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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Nov 2017

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Clara Jeffery

      Stop tracking, profiling, and exploiting us with behavioural advertising and we will.https://twitter.com/ClaraJeffery/status/931595231711059968 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Clara JefferyVerified account @ClaraJeffery
      Digital media start ups are imploding. Alt weeklies are shuttering Glossy mags facing huge cutbacks. Find the journalism you care about and SUPPORT it.
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      4 replies 31 retweets 80 likes
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    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Nov 2017

      So @betterblocker currently blocks ~17 trackers on @MotherJones, @ClaraJeffery You get rid of those, and then let’s talk about people supporting your journalism. Because, right now, I don’t see journalism, I see behavioural advertising.pic.twitter.com/TBSoyYY1hr

      2 replies 18 retweets 35 likes
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    3. Clara Jeffery‏Verified account @ClaraJeffery 17 Nov 2017
      Replying to @aral @betterblocker @MotherJones

      Most of those are our internal analytics, which I presume you know. And readers are free to use services such as yours. And...what journalism do you support? And how?

      3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Grady Booch‏Verified account @Grady_Booch 17 Nov 2017
      Replying to @ClaraJeffery @aral and

      What, exactly, are “internal analytics” and would they have any meaning if decoupled from the context of the individual?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Clara Jeffery‏Verified account @ClaraJeffery 17 Nov 2017
      Replying to @Grady_Booch @aral and

      Tools that help us measure traffic, time on site, etc.

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Nov 2017
      Replying to @ClaraJeffery @Grady_Booch and

      Nope. Those are tag managers, pixel trackers, and third-party ad networks. They are there to track, profile, and monetise people based on their behaviour. If you truly believe what you just wrote, pls have a talk with your tech team because those are not what you think they are.

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        2. Grady Booch‏Verified account @Grady_Booch 17 Nov 2017
          Replying to @aral @ClaraJeffery and

          Exactly, Aral..that is exactly the point: decouple those “internal analytics” from the individual being targeted, and the vast majority of that data is meaningless

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