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points by jolt42 2 days ago | 0 comments

It seems they don't know you already bought it, which... maybe they don't and do you want them to?

This happens on places like amazon too, that know I bought a toaster, then show me sponsored results for 50 more toasters.

[–] Tyr42 2 days ago

I think they theory is that you are more likely to have some sort of buyers remorse and return that toaster and buy a new one than a baseline person is to suddenly buy a toaster.

I'm not sure if that's true, but that's the theory.

[–] efficax 2 days ago

that’s literalist what they know. it’s called retargeting and it’s the point of these ad systems, to track what people buy to understand how to link buying patterns to other info about people

[–] IAmBroom 2 days ago

If I buy a car, I get flushed with ads for cars. Really. Same for an area rug, a vacuum cleaner, and many other things I will never buy two in a row of.

That's just stupid.