What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s gone?

Re:What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s g... by madeofpalk on Sunday July 05, 2015 @07:30AM (#9833204)

> There was a recent ad on FB from a maker of teapods that said something like "share a cup of tea with your dad". Unfortunately, that ad was shown to people whose fathers were dead or abusive. My dad died before FB so I've never had any account in my friends list that an algorithm could consider to be my father. I'd link to it but I genuinely have no idea how to link to a Facebook post. :-/

Is that really fair? How is that different from an ad on TV saying the same thing?

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Re:What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s g... by DanBC on Sunday July 05, 2015 @07:36AM (#9833212)

TV ads never claim to harvest my data to make ads "more relevant" to "my interests".

That's a thing that Facebook and most online add networks claim.

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Re:What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s g... by madeofpalk on Sunday July 05, 2015 @10:42PM (#9836401)

True, however the 'ad' in particular was just a generic (perhaps promoted?) status update to a #Brand page https://www.facebook.com/TassimoUK

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Re:What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s g... by a3n on Sunday July 05, 2015 @09:32AM (#9833476)

> TV ads never claim to harvest my data to make ads "more relevant" to "my interests".

For now.

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Re:What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s g... by lolhackernews on Sunday July 05, 2015 @10:13AM (#9833620)

TV doesn't show you pictures of your actual father. That has a different emotional impact over a generic TV ad.

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Re:What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s g... by madeofpalk on Sunday July 05, 2015 @10:41PM (#9836392)

Neither did the post that the commenter was talking about. It was just a generic status update put out by a #Brand

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