Re:Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access To Your Shadow Cont...
by oneeyedpigeon on Thursday September 27, 2018 @05:40AM
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Speaking as someone who hasn't used facebook in years, I think it's awkward trying to compare it with netflix/spotify. The latter are narrowly-focussed, with a clear target for recommendvertising - i.e. I am viewing a film or listening to music, the case for suggesting another is pretty good, and useful. That's very different from, for example, recommending a product to me when I'm viewing my friends' photos.
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Re:Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access To Your Shadow Cont...
by FabHK on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:19AM
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Also, one pays for Netflix, and there are no ads. They try to give you, the user/customer, a better experience, so that more users/customers sign up and pay.
Needless to say, Facebook's goals and incentives are very different.
Re:Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access To Your Shadow Cont...
by whoknowsnobody on Thursday September 27, 2018 @09:15PM
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And you use Netflix to watch videos and Spotify to listen to Music, no problem in being offered other, personalised, videos and music.
But on Facebook people go for socialising, and not to get personalised ads.