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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by bryan_w on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:43PM (#26841200)
I think your privacy efforts are working against you. You turned of personalized ads and wondering why the ads you are getting aren't personalized.

With nothing else to key off of, you're going to get the bottom of the barrel ads that they cant show to normal people (because there's always a more personalized ad to show them).

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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by gnicholas on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:35PM (#26841404)
Fair point, though Facebook still knows a lot about me based on my friends. Also, I regularly click the ads and say “never show me this ad again”. If given the option, I mark it as inappropriate (which is the closest reason offered).
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