News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement. Parent comment

Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by dooglius on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:45AM (#34247894)
> most people don't consider targeting advertising to be "spying and psychological manipulation"

A bit of a catch-22; if they did consider it that, then the manipulation wasn't very good, was it?

The revealed preferences of companies to pay for advertising indicates that it is successful at manipulation, enough to justify its cost.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by whimsicalism on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:13PM (#34248347)
It is manipulation in the same manner that you are trying to manipulate me by posting your comment.

So much of this rhetoric involves assigning scary words "manipulation", "spying", etc. to everyday events.

[ Parent | on HN ]