Re:Ask HN: Why is Prime Day so hard?
by duxup on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:44PM
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I think there are two issues here.
1. Prime day just doesn't have a lot of really good deal. They've got the usual Amazon stuff that are legit sales, and a few other items.
Beyond that it's mostly second rate stuff on sale and a bunch of non sale stuff advertised as on sale.
2. I wonder about how crappy advertising is all the time. I've git lists of things I might want and I never see adds for those things ... mostly things I already bought or stuff I don't care about.
I suspect the truth is whatever AI there is or advertising that is there, it isn't FOR us, it is pointed AT US. It's there to try to make us do what someone else wants... so they advertise women's clothing ... to me ... a guy, with no interest in those things because they're motivated to sell that, not what I want.
1. Prime day just doesn't have a lot of really good deal. They've got the usual Amazon stuff that are legit sales, and a few other items.
Beyond that it's mostly second rate stuff on sale and a bunch of non sale stuff advertised as on sale.
2. I wonder about how crappy advertising is all the time. I've git lists of things I might want and I never see adds for those things ... mostly things I already bought or stuff I don't care about.
I suspect the truth is whatever AI there is or advertising that is there, it isn't FOR us, it is pointed AT US. It's there to try to make us do what someone else wants... so they advertise women's clothing ... to me ... a guy, with no interest in those things because they're motivated to sell that, not what I want.