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Re:I wish tech companies knew more about me by lynguist on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:03PM (#50385126)
It's different with Meta advertising though. Back in the days Facebook was the only webpage that showed me relevant local targeted ads about things I care for, and nowadays it's the same on Instagram (that I also stopped using recently).

But for a while not too long ago, like for one year until last summer I regularly used Instagram, and almost all ads were directly targeted at my interests and they directed me to local events and concerts and products and what not.

Re:I wish tech companies knew more about me by lynguist on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:06PM (#50385164)
And the least relevant is what I see in Youtube. Including its recommendation feed. It's showing me 80-90% things I dislike. Similarly on X/Twitter.