Facebook ate my marriage
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Chris Brogan complains about Facebook showing him NSFW ads. Clearly their targeting mechanism is askew. Like in my case.
Well, at least they have the 30+ part right.
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[...] Advertising: Contextual advertising may not be effective Alex over at RWW gives some analysis on the effective ability of contextual ads in Facebook and other social networks. He draws the conclusion that they are really not that accurate. I’ve had some situations where the ads served as very, very targeted and accurate. (salsa dancing teaching in SF, which is what I like to do and where I live…all in my profile). On the other hand, there’s direct proof it’s not working at all. [...]
I see ‘break-up’ ads all the time when I first log in and my heart skips a beat thinking my boyfriend ended our relationship via Facebook. And my very thin friend constantly gets weight-loss product ads which is just funny.
I disagree that because you’re married they’re off-target to feed you personals ads. It should just be adultfriendfinder instead of thirtyplussingles.