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Post by gogadgetgo on May 30, 2014 15:05:39 GMT -5
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.
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.
Post by tinfoilhat on May 30, 2014 15:14:48 GMT -5
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?
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”
― William Gibson
Post by debatethis on May 30, 2014 15:20:38 GMT -5
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.
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.
Post by amandakisser on May 30, 2014 15:24:18 GMT -5
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.