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Post by msapple on Mar 14, 2014 12:10:34 GMT -5
Alright, I have nothing to back this up, except my own account. Believe me or not, this is what happened.
The other day, I was speaking to my brother; basically, I was telling him how much I loved Kraft Dinner when you put a tad of Ketchup in it (some people think thats gross lol). We had no Ketchup or Kraft Dinner, so I was saying how we should go pick some up, and as it was before the "End of the World" date (Dec 21st), I jokingly added that we should "Stock up on it", as well as plent of Kraft Dinner.
So here comes the wierd part:
The next day, I logged into facebook, and BAM!
Right there in my news feed, is Kraft Dinner. Never before had it appeared, not even as an advertisement; 1 day after my conversation, there it was.
I am Goddam crazy? Or is Facebook Listening?
This was a real life conversation, which took place in my kitchen at home, and was not conducted on the internet. I have never search for Kraft Dinner on the internet before that.
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Post by augustusmasonicus on Mar 14, 2014 13:46:29 GMT -5
maybe, maybe not
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Post by fr33dom on Mar 14, 2014 19:41:27 GMT -5
No, Facebook is not.
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Post by thesanone on Mar 14, 2014 19:58:34 GMT -5
Define "is" please.
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Post by paranormalskits on Mar 14, 2014 21:42:20 GMT -5
No, there is usually a lot more on Facebook, some of it interesting, most of it not. It's called targeted advertising and it's everywhere.
Every thing you Google search is logged and ads thrust in your very direction. I just hope my mother never sees some of the collection of ads I have build up over the years.
(For the record, they are usually cookie based, so they won't follow you forever, quick cleanup does the job)
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Post by Apollo_18 on Mar 14, 2014 22:33:02 GMT -5
After reading your OP with text in it, I'd put it down to coincidence.
Unless you did a search on the dinners.
They didn't hit you with ketchup ads along with the Kraft dinner ads did they?
Then, no they are not "listening", just possibly targeting if you searched for the dinners, if not I stick with coincidence.
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Post by BlackHawk on Mar 15, 2014 6:43:57 GMT -5
Yes, it is "listening". t's really just a way to funnel us ads based on our likes and a ton of other data. It's a tool for companies to take our money more efficiently.
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Post by stolenpony on Mar 15, 2014 7:00:36 GMT -5
It's not FaceBook that's listening to you. It's targeted advertising. Happens to me all the time.
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Post by voltaire on Mar 15, 2014 7:52:40 GMT -5
Alright, I have nothing to back this up, except my own account. Believe me or not, this is what happened. The other day, I was speaking to my brother; basically, I was telling him how much I loved Kraft Dinner when you put a tad of Ketchup in it (some people think thats gross lol). We had no Ketchup or Kraft Dinner, so I was saying how we should go pick some up, and as it was before the "End of the World" date (Dec 21st), I jokingly added that we should "Stock up on it", as well as plent of Kraft Dinner. So here comes the wierd part: The next day, I logged into facebook, and BAM! Right there in my news feed, is Kraft Dinner. Never before had it appeared, not even as an advertisement; 1 day after my conversation, there it was. I am Goddam crazy? Or is Facebook Listening? This was a real life conversation, which took place in my kitchen at home, and was not conducted on the internet. I have never search for Kraft Dinner on the internet before that. There is an option in FB settings where you can agree whether or not to allow advertising according to your likes, but perhaps the algorithms now pick up on 'wall' conversations, it wouldn't surprise me at all. It's a bit like Twitter if you happen to mention a key word in conversation, for example "sheds", and all of a sudden you are followed by several commercial shed companies.
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Post by nikita on Mar 15, 2014 16:46:26 GMT -5
You must be Canadian.
"Kraft Dinner" ... In America it's Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. It's crazy to look the Canadian box. It's the same font and colors as the US version. Oh Canada...you're like the bizaro America!
P.S. I like mine w/ketchup too!
ETA: I need to find a Canadian to send me some of those ketchup flavored potato chips...
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