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Re:Facebook to ask everyone to accept being tracked so they ... by ams6110 on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @02:42PM (#16869836)
My guess, some people buy a mattress and end up unhappy with it, return it, and buy something else. This is enough people that it's worth showing mattress ads to all recent mattress buyers.
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Re:Facebook to ask everyone to accept being tracked so they ... by nielsbjerg on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @03:06PM (#16870069)
My guess is bad purchase tracking
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Re:Facebook to ask everyone to accept being tracked so they ... by tzakrajs on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @07:14PM (#16872091)
Why would a vendor send a signal back to Facebook or an ad company that their competitors should stop spending money on useless ads?
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