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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by mszcz on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:25PM (#27668374)
Yep, seconded. Stopped using FB years ago and I use Instagram for two of my passions - tiny houses and boobs. And, somehow, Instagram figured out that I wanted to buy a Remarkable 2 ;)

But yeah, joking aside, Instagram was the one of few places I actually saw ads of things I wanted to buy. Sure, the ads tried to rip my eyes out for those products ($50 for a product I found for $5) but still...

Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by andai on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:02PM (#27668796)
As an aside, people complain that Twitter is a toxic place, but if you exclusively subscribe to art accounts, it's one of the most beautiful places on the internet.

Asian artists are an even safer bet: they only post art. How refreshing!

Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by mszcz on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @06:48PM (#27682767)
You know, I do see a lot shit on Twitter but somehow my brain has given the low value, spam etc tweets the "advertisement treatment" - I tune it out, don't "see" it.

Any artists in particular you'd recommend?

Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by aembleton on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @05:13AM (#27673561)
> And, somehow, Instagram figured out that I wanted to buy a Remarkable 2

The Remarkable website uses the Facebook tracking javascript. If you had visited the Remarkable website then it would know to advertise to you.

Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by mszcz on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @06:49PM (#27682774)
That's probably it, yeah. Still, surprising that only Instagram figured the RM2 angle out.