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Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by japhyr on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @01:17PM (#18666255)
I didn't read that as she "voluntarily signaled to these platforms that she was pregnant". She made social media posts with many clear signals that she was pregnant.

She basically said, "I know your algorithms can detect that I was pregnant. Can't your algorithms detect that my baby is no longer alive?" That seems like a pretty fair statement.

Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by dkrich on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @02:43PM (#18667090)
So now society is frustrated because it’s data isn’t being analyzed and used to serve ads effectively enough? We’ve officially come full circle.

How about this- if you are uncomfortable with the prospect of ads potentially shown to you that may upset you based on recent history that’s now changed, lay off the platform for a while.

Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by AndrewUnmuted on Thursday December 13, 2018 @12:45AM (#18670134)
This is precisely the hazardous morality we begin to enter when we become as passively engaged as social media allows. The platform becomes an antidote to sadness; social media has reached a place in society where it's casually being used as a means for self-medication.

People who are on social media appear to be deluding themselves into believing that social media can offer some sort of support and minimize the pain, but this is probably the biggest misconception about which we can convince the public otherwise.

Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by ryanlol on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @07:24PM (#18668877)
>She basically said, "I know your algorithms can detect that I was pregnant. Can't your algorithms detect that my baby is no longer alive?" That seems like a pretty fair statement.

Maybe a fair statement, but a fundamental misunderstanding of how ad targeting works.