▲ 1029 ▼ Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted teens with advertisements based on their ‘emotional state’ (techcrunch.com) submitted 1 year ago* by dwazou@jlai.lu to c/technology@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (1 child) I wonder how prevalent adblocking is among the younger generations Speaking of advertising being a science like another person commented, it means it's data driven. https://backlinko.com/ad-blockers-users https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-july-global-statshot Lots and lots: https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=how+prevalent+is+adblocking+by+generation But more to the point: Women in every generation block less ads however, which I found interesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IllNess@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago My theory is women, while they do look at porn, look at porn less. Men will seek out a particular type of porn or a specific video and will not stop until they find it. They are also less likely to go on websites that abuse popups like sports streaming channels. Also I think women are also more likely to use social media which usually don't have ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (1 child) I wonder how prevalent adblocking is among the younger generations Speaking of advertising being a science like another person commented, it means it's data driven. https://backlinko.com/ad-blockers-users https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-july-global-statshot Lots and lots: https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=how+prevalent+is+adblocking+by+generation But more to the point: Women in every generation block less ads however, which I found interesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IllNess@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago My theory is women, while they do look at porn, look at porn less. Men will seek out a particular type of porn or a specific video and will not stop until they find it. They are also less likely to go on websites that abuse popups like sports streaming channels. Also I think women are also more likely to use social media which usually don't have ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago My theory is women, while they do look at porn, look at porn less. Men will seek out a particular type of porn or a specific video and will not stop until they find it. They are also less likely to go on websites that abuse popups like sports streaming channels. Also I think women are also more likely to use social media which usually don't have ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent