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I can't stress it enough to these companies - you can't tailor make something for me by what I am sending or searching. Its only going to aggravate me

Posted by TwinkLander (aka Epiphany) Jan 24 '12, 14:04

does this work on anyone? yahoo shows you news articles they think you would be interested in. they miss.

pinterest thinks cause I looked a photo of one tree house I now want to see all tree houses. It can't know in my brain why that one tree house stood out to me.

I can't believe they don't get the concept that it can't be done effectively.

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They can try to target me all they want. AdBlockPlus means I never see their ads, so it's irrelevant whether they know me or not. - TWuG Jan 24, 14:20 1
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That's not what they want. They want to be able to behaviorally target you in advertising. - Kim Pine Jan 24, 14:06 7
- from a marketing stand point - it makes sense for them but it's just not going to work for me - I talk a lot about dieting - TwinkLander Jan 24, 14:12 6
  - case in point: amazon just suggested I buy an autographed manning shirt. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 24, 14:31
  - I trust that their algorithm is going to be a little more advanced than word association. - Beryllium Jan 24, 14:19
  - But do you search for diet stuff? If they do what Yahoo did (and pretty effectively, actually), they'll have an algorithm that can determine - Kim Pine Jan 24, 14:15 3
    - diet stuff? no. probably a lot of receipes though. I look up lyrics a lot but I'm not going to buy those songs. its like I know what I need - TwinkLander Jan 24, 14:23 2
      - Yahoo doesn't target you based on one search. It's frequency, recency, and other assorted fun stuff. - Kim Pine Jan 24, 14:23 1
        
        interesting - okay I am going to pay attention and see what it says. may be they do know me? - TwinkLander Jan 24, 14:25
do you like Netflix's suggestions? -- nm - colin Jan 24, 14:06 3
- that's probably the best application so far - but they still miss. or suggest things I have already seen ( which is useless to me) -- nm - TwinkLander Jan 24, 14:10 2
  - I wish there was a "Stop Showing Forever" option... - colin Jan 24, 14:11 1
    - I rarely pay attention to it - I pay less attention to google ads. I need a " add free, recommendation free app" can someone do that? - TwinkLander Jan 24, 14:13

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