Re:There's not enough humans on earth to generate the quanti...
by otabdeveloper4 on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @05:40PM
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> Curious to hear from folks who actually work in the online ad industry
Two points:
a) Online ads are a shit sandwich for the advertisers from the points of view of quality and features. They only tolerate it because TV and print ads are dying as a medium.
b) Statistics and probability theory are used to filter the shit and connect online advertising to real-world metrics. It's a cost of doing business but it's a problem easily solvable by classical mathematics.
Two points:
a) Online ads are a shit sandwich for the advertisers from the points of view of quality and features. They only tolerate it because TV and print ads are dying as a medium.
b) Statistics and probability theory are used to filter the shit and connect online advertising to real-world metrics. It's a cost of doing business but it's a problem easily solvable by classical mathematics.