Re:'Facebook baby ads taunted me after stillborn'
by bitforger on Thursday October 18, 2018 @09:37PM
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Would it really matter? The root cause would probably sound something like this:
"The user's preferences were ignored because the advert system failed to invalidate the cache during the change, causing the user's previously cached settings to be used. This occurred only for a small set of users, who were in a similar geographic location and were assigned to an experimental cohort to test an updated component of the advert system."
Would anyone understand this? Would anyone care?
Re:'Facebook baby ads taunted me after stillborn'
by dr_teh on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:09PM
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I feel like turning this into a technical issue is sleight of hand
Re:'Facebook baby ads taunted me after stillborn'
by thedevindevops on Friday October 19, 2018 @05:35AM
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Ah but you see, it isn't, here's what happened in the ticket system:
Feature: Display most profitable ads to users without offending anyone.
Bug: User was offended.
Resolution: Add user to block list for offending advert.
Status: resolved.
Funny how problems like these are attributed euphemistically to "bugs" that are "fixed" in reporting.
I do not often see journalism incorporating detailed descriptions of computer-related mishaps other than "glitches" [1,2]. It does not help that reporting on these circumstances to journalists may also be mediocre.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/07/2...
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/07/08...