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Re:Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88B Online Ad Market by scoggs on Monday September 03, 2018 @07:32PM (#17905544)
I'm not sure how important it is but I think it's also important to note that even if people are telling Facebook lots of things about themselves that there is no guarantee that info is 100% accurate.
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Re:Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88B Online Ad Market by ethbro on Monday September 03, 2018 @11:15PM (#17906352)
Fair, but on the whole I'd be more willing to bet based on a willfull Facebook action than infer from an indirect Google Search action.

Data mining is incredibly insightful in aggregate, but my searching for "Cheetos" is a difficult path to (a) my being hungry for snacks, (b) my wanting to see the mascot, (c) seeing if they have a new flavor, etc. etc.

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