swamp
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Post by swamp on Jan 31, 2022 11:59:02 GMT -5
I was reading some article FBs algorithms recommended to me.
One of the comments:
Racism no longer exists because Elon Musk is one of the worlds richest men and he’s African American.
I can’t even.
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Tennesseer
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Oy vey.
Jan 31, 2022 12:08:14 GMT -5
Post by Tennesseer on Jan 31, 2022 12:08:14 GMT -5
Stupidity knows no bounds.
Other than the rich part, 'they' said that about Obama after he was elected too.
Racism only got worse.
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buystoys
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Oy vey.
Jan 31, 2022 12:11:00 GMT -5
Post by buystoys on Jan 31, 2022 12:11:00 GMT -5
What are you clicking on to get those recommendations! lol
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Tiny
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Oy vey.
Jan 31, 2022 12:37:19 GMT -5
Post by Tiny on Jan 31, 2022 12:37:19 GMT -5
I think the FB algorithms take into account what is trending with your friends and possibly even the pages you "subscribe to" or join and then present some of that stuff to you (even if you've never accessed anything like that in the past). Facebook also tracks (by looking at your 'cookies"?) what things you've looked at online.
Facebook knows I occasionally shop for winter boots on line (and sometimes to make the ads I see on most pages be less annoying - I will look for winter boots on line so all my ads for a few weeks are about winter boots). A facebook friend did a splurge spend of some specialty very decorative shoe/boots - by some unique brand and low and behold all my winter snow boot ads changed to the ads for the unique brand showing me artsy unique shoe/booties.
Ocassionally, I get youtube/facebook/amazon recommendations/Ads in Spanish. I'm not sure if these sites are using my "zip code" and assuming I am Hispanic (like 85% of the residents in my zipcode or it's because I watch a lot of foreign TV/Movies (prefer original language with subtitles but will sometimes go with the dubbed version) on Netflix (and maybe Hulu, Disney, Crunchyroll)
(I have noticed more recent movies/shows have better subtitles - that try to convey the idioms or play on words or textual jokes (name of a store or wording on the side of a service truck) from the original script. Which I think is pretty cool. )
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swamp
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Post by swamp on Jan 31, 2022 12:59:55 GMT -5
What are you clicking on to get those recommendations! lol I don’t remember what website I was on but it was a very good article about the pervasiveness of racism. The comments though. Wow. |
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