intrusive. So I got a new video card a while back from New Egg. After that, everywhere I went, side bar ad's (& Emails) were trying to sell me a new video card. Yo guys, I just bought the video card. Gimme a few years please. The thing is, they don't need to do that. Shopping online is so easy that when you decide you want to buy something you can go to whoever you want to buy it from in like two clicks of a mouse. You don't have to shadow us. We will still shop online.

Edgy MD Feb 05 2014 07:56 PM Re: Facebook Ads

Intrusive, sure. But it's really the whole point of Facebook, to deliver us to the marketers.

Zvon Feb 05 2014 08:05 PM Re: Facebook Ads

Edgy MD wrote: Intrusive, sure. But it's really the whole point of Facebook, to deliver us to the marketers. I don't mind ads. I mind ad's that target me using (what I consider) personal information. I avoid shopping online because of this. But it's so convenient that sometimes I give in.

Ceetar Feb 06 2014 07:57 AM Re: Facebook Ads

Zvon wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Intrusive, sure. But it's really the whole point of Facebook, to deliver us to the marketers. I don't mind ads. I mind ad's that target me using (what I consider) personal information. I avoid shopping online because of this. But it's so convenient that sometimes I give in. this has nothing to do with Facebook. But I much prefer ads like this. Yes, the graphics card after you bought one and hotels after you booked one stuff is silly, but on the other hand, when I SEARCH for a hotel and don't buy one yet, it makes sense to target with hotels in the area no? They're mining data off your computer. You can turn this off if you want, and I'm not saying companies aren't mining it and then saving it back somewhere (Gmail _just_ changed this, but did you know every time you loaded an image in an email newsletter/mail/etc it was mining and saving data about you? ), but for the most part these are computer programs that no one ever sees reading the data off of your computer. Ads are a given. You're not getting away from them. why would you prefer to see generic 'tampons, Real World, want a Bud?' ads when it makes more sense for both you and the advertiser to see things relevant to you? Shopping is so daunting. With so much information out there I feel like even a simple purchase requires tons of research and reviews and comparing prices. While I'm obviously not going to just jump at any ad they throw at me, I do appreciate an Internet that's working towards targeted marketing.

cooby Feb 18 2014 09:23 AM Re: Facebook Ads

Ridiculous. Now I have six banner ads...four of them are Ellen's shocking secrets, one is a tiny monkey in a hand (SHOCKING French film you don't want to miss!) and one is papaya cream. Really? Just because I wanted to know how Ellen stays pretty? Grrrrr

Edgy MD Feb 18 2014 09:35 AM Re: Facebook Ads

Ceetar wrote: this has nothing to do with Facebook. The title of the thread is "Facebook Ads."

Ceetar Feb 18 2014 10:01 AM Re: Facebook Ads

Edgy MD wrote: Ceetar wrote: this has nothing to do with Facebook. The title of the thread is "Facebook Ads." The ads. they have nothing to do with Facebook. They're not affiilated with Facebook or put there by Facebook. The title might as well be "Ads". It's the same ads you see on other sites, on my site. They're fed there from Google or ad agencies. Facebook is not deciding what ads to show you. A computer is deciding that based on YOUR input.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 18 2014 10:12 AM Re: Facebook Ads

I'd be surprised if it wasn't a Facebook algorithm that's determining which ads to show. After all, it's how Facebook makes its money (assuming it makes money), by microtargeting advertising. I can't imagine they have no control over it.

Ceetar Feb 18 2014 10:41 AM Re: Facebook Ads

I'd be surprised if it wasn't a Facebook algorithm that's determining which ads to show. After all, it's how Facebook makes its money (assuming it makes money), by microtargeting advertising. I can't imagine they have no control over it. Facebook isn't an ad provider, although they might have complicated algorithms that interact with the incoming ads as well based on their own data mined from us. But for the most part they're presented with UI screens like this: And a lot of that is based off of mining your cookies and browser web history and such. Which is why you suddenly see ads for travel when you do a travelocity search, or ads for a snowblower when you google snowblowers.

d'Kong76 Feb 18 2014 11:09 AM Re: Facebook Ads

I think their spying software/computers need a little oil. I just got an ad for Phillies St. Paddy's Day tee shirts to show my Phillies Phanatic pride or some hooey. Someone google 'hot fat chicks with hygiene issues' and see what ads that produces. I would, but I'm chicken.

Ceetar Feb 18 2014 11:13 AM Re: Facebook Ads

MLB Hivemind.bleh. I just tried to add "http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy" to the blocked URL list in Google AdSense. Don't really want to test that.