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It's getting harder for me not to think my thoughts aren't tracked by cookies (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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Like, I keep seeing more and more ads about things I only thought about while not looking up anything online about it. For example: after I got out of the shower this morning I thought about how I needed to apply cream on my arms to prevent dry skin. It was only a thought that took me a few seconds. And minutes later I receive an ad on Instagram about dry skin.

I have never even googled dry skin. I didn't say anything about it to anyone lol. And I get the ad the day I think about it? These things keep happening more and more for some reason.

I know it's not possible and I promise I'm not going insane or anything, so don't lock me up lol. Just an observation.

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[–] notabot@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

It's likely operating the other way around. You've been being conditioned to think "I need to apply cream, I don't want dry skin" by the ads, posts and other media you've been targeted with. It was probably quite subtle to start with, but you'll have been getting related ads for a while and ignoring them. It's dark patterns all the way.