"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
06/14/2016 at 02:23 • Filed to: None
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"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
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Kinja thinks I’m a lonely, middle-aged dude. Or maybe even a lonely, middle-aged dudette, I suppose.
For the record, I’m married and under 30.
TheHondaBro
> Alfalfa
06/14/2016 at 02:49 |
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Well it looks like we now know what your search history entails.
You've been looking at Mercury Cougars, haven't you?
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Alfalfa
> TheHondaBro
06/14/2016 at 03:00 |
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Guilty.
Sam
> Alfalfa
06/14/2016 at 03:55 |
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I get creeped out by targeted advertising, but at least it's sometimes services and products I'd consider. Getting ads for Miller Lite (I'm 20), Adam & Eve (I'm not in the market for that at all), or even new cars (again, I'm 20, I'm not going to buy an $80,000 Volvo) are just irrelevant and annoying.
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Alfalfa
> Sam
06/14/2016 at 04:20 |
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The ones that really weird me out is when it shows a link and picture to the exact item I was looking at, usually on Amazon or Musician’s Friend. Also, I’m pretty certain Facebook thinks I’m gay.
McMike
> Alfalfa
06/14/2016 at 05:10 |
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I have been looking at Gorilla costume and boy’s clothes ads all week because of
this.
for Michigan
> Alfalfa
06/14/2016 at 05:16 |
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You might want to check your “Interested In” field on your profile. I kept getting ads for gay dating sites on Facebook even though I was listed as in a relationship with a woman. Turns out, somebody got into my account and changed my preference to men instead of women.
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Sam
> Alfalfa
06/14/2016 at 08:19 |
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Maybe Facebook knows something about you that not even you know? Maybe you are a sleep-homosexual and you don’t even know it? Maybe your browsing habits are similar to a gay man? Maybe someone is trolling you?
Or most likely of all, it’s just an algorithm failure.
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Alfalfa
> Sam
06/14/2016 at 09:06 |
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Honestly, I think it’s a combination of 2 of those. I have a fair amount of stereotypically homosexual hobbies. Which also means roughly half of my guy friends are gay. But in the other hand, I have just as many stereotypical “straight man” hobbies, and my Facebook shows that I’m married to a woman. Maybe I’m just breaking Facebook’s algorithms.
luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
> Alfalfa
06/14/2016 at 10:03 |
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That’s called retargeting. When you were on Amazon or MF a cookie was saved on your computer. Amazon and MF (and others) pay google a fee so that when you go to a website that uses google ads and you have a cookie from Amazon etc., they will show you a relevant ad.
JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> Alfalfa
06/14/2016 at 11:03 |
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I get somewhat similar ones, but they are specifically for the town I live in. And since I’m only 18, it’s for “young professionals"
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Alfalfa
> luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
06/14/2016 at 20:41 |
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I know how they do it, but it’s still weird to see.
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Alfalfa
> for Michigan
06/14/2016 at 20:42 |
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I’ve pretty much always had it blank, and it still is when I just checked. It just seems weird to put an answer when I’m married and not necessarily “interested” in any options...
So maybe they just think I’m bisexual.
Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
> McMike
06/15/2016 at 00:57 |
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Seriously, thanks for that post on the gorilla costume. I really needed a good laugh today, as it sucked big time.
450X_FTW
> Alfalfa
06/15/2016 at 13:15 |
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What’s crazy, is now your posting of this ad, is in the place of the dating ad, on your own article!