Grosssss, MFP!

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  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited January 2020
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    Google, you don't know me at all. I'm neither in the market for a car (Toyota) or a mortgage (Lending Tree).

    I got LendingTree today too, as well as H&R Block, Wayfair, and my favorite, an amazon ad for "HumpFat," which seems to be a camel-based fat (in which I am not interested).

    I have used Wayfair, and I will eventually do my taxes, although not using H&R Block, so I'll call that a 33% success ratio.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Today I have “color by number to reduce stress” and Avocado ads. Both seem Germaine to my interests.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Today I have this. It's funny how the AI combined what google thinks I'm interested in. It thinks I'm an owner of a company (wrong) and that I like games (right). This is what it came up with:
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  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Oh, great, now I'm getting "stop underarm sweat now." ;-)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    RunsWithBees wrote: »
    I’m a runner so the algorithms probably pick up on my posts about running. Most of the advertisements I get are for running shoes, arch support insets and the like. What the technology fails to grasp is that I’m actually a barefoot runner! :D:D:D it’s hilarious because I have absolutely no intention of buying any of that stuff! :D:D:D

    This is a hilarious example of targeted ad failure!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    For the most part, I do a good job of employing methods to prevent ad exposure, but Michael Bloomberg has managed to creep into a few spots, perhaps the MapMyFitness app?
  • lkpducky
    lkpducky Posts: 17,645 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Several years ago, an American friend who lives in Berlin and I (Deep South) got irritated by the ads Facebook was throwing at us so we decided to have a contest to see who could get the worst ad in our feed.

    We both went in and put the craziest stuff we could think of under our interests and so on.

    We were having a blast giggling over the ads, forwarding one another screen shots, til one day she messaged me in a panic and said she was getting invitations to join the Nazi party.

    At that point we both closed our FB accounts and now use nom de plumes on FB.

    I always wonder about that deactivated, orphaned account out there that liked Nine Inch Nails and had....um......50 Shades of Grey proclivities. I should’ve gotten creativity points, if nothing else.

    How can anyone do that without getting their account shut down with the demand that they use their real name?
    I had added a jokey name to my first name and used that, and I got locked out. FB demanded that I submit a government ID and use my real name "people get to know you so much better when you use your real name" (imagine cloying voice). My husband does not want his last name on FB so I had to create a whole new account with my maiden name.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,284 Member
    if Facebook thinks it is a real name they allow it.

    When I didnt want to join FB but just wanted to be part of a group I made an account in my dogs name. Just made it into a human-y seeming name and it was accepted.
    eg Ollie Boy (as made up example)

    ( I didnt want to get to know people so not being able to do that was a moot point)
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Yeah, I know a few people who have FB accounts for their dog (dog name + their last name, photo of the dog), as well as one with a longtime account in the name of a literary character (again, it's pretty obvious).
  • cosmichvoyager
    cosmichvoyager Posts: 237 Member
    edited January 2020
    I was just posting about using ad blockers in this thread so I wonder if my comment will be approved.
  • cosmichvoyager
    cosmichvoyager Posts: 237 Member
    edited January 2020
    ok wow so the word A D B L O C K E R P L U S (without spaces) is flagged on here, I just tried to post it again and comment was flagged as needing to be approved. Good to know, if I disappear this is why <3 u all

    Particularly interesting as the original poster in this thread is complaining about seeing an ad that is really gross and anytime I have had ads enabled randomly on MFP, half of them are for quack fad diets that definitely are a scam or fast food.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,023 Member
    I don't see any ads. My life is boring I guess? haha
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,023 Member
    cosmichvoyager wrote: »
    ok wow so the word A D B L O C K E R P L U S (without spaces) is flagged on here, I just tried to post it again and comment was flagged as needing to be approved. Good to know, if I disappear this is why <3 u all

    Particularly interesting as the original poster in this thread is complaining about seeing an ad that is really gross and anytime I have had ads enabled randomly on MFP, half of them are for quack fad diets that definitely are a scam or fast food.

    I have the same and MFP will never approve this little secret to get rid of the ads. ;)
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    I get ones for cruises, cute summer dresses, and bootees.

    I’ve now got a cruise booked for next year taking me to Barcelona and Venice, two cities I’ve wanted to visit forever.

    (If you browse MFP Forum on your phone using the website- no ads!)

    Cheers, h.

    Same here about the cute dresses...cruises etc etc :smile:

    You will LOVE Barcelona and ADORE Venicia :smile:

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,481 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    Yeah, I know a few people who have FB accounts for their dog (dog name + their last name, photo of the dog), as well as one with a longtime account in the name of a literary character (again, it's pretty obvious).

    Yep. Exactly this. The only reason I keep FB is because I run the neighborhood FB, newsletter and website. Once I can pawn that task off on somebody else, buh-bye FB.

    Oh, and today’s lucky dip?

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  • wmweeza
    wmweeza Posts: 319 Member
    The ads shown to me are all clothing ads, it makes sense because I've replaced all my clothes this last year
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    I've been doing post-CES follow up research and my ads are now filled with drones, cute robots, rideable luggage, and automatic litterboxes.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,260 Member
    edited January 2020
    Interesting about the blocker plus post. My post that I couldn't find was a link to one's Google ad sense ad settings as provided by Google for the management of what one sees from them and their partners
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Interesting about the blocker plus post. My post that I couldn't find was a link to one's Google ad sense ad settings as provided by Google for the management of what one sees from them and their partners

    Interesting. My post for google ad settings is still there.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,260 Member
    edited January 2020
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Interesting about the blocker plus post. My post that I couldn't find was a link to one's Google ad sense ad settings as provided by Google for the management of what one sees from them and their partners

    Interesting. My post for google ad settings is still there.

    and my post was actually saying "further to @amusedmonkey 's link", you could also click... etc :smile: specifically because I found that setting by following your link initially.
  • CricketClover
    CricketClover Posts: 388 Member
    Sorry to be the weirdo that brings a slightly older (is a week old?) thread back to life. I just saw this link at the bottom of my MFP main page. There is talk about the advertising.

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    Also, after posting the picture I see another link above the highlighted one that says AdChoices, will investigate that one now.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    I'm getting just about every hotel chain banner ad possible (Hilton, Bonvoy, etc), and investment firms. My search history must be boring AF.

    Depends. What have you been doin' in all those hotel rooms, huh? :D
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    CricketClover wrote: »
    Sorry to be the weirdo that brings a slightly older (is a week old?) thread back to life. I just saw this link at the bottom of my MFP main page. There is talk about the advertising.

    w4vo5m2aqydr.png

    Also, after posting the picture I see another link above the highlighted one that says AdChoices, will investigate that one now.

    Those last two links do not appear for my account, you must be in the EU.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited January 2020
    At the moment I've got the Chicago Art Institute and an SUV ad, but consistently over this past week I've been getting tax-related ones, ads from a local high-rise, and lots and lots of ads for property in Florida. I was going to joke about the latter, but then it hit me -- I'm being targeted as an old. Sigh.

    (Ugh, and also getting "pest defender" with lots of photos of mice partying it up in someone's kitchen.)
  • CricketClover
    CricketClover Posts: 388 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    CricketClover wrote: »
    Sorry to be the weirdo that brings a slightly older (is a week old?) thread back to life. I just saw this link at the bottom of my MFP main page. There is talk about the advertising.

    w4vo5m2aqydr.png

    Also, after posting the picture I see another link above the highlighted one that says AdChoices, will investigate that one now.

    Those last two links do not appear for my account, you must be in the EU.

    Nope, I'm in US. Maybe a premium feature?
  • tuckerrj
    tuckerrj Posts: 1,453 Member
    Anything I search for on Amazon automatically starts popping up in my ads on FaceBook. ALWAYS! So those two are either connected, or I'm not as good at eliminating the 'cookies' on my PC as I thought I was.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    Apparently, I need a cruise.

    I'm okay with that. ;)

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