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  • SharkEatingBreakfast@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    What absolutely sucks about this is that I had carefully curated my subscriptions on RIF in order not to exacerbate my dumb mental health issues.

    Hell, I’ve read angry posts about people in recovery from addiction and alcohol saying how they keep seeing ads for beer or gambling and things like that.

    It’s horrifying!!

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      1 year ago

      The algorithm really doesn’t work when you are critical or sceptical over a subject. For instance crypto sceptics from r/buttcoin being shown binance ads. Yes, they do show an interest in crypto, but may be the least suceptible persons to that ad.

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        1 year ago

        It’s different with subs focused on addiction & recovery though.

        Maybe it’s a very bad idea to targeted knife ads in a suicide watch sub, you know? Susceptible people and all.

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      1 year ago

      people in recovery from addiction and alcohol saying how they keep seeing ads for beer or gambling

      Not that this is how it works, but I imagine a diligent algorithm looking at those individuals and that content, and then thinking “mhhmm this will generate maximum revenue!!”.