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Not a Big Eyes Wide Shut Guy, But WTF
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2018 Sep 14, 9:02am 2,763 views 10 comments
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RWSGFY
2018 Sep 14, 10:12am
RWSGFY
2018 Sep 14, 10:12am
It's just the AI (you know, the one which is about take over all our jobs "very soon") doing excellent job matching ads with relevant articles. =))
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Automan Empire
2018 Sep 14, 10:20am
Automan Empire
2018 Sep 14, 10:20am
Meh... JUST poorly written dynamic ads. The only "crime" is pissing away their advertiser's money on impressions that will NEVER convert. Ever do a google search for something offbeat and get Ebay and Amazon ads offering it for sale?
Search: Bloated floating corpse
Ad: FIND THE BEST DEALS ON BLOATED FLOATING CORPSE ON EBAY!
(From my ogrish and rotten dot com days for context)
Search: Bloated floating corpse
Ad: FIND THE BEST DEALS ON BLOATED FLOATING CORPSE ON EBAY!
(From my ogrish and rotten dot com days for context)
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NuttBoxer
2018 Sep 14, 12:11pm
NuttBoxer
2018 Sep 14, 12:11pm
The subtlety that gets me is the text over the add. I'm an adult reading an adult article, being shown an image of VERY young girls with an text overlay that says "love has no labels".
Not creepy at all...
Not creepy at all...
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Automan Empire
2018 Oct 2, 10:55am
Automan Empire
2018 Oct 2, 10:55am
NuttBoxer says
No, it's not coincidence... it's shitty dynamic ad systems. The article has keywords like child tagged. The ad machine serves ads in places they are likely to bring conversions, like articles tagged with the word child. The only "sinister" aspect of the whole thing is how casually and willfully ad sellers piss away their advertisers' budgets by gladly serving up impressions that will NEVER convert.
Ok, you're telling me this is "just coincidence"?
No, it's not coincidence... it's shitty dynamic ad systems. The article has keywords like child tagged. The ad machine serves ads in places they are likely to bring conversions, like articles tagged with the word child. The only "sinister" aspect of the whole thing is how casually and willfully ad sellers piss away their advertisers' budgets by gladly serving up impressions that will NEVER convert.
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NuttBoxer
2018 Oct 2, 4:15pm
NuttBoxer
2018 Oct 2, 4:15pm
Yes, this explanation has been posted. But that doesn't explain the advertisement text. Try being a little bit darker for a moment. You see two little girls in an add with the text LOVE has no labels. Let a little double meaning drift into your interpretation of those words. Are you sure all they're selling is clothes..?
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Oct 3, 1:31pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Oct 3, 1:31pm
Automan Empire says
I got an ad for Cleaning Supplies before a Gwar Video.
I suppose that was relevant.
Meh... JUST poorly written dynamic ads. The only "crime" is pissing away their advertiser's money on impressions that will NEVER convert. Ever do a google search for something offbeat and get Ebay and Amazon ads offering it for sale?
I got an ad for Cleaning Supplies before a Gwar Video.
I suppose that was relevant.
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WookieMan
2018 Oct 3, 1:49pm
WookieMan
2018 Oct 3, 1:49pm
The ads are based on what you're searching/viewing. Don't be fooled that your ad blocker is stopping (any)everything if you have one. Or a VPN.
Someone is ALWAYS one step ahead of you.
Someone is ALWAYS one step ahead of you.
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NuttBoxer
2018 Oct 4, 10:25am
NuttBoxer
2018 Oct 4, 10:25am
I understand the responses stating that random adds can get inserted on pages. But still no one has provided an explanation for the text of the add, and that's what really makes it creepy.
But maybe I'm just paranoid and lots of normal parents thinking about shopping for their little girls when they're reading articles about bot brothels.