Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct...
by unity1001 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:16PM
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It defies description why they aren't bringing context-sensitive ads back. They didn't follow you all around the Internet, they were relevant in any given context, and you felt less need to block them out mentally.
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Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct...
by jjulius on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:35PM
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I was more likely to click on context-sensitive ads. Most targeted ads I see these days are for products that I've already bought in the past few weeks, which just boggles my mind.
Edit: Even today, I'm still seeing ads for a subwoofer that I bought back in early August. Good going, Meta.
Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct...
by magic_hamster on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:38PM
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I bet that showing ads based on context is somehow limited to people being in that context (i.e. in a specific website for instance), while being able to draw an audience from the entirety of Facebook users (in the billions) is more profitable.