How are the enworlds ads suitable for children?
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LordEntrails
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@IvyDragons Maybe it would help if you understood about how digital advertising works. It's not up to ENWorld to really decide what ads get placed on its site. Yes, Morrus does have a little bit of control, but not explicitly like you might hope. Also as pointed out by others, the ads you see have more to do with your personal browsing history. If you don't want to see a type of ad, then either get an ad blocker, browse privately, or don't browse sites related to what you don't want to see
Vaalingrade
Legend
We need to crack this case. The situation is quite heroin. If only people could PCP it.
Caffine.
BookTenTiger
He / Him
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Others have already explained it, but digital ads are generated by google/facebook/etc (not websites) basesed on an information trove that sounds straight up tinfoil hat conspiracy theory levels if described. Rather than describe it I'll show a recent example
www.cnet.com
Plus a related example from like fifteen years ago where target started predicting pregnancy before the family knew..
www.forbes.com
Not only are everyone's ads their own fault, or the fault of someone they share a computer with, they are the result of Google having a better understanding of you than you yourself probably have on the topic of self understanding.
Facebook reportedly rejects Signal ads about its data collection
Signal's campaign allegedly resulted in the disabling of the encrypted messaging service's Instagram account.
www.cnet.com
Plus a related example from like fifteen years ago where target started predicting pregnancy before the family knew..
How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did
Target has perfected the technique of analyzing consumers' shopping habits to figure out who's pregnant. How can they send customers congratulatory coupons without freaking them out?
www.forbes.com
Not only are everyone's ads their own fault, or the fault of someone they share a computer with, they are the result of Google having a better understanding of you than you yourself probably have on the topic of self understanding.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
This is the best thread ever.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Did anyone else think the vape pen was something else entirely based on the thread title?
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
You know it!
Not entirely. There’s something else going on. Maybe some kind of randomizer. I get ads in languages I don’t speak for products I don’t have any need for and have never searched for. Not always, but often enough to be noticeable.
BookTenTiger
He / Him
Or........ maybe it's picking up on a secret past life you don't even know about! I bet you were an international spy, but you got too deep so you had to hypnotize yourself and assume a new identify... Code: Dannyalcatraz
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