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Facebook suddenly started offering me

2023-11-09 00:05:02.834678+01 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Facebook suddenly started offering me ads for scammy looking "gut health" and similar supplements, and I was confused about where it got the idea that I might be remotely interested, until I realized that I'd clicked on a Pocket article about changing your mindset from the Firefox start page, which probably triggered a pseudo-science bit somewhere...

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#Comment Re: Facebook suddenly started offering me made: 2023-11-17 19:53:10.967634+01 by: Steven

Do not accept Facebook ads or suggestions. https://greasyfork.org/da/scripts/431970-fb-clean-my-feeds

#Comment Re: Facebook suddenly started offering me made: 2023-11-17 21:30:13.153106+01 by: markd

(from the men-are-pigs department), somehow Facebook showed me a women's lingerie ad, which I clicked on for a while. So about 90% of my ads now are at least nice to look at while scrolling by them.

What I *really* want are blocking the low-effort "What is your least favorite vegetable" posts that some big groups do, that my friends unfortunately answer, and now I get "your friend replied 'bananas'" appearing in my newsfeed)

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