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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm going to take some time to come up with a topic that I can (hopefully) "control" around my devices to see what happens. Sounds like fun (if ultimately pointless--for me anyway) experiment.
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Well, I started. I likely look like a crazy person muttering the phrase "vegan Italian food" as I wander around my house.
I'll report back with further updates, but I did get the attached already.
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Isn't it equally likely they both made posts on Facebook about being back from Japan on the day in question? Or checked in using their phones when they left for Japan?
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Read the article. I'd say it is not likely as it doesn't sound like the two people were in Japan together or at the same time ("our recent trips") yet both got ads the day after discussing their trips together.
Further, that is only the beginning of the article. The author then sez:
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Twice a day for five days, I tried saying a bunch of phrases that could theoretically be used as triggers. Phrases like I’m thinking about going back to uni and I need some cheap shirts for work. Then I carefully monitored the sponsored posts on Facebook for any changes.
The changes came literally overnight. Suddenly I was being told mid-semester courses at various universities, and how certain brands were offering cheap clothing. A private conversation with a friend about how I’d run out of data led to an ad about cheap 20 GB data plans.
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