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<blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 6632606" data-attributes="member: 31216"><p>It's kind of funny how we (online humanity) makes this embarrassing when it really shouldn't be.</p><p></p><p>I know I have searched/researched some very odd things that would be very embarrassing if taken out of context. For instance, I'm sure I've looked up gay or other "embarrassing"* information at one time or another. I have no doubt that a complete history of my open (not incognito mode <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> internet usage would reveal some very strange stuff. I know everyone -- including *gasp* my wife and my mother -- have gone to some weird web sites either out of curiosity or for serious research or completely by accident. But I also know that everyone would chuckle at finding out that I or anyone else had visited embarrassing pages.</p><p></p><p>And there are plenty of non-embarrassing pages that an ad algorithm can match with an embarrassing ad to display. I once was getting dating site ads for a week because I had read a single blog post by a woman whose main blog topic was dating. The post I read was about a hotel near Disney World, and nothing on that page had anything to do with dating. But the ads picked up info from the overall blog code and so assumed I was interested in online dating.</p><p></p><p>Bullgrit</p><p></p><p>* Gay is not embarrassing on the face of it**, but you know what I mean.</p><p></p><p>** Phrasing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullgrit, post: 6632606, member: 31216"] It's kind of funny how we (online humanity) makes this embarrassing when it really shouldn't be. I know I have searched/researched some very odd things that would be very embarrassing if taken out of context. For instance, I'm sure I've looked up gay or other "embarrassing"* information at one time or another. I have no doubt that a complete history of my open (not incognito mode :-) internet usage would reveal some very strange stuff. I know everyone -- including *gasp* my wife and my mother -- have gone to some weird web sites either out of curiosity or for serious research or completely by accident. But I also know that everyone would chuckle at finding out that I or anyone else had visited embarrassing pages. And there are plenty of non-embarrassing pages that an ad algorithm can match with an embarrassing ad to display. I once was getting dating site ads for a week because I had read a single blog post by a woman whose main blog topic was dating. The post I read was about a hotel near Disney World, and nothing on that page had anything to do with dating. But the ads picked up info from the overall blog code and so assumed I was interested in online dating. Bullgrit * Gay is not embarrassing on the face of it**, but you know what I mean. ** Phrasing! [/QUOTE]
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