am I just paranoid?

[pugz]

I'm creeped out

[ringstrue]

really? I'm so trying this.

was it a side ad or in the main feed?

[irishbride2]

I'm pretty much convinced that FB can actually read minds. I swear I start to think I'm hungry and BOOM food ads.

FB is the devil.

[heyjude]

Zukerberg knows all.

[heyjude]

None of my current ads are on point.

[gpw]

Yes. FB can hear you. So can Jaide.

[josieposy]

Man oh man, I could sure use a free new car right about now.

*waits*

[rugbywife]

Nobody has noticed this before?? I have noticed it for years now…

I was just searching for cloth diaper detergents and now there is an ad for Tide. I figure it is part of giving your soul away to use things like FB.

[irishbride2]

May 30, 2014 15:03:32 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

Nobody has noticed this before?? I have noticed it for years now…

I was just searching for cloth diaper detergents and now there is an ad for Tide. I figure it is part of giving your soul away to use things like FB.

Right. That is a fact.

But she's talking about TALKING about those things...not searching for them. 

[gogadgetgo]

DH got a text from an old coworker that he hadn't talked to in months the other day. An hour later he got an email from amazon suggesting gift ideas for said person (whom he had bought a gift for years ago). He was ready to burn all the electronics.

[rugbywife]

May 30, 2014 15:04:42 GMT -5 irishbride2 said:

May 30, 2014 15:03:32 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

Nobody has noticed this before?? I have noticed it for years now…

I was just searching for cloth diaper detergents and now there is an ad for Tide. I figure it is part of giving your soul away to use things like FB.

Right. That is a fact.

But she's talking about TALKING about those things...not searching for them. 

I am an idiot. Reading fail. 

Or rather, read to the end of the post.

[irishbride2]

May 30, 2014 15:06:02 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

May 30, 2014 15:04:42 GMT -5 irishbride2 said:

Right. That is a fact.

But she's talking about TALKING about those things...not searching for them. 

I am an idiot. Reading fail.

End-of-school-year brain

We all have it

[pixy0stix]

I think you're just more predisposed to seeing and cognitively recognizing those adds because you were just talking about that subject. They've always been there, you just didn't notice them because they didn't pertain to you.

[tinfoilhat]

What the motherfuck? I just checked....... Suggested I like Macys. I went there last night. Suggested car gurus.com BMW 5 Series ad, which my husband is currently looking at. Suggested Nordstrom sandal sale, and I ordered TOMS Wedges in the store on Sunday. Maybe I need to empty my cache or some crap?

[pamela]

Do you have an android or apple device?

[debatethis]

I searched for a Boos block the other day for someone here re: a gift card to Sur La Table or something. I wasn't logged into FB anywhere. Next thing I know, I'm getting suggested ads on FB on my phone for Boos blocks.

[heyjude]

One or my ads is for the Reno Rodeo. FB is clearly not spying on me.

[pixy0stix]

May 30, 2014 15:20:38 GMT -5 debatethis said:

I searched for a Boos block the other day for someone here re: a gift card to Sur La Table or something. I wasn't logged into FB anywhere. Next thing I know, I'm getting suggested ads on FB on my phone for Boos blocks.

That's because the search shows up in your cookies.

[ringstrue]

If you actually went to that website then its nothing new. Its just retargeting ads.

www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#q=facebook+retargeting

[amandakisser]

I was chatting with my husband last night about buying our baby her first pair of walking shoes, when I decided to google, "when to buy baby's first walking shoes."

I had typed in, "when to buy" and the rest of the phrase auto-completed as the first suggestion.

[msmerymac]

Is this a good time to mention that I searched for those Chubbies shorts that Momi was talking about the other day and now they are ALWAYS popping up in my FB feed as ads? Ugh, I did NOT search for them because I want to buy them.

[lya]

I am oddly paranoid about accessing facebook using my phone. I don't have the app installed and have never logged in via my phone. This makes me feel better about that decision.

[debatethis]

May 30, 2014 15:22:25 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

May 30, 2014 15:20:38 GMT -5 debatethis said:

I searched for a Boos block the other day for someone here re: a gift card to Sur La Table or something. I wasn't logged into FB anywhere. Next thing I know, I'm getting suggested ads on FB on my phone for Boos blocks.

That's because the search shows up in your cookies.

Oh, ha, sorry - I searched on my laptop and then they showed up on my phone.

[heyjude]

May 30, 2014 15:55:47 GMT -5 lya said:

I am oddly paranoid about accessing facebook using my phone. I don't have the app installed and have never logged in via my phone. This makes me feel better about that decision.

This is .... Odd.

[mominatrix]

May 30, 2014 15:26:02 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Is this a good time to mention that I searched for those Chubbies shorts that Momi was talking about the other day and now they are ALWAYS popping up in my FB feed as ads? Ugh, I did NOT search for them because I want to buy them.

me too!

they're all over my FB and banner ads.  

They make me laugh, though, because they're all about WASPy guys enjoying boating or some shit.

[IIOY]

FB wants me to do a crash diet and join a dating site. FAIL

[lya]

May 30, 2014 16:04:50 GMT -5 heyjude said:

This is .... Odd.

I know it is .  I have trouble coming to terms with how un-private life has become sometimes.  This is one little way that I can pretend I can control it just a tiny bit.  I know that is crazy, pointless, and futile.  But, hey, it is what it is.  I lonly og in to Facebook maybe a couple of times a month anyway so its not like it has a daily impact on my life. 

[NitaX]

May 30, 2014 14:58:29 GMT -5 gpw said:

Yes. FB can hear you. So can Jaide.

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[pixy0stix]

May 30, 2014 16:04:11 GMT -5 debatethis said:

May 30, 2014 15:22:25 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

That's because the search shows up in your cookies.

Oh, ha, sorry - I searched on my laptop and then they showed up on my phone.

FB collects data even when it's not open in a browser through your cookies. Since you didn't clear your cookies the data was collected and showed up on FB later. There's a lot of sites that do this.

Additionally, you might have visited FB in the intervening time and didn't even think about what you were doing. What we do on the computer is so automatic that sometimes we'll claim we didn't do something, but in fact we did.

I'm not saying you're a liar that you didn't visit, but it's the most logical explanation.

[pamela]

May 30, 2014 16:12:22 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

May 30, 2014 15:18:19 GMT -5 pamela said:

Do you have an android or apple device?

Android.

I thought I remember hearing something about this. First hit on google search "android device listen"
www.slashgear.com/open-mic-new-android-phones-will-always-be-listening-15290445/