New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data

Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by Swizec on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:06AM (#23235632)

I opened Business Insider on my girlfriend’s computer without adblock last night and the fans sounded like it was ready for takeoff. Couldn’t even scroll smoothly to find what we were looking for.

Kudos to NYT for trying to stop this madness. It’s gone way too far

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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by Spooky23 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:15AM (#23235754)

Here are the ads I see on business insider:

- Taboola (The supermoon is coming, 17 biggest exercise myths, what is COVID recovery like, Does anyone know if COVID will do away in warm weather)

- Los Angeles drivers are stunned by this new rule for auto insurance. (I live 3000 miles away from LA and have never stepped foot in Southern California.)

- Ron Paul's message for every American.

- The forever spin top, made in Canada (aka we have no ads to sell)

- A background check company (lol)

- MemSQL (probably the only potentially relevant ad)

I would be terrified if my ability to get paid was based on this crap.

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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by LargoLasskhyfv on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:18PM (#23236617)

I see Taboola as a coarse grained sieve, to preselect into different target audiences, based on what sort of trash they click. At least it appeared to me like that when i fiddled with my blocking for testing, and wondered why i ever should click on that crap? Most useless.

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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by thejynxed on Saturday May 23, 2020 @01:18PM (#23284666)

To be fair, in almost fourty years of being online, I've never been served a relevant ad for anything.

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