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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by Izkata on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @09:13PM (#23318357)
> how do we handle the situation where people that are susceptible to addictive behaviors like gambling and compulsive shopping are exposed to ads that exploit their condition?

Ads like that used to be common. By your description, it sounds like they died out on their own.

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by save_ferris on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:17PM (#23331351)
How? Data-driven ad systems are built specifically to target people who have a high probability of conversion. The perfect person for such a system is one that would constantly (i.e. impulsively) buy or convert.
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