I had a discussion about high-end coffee machines and looked one up on phone (not buying one!). Only FB app on phone is WhatsApp. Went on computer (guest mode on chromebook) to Facebok and I saw the very very very first high-end coffee maker ad in my life. Any plausible path?
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
I had been logged on my Facebook on the second computer. I literally have a Chromebook whose key purpose is for me to log on to Facebook in guest mode. (Part of my experiment in tracing these things). That computer has none of my accounts logged in. None. https://twitter.com/soupkitchen/status/1263623319946842113 …
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I know some will think it's the microphone but that's implausible (only FB app on phone is Whatsapp and I think we'd know) and also really burdensome (they are going to transcribe conversations?) and also why, why, why? Illegal, big risk, not necessary.https://twitter.com/proteantimes/status/1263623698520477697?s=20 …
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I normally tell people exactly that, but I systematically look at every Facebook ad I get and make note of any new category. Absolutely the first high-end coffee maker ad I have seen on Facebook ever in my life in at least last decade of being on Facebook.https://twitter.com/sextoyspolitics/status/1263624187534405633 …
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"A Bloody Fucking Legend" @sextoyspoliticsReplying to @zeynepSo it's POSSIBLE that this is just the first time you've ever *noticed* a high-end coffee machine ad, because you had them on your mind, and our brains do work that way. But I would also not be at all surprised if this was a case of tech surveillance.6 replies 10 retweets 88 likesShow this thread -
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Neither. I actually track the Facebook ads I see. And I know I didn't have a conversation recently about coffee makers, ahem, pandemic. Very few random conversations anymore!
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I know! That's my first answer to everyone. Hence my sanitized environment and tracking!
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