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No wonder everyone's so batshit insane if so many of them aren't using adblock. It's like when I learned how many people who weren't Trump supporters were actually watching videos of Trump speeches.
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I'm hooked on these Defunctland videos and I never even been to Disney. They're really interesting and I love to see Disney gently caress up
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It took me literally a minute to figure out the actual name Pick Me Ups
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Calaveron posted:These unskippable 15 second twee and unbearable google commercials really make me want to not spend money on google I Will Kill Google One Day
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I got you, fam
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Hector Delgado posted:I'm hooked on these Defunctland videos and I never even been to Disney. They're really interesting and I love to see Disney gently caress up pretty rare to see a dedicated michael eisner fan.
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Taeke posted:About a year ago I had a kid staying over that made these really cool Harry Potter wands out of knitting needles and clay and stuff, really creative and he was good at it. He used youtube videos as guides and inspiration, so for about a week it'd be like 2 hours of Harry Potter diy videos on repeat. I thought you could just delete things from your watch history if you don't want them to affect your suggestions and stuff?
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Put this in your watch history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMTHwjy6Z8
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timefly posted:I thought you could just delete things from your watch history if you don't want them to affect your suggestions and stuff? I do that but I think it only works for youtube recommendations, which perfectly line up with what I actually watch and enjoy because I take care to keep my watch history clean. Hell, it even seems to take time of day into account. During the day it's mostly music, documentaries etc. and in the evening/at night it's mostly audiobooks and let's plays, which tracks with my viewing habits. I honestly can't think of a different reason why Facebook thinks I'm obsessed with Harry Potter other than what I described. It's honestly really weird how hard it's pushing that poo poo and how bad the poo poo is it pushes. Like, the occasional Marvel stuff I see is at least somewhat interesting like news about the franchise or actors or whatever instead of the tumbler fanfic poo poo.
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handwich https://youtu.be/CT37IyTJQy4
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"MarketWatch used one of my tweets in their story without asking"
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the holy poopacy posted:We bought our first house earlier this year so there have been a lot of tools and stuff we've had to buy. The algorithm does an excellent job of serving up ads for things that we just bought. Not even general types of things, the specific item. If we just ordered a DeWalt power drill it doesn't serve up ads for competing power drills or other DeWalt tools, it gives us a week's worth of ads for DeWalt power drills. It's so specific as to be worthless. I tried to find documentation for a niche product called Dell Boomi (lol whoever named it makes too much). Holy poo poo every loving ad for the next 2 months was for that shitpile.
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Would actually be a pretty good name for an edibles brand.
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Taeke posted:I do that but I think it only works for youtube recommendations, which perfectly line up with what I actually watch and enjoy because I take care to keep my watch history clean. Hell, it even seems to take time of day into account. During the day it's mostly music, documentaries etc. and in the evening/at night it's mostly audiobooks and let's plays, which tracks with my viewing habits. I kinda wonder if it's some sort of default thing because I'm also spammed with harry potter poo poo and I havent been interested in the series since I was like....in middle school?
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Taeke posted:About a year ago I had a kid staying over that made these really cool Harry Potter wands out of knitting needles and clay and stuff, really creative and he was good at it. He used youtube videos as guides and inspiration, so for about a week it'd be like 2 hours of Harry Potter diy videos on repeat. Press three dots next to video name, select "don't recommend this again". Problem solved
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Xun posted:I kinda wonder if it's some sort of default thing because I'm also spammed with harry potter poo poo and I havent been interested in the series since I was like....in middle school? Yeah, Facebook seems to go through phases of interest without any apparent relationship with anything I'm talking about or looking up online. First it was Harry Potter, then Marvel movies, then horror, now it's easy dessert recipes. Since there's no way to tell it "quit with the Harry Potter listicles", I had to individually block every Harry Potter fanpage on Facebook before it got the message. Advertisements, on the other hand, will target me with laser accuracy based on things I've mentioned verbally to my wife one time and never looked up online. Creeps me out every time. Edit: VVVVVV I've had uBlock Origin installed for years and I'm not about to spend any more time keeping up with the latest in adblockery. It doesn't seem to work for Facebook feed ads, but I only notice them when I mention that we need to pick up new sheets next time we're at Costco and suddenly the next 5 ads are bedsheets. Qylvaran has a new favorite as of 19:42 on Dec 1, 2021 |
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I'd tell you all to get AdBlock, but if not thank you for your sacrifice
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Memento posted:"MarketWatch used one of my tweets in their story without asking" Lol but also charge yer drat phone
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timefly posted:I thought you could just delete things from your watch history if you don't want them to affect your suggestions and stuff? It doesn't help. Hell, I've had watch history completely disabled for years so it only keys off my Liked videos, and I still get recommended trash including videos I've actively hit dislike, do not recommend, etc. There's no escaping the algorithm.
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SkyeAuroline posted:It doesn't help. Hell, I've had watch history completely disabled for years so it only keys off my Liked videos, and I still get recommended trash including videos I've actively hit dislike, do not recommend, etc. There's no escaping the algorithm. Youtube is like the Fallout 4 dialogue system: Subscribe = Yes Like = Yes Dislike = Yes (sarcastic) Report = Yes (reluctant)
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Alhazred posted:I actually like this marketing move. It's fifty years since homosexuality was decriminalized in Norway and to celebrate that the mail service made a commercial about a man falling in love with Santa: i love "come dancing" as a minced oath
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Qylvaran posted:Yeah, Facebook seems to go through phases of interest without any apparent relationship with anything I'm talking about or looking up online. First it was Harry Potter, then Marvel movies, then horror, now it's easy dessert recipes. Since there's no way to tell it "quit with the Harry Potter listicles", I had to individually block every Harry Potter fanpage on Facebook before it got the message. I realise it's a trite, unhelpful thing to say but if you stop using Facebook, all of these problems will go away.
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There's an add-on called "Facebook container" which specifically blocks facebook from tracking you outside of facebook
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Fun fact: about 15 years ago Aussie mainstay Vegemite decided to release a new variant of its incredibly salty spread, with a cheese flavouring. They held a contest to determine the name of the new flavour. The winner? After massive public backlash and buzz about what a poo poo name it was they changed it to a more sensible 'vegemite cheesybite', which made everyone wonder if it was some sort of new/classic coke marketing gambit to court attention.
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And meanwhile every single person I know just shook their head and said "license the loving Cheesymite brand off Baker's Delight and be done with it you colossal morons".
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Mescal posted:i love "come dancing" as a minced oath Oh, COME DANCING! Strictly COME DANCING! This is BALLROOM! Quit being such a Great British Bake-off about it!
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Admittedly I did call you an E*stender, but in my defense I used a soft 'r'.
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Memento posted:And meanwhile every single person I know just shook their head and said "license the loving Cheesymite brand off Baker's Delight and be done with it you colossal morons". Yeah but Baker's Delight would have asked for an absolute fortune I imagine. And Kraft head office in America prolly wouldn't go for that
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Cheddamite was right there.
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MrYenko posted:Cheddamite was right there.
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Life sentence for cheddamy in the first degree.
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Nothing worse than anti-cheddamites. Lactose intolerant assholes.
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https://twitter.com/EPCSheriff/status/1466893200962977794
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This is nothing short of transcendent, the more you think about it the dumber it gets until it wraps around to amazing.
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🎶 So be good for goodness' sake 🎶
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Relevant context for those like me who weren't aware of it: Just 3 days ago on Friday, a 15 year old in Michigan shot up his school and killed 4 classmates with the gun he got as an "early christmas gift" the weekend before.
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