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What your ads say about you
Earlier today, I was combing through my Facebook and wondering about the little ads that appear to the right. Do you think people take it personally when they are reminded they have bad complexion, or might have a few extra pounds to lose in the gut? Is the ad server hooked up to a camera?
Consider those ads warning you of hair in “unsightly places.” Are we providing too much information in our profile? Or is there a deeper conspiracy to scan the words we use when chatting and posting…
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December 7, 2009 - 7:37 pm
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Inner Nerd
December 4, 2009 - 2:36 pm
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“I embraced my inner nerd – the jury called it ‘choking,’ but that is just semantics.”
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Social Media is History
November 25, 2009 - 4:16 pm
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There. I said it.
This notion of “citizen journalism” and “conversations” and “participation” is history.
And here is the proof:
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Different Strings
November 13, 2009 - 8:32 am
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B.S. Degree
November 9, 2009 - 5:40 pm
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“Thanks to Social Media, we’re all now qualified to grant ourselves honorary doctorates from the University of Me.”
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Spell it out for me
August 18, 2009 - 12:03 am
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From Twitter:
As tempting as it might be to click on what I’m most certain is an “adult-dating” site, you have to wonder about how successful “Laci Casey” will be with a screen name that phoenetically reads “Do-w-your-herpes.”
Not to be outdone, the irrepessible SkateHank followed up with this gem of marketing:
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Be Where the Talk Happens
“Stake out the watercooler all day long, but you can’t make people drink your Kool-aid; however, if you’re not at the watercooler at all, you can be sure no one will sample it.”
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Mathematical Marketing
“Ads now feature 3-ply toilet paper, a 4G network and 5-bladed razors; you’ll soon need a math degree to go shopping.”
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The End of the Ostrich
June 17, 2009 - 1:44 pm
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“You can’t stick your head in the sand without showing your ass to the world.”
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June 29, 2009 - 6:42 pm
I don’t think there is any consipracy at all, as in something concealed – I think it is very blatant. Since my recent trip to Vegas for a Project Management seminar my ads are dominated by Vegas/casino related ads – so they’re either scanning status updates for key words or they’re logging the location that the internet connection originates from or both
June 30, 2009 - 10:06 pm
I’m going with too much revealed. We are an ugly bunch especially up close.
July 1, 2009 - 12:54 am
I don’t know.
I had a facebook ad which thought I wanted to date a Penguin fan. Ummm… I don’t think so… not on purpose. I would not buy a tshirt for the experience.
They might not be tracking you with a camera but maybe with status messages.
Though they should know I am NOT a Pens fan.
July 14, 2009 - 11:11 pm
Sometimes the auto ads are so ironic in relation to the blog post that I do a screenshot and write a post about it.
Kinda like putting condoms on the tampon isle?….