I can't believe I'm going to defend Facebook here, but it's totally misleading to say "Facebook targeted" them. Some anti-gay nutjob targeted them via Facebook's ad platform. Facebook removed it when brought to their attention.https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2018/8/27/facebook-reportedly-targeted-lgbtq-users-gay-cure-ads?amp&__twitter_impression=true …
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Replying to @kevin_bowen
as usual, the problem isn't 'a thing happened' so much as 'a system is in place where this thing can happen'
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Replying to @palecur
Right, but I can't imagine how you could design a system where this thing couldn't happen (without causing way worse problems).
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Replying to @kevin_bowen @palecur
really? seems simple enough. micro-targeted ads are qualitatively different than most of what advertising has been in the past. facebook is creepy because it built the entire business model on this premise.
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Replying to @danlistensto @palecur
Well yeah, doing away with targeted advertising would work, but I don't think that's what most people want. I'd rather no ads, but prefer relevant ads to irrelevant ads.
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I bet you don't. I bet you actually prefer contextually relevant directed search advice. That is almost what google does (or one of their products anyway) and not at all what facebook does.
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