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Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by VikingCoder on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @02:30PM (#18666953)
I don't think the OP is asking for regulation.

I think the OP is begging for consideration.

As a user, we have every right to state our opinions.

It's not "immoral" or "unfair" to say, "You're making money off of me, I'd really like you to change your behavior."

I don't know why or how you jumped all the way to "regulatory hoops."

Have you seen people advocating laws in this discussion? I haven't.

Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by lenocinor on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @04:44PM (#18668026)
Yeah, and I found asking for that consideration to be personally enlightening. I'd never thought about a case like hers before, and it seems excruciating.
Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by pixelrevision on Thursday December 13, 2018 @08:42AM (#18672218)
Facebook and Google would garner a lot more goodwill with me if they just offered some sort of option to subscribe out of ads on their networks.
Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by foobar1962 on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @09:38PM (#18669467)
Consideration from whom?

Some advertisers have bought the right to display their ads to people the platform has probably identified as “women having babies soon”.

Does the OP want consideration from the platform or the advertisers?

I feel the OP is venting the feeling that they’ve had a huge personal tragedy yet the world has just kept on going like nothing happened.

Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by VikingCoder on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:14PM (#18669810)
If an advertiser saw this and were horrified, I'm sure they'd be asking the platform to try to do something about it.

If the platform saw this and were horrified, I bet advertisers would appreciate or at least not mind, if they fixed situations like this.

If you and I saw this and were horrified, we might amplify her voice.

Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by foobar1962 on Thursday December 13, 2018 @01:30AM (#18670284)
What if the ads for baby products were on advertising outside (or inside) the hospital. Should there be NO advertising for baby products because 1% of pregnancies end in stillbirth?
Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algori... by VikingCoder on Thursday December 13, 2018 @01:44AM (#18670338)
I'm pretty sure OP is saying, "Hey, tech companies, if you're going to mine my data to figure out I'm pregnant, maybe you should give me some way to tell you that the pregnancy ended in sorrow, and I don't want to see any ads about baby needs."

It's not calling for a ban on baby product ads.

It's saying that force-feeding ads on baby products to someone who has lost their child is awful, and it doesn't seem like a big stretch to let a user say, "I don't have a baby!" in a way that tech companies / advertisers can use, to be more sensitive.