@rplevy wrt who's buying the data... adtech ecosystem has companies no consumer would recognize who are collecting and matching and selling datasets, the big ad platforms intermediate, and the advertiser is just picking audience targets like "male fashion + golf interest" to sell a golf shirt
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Reply · Jun 12, 2024@andrewmichaelio probably aggregated into advertising segments and AI training data but stillReply · Jan 9, 2023@GSSPmusic haha i'm not buying them, it's more the implied insult of the adtech segmenting me to see themReply · Oct 7, 2021@crampell @mattyglesias This! Census data is used for all sorts of ad targeting / user profiling...Reply · Nov 28, 2022@costa11235 @theddbby @tszzl @BasedBeffJezos Imo advertisers work with worse actors all the time, once the hubbub dies down the question is whether…