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[–] charles@social.charles.wiki 25 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It might be algorithmic targeting. Or AB testing. We live in a world where no one sees the same site anymore.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

man, if people only knew how deep that rabbithole was. At a company I worked at we'd sell ad buckets based not only who people were now, but who our models said they were probably likely to be in the future. It was a goldmine. CTR rate was extraordinary.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That’s insane, do you know what data it was trained on?

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I cant say without losing a lot of anonymity, sorry.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago

That’s understandable. Did you ever try to see your own future?