Honestly? I'd rather see more ads that are irrelevant. Ads are already an attempt at manipulation. I would feel better knowing that everyone else is seeing the same shit I'm seeing. That I'm not being pandered to. That there are things that are valuable to others that I have no personal value in.
That's part of living in a diverse world.
I don't know about you, but I don't want a myopic world for myself. The perfect ad targeting system removes my agency; decides what I want and can afford on my behalf; makes my world significantly smaller.
And I'd rather see more search results that aren't tuned to me. Down with algorithms! Down with personalization!
I'm surprised how much hate there is on HN - the entire future of technology feels like it's heavy on data, personalization, and prediction, but a lot of comments read like a parent or grandparent that was targeted and is loading up their shotgun.
The technology isn't the enemy, some of the use is. And in some cases, we need legislation to catch up, like it gas started to for things like loot boxes / gambling in kid's games.
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Honestly? I'd rather see more ads that are irrelevant. Ads are already an attempt at manipulation. I would feel better knowing that everyone else is seeing the same shit I'm seeing. That I'm not being pandered to. That there are things that are valuable to others that I have no personal value in.
That's part of living in a diverse world.
I don't know about you, but I don't want a myopic world for myself. The perfect ad targeting system removes my agency; decides what I want and can afford on my behalf; makes my world significantly smaller.
And I'd rather see more search results that aren't tuned to me. Down with algorithms! Down with personalization!
I'm surprised how much hate there is on HN - the entire future of technology feels like it's heavy on data, personalization, and prediction, but a lot of comments read like a parent or grandparent that was targeted and is loading up their shotgun.
The technology isn't the enemy, some of the use is. And in some cases, we need legislation to catch up, like it gas started to for things like loot boxes / gambling in kid's games.