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Re:I changed my mind about advertising by peoplefromibiza on Thursday February 10, 2022 @11:26AM (#30288499)
> If that’s your definition of manufactured demand then even making a product is manufactured demand

sorry, but you are confusing making a product to solve a problem or fill a need with lying to get the attention of people to sell them something that does not solve the problem nor fills the need.

have you ever lied to these adv platforms? I have many accounts were I blatantly lie about myself, like for example I say I am fat, I post pictures of fat people pretending it's me and immediately I get bombarded by ads for products to lose weight, training programs that "promise" you results in 2 weeks and dating apps.

That's the sad state of affairs in 2022.

Re:I changed my mind about advertising by meheleventyone on Thursday February 10, 2022 @01:46PM (#30290664)
I can assure you that I’m not confusing anything just extrapolating your argument in that prior post. I agree though that advertising is a pretty lousy discovery mechanism a lot of the time.