Okay, in my rational mind, the one over-educated in the school of 1-3rd wave feminisms, pop culture, and marketing, I know that Facebook doesn't really know how much I weigh, and how much weight I gained since moving to Cambridge, where I subsist off pub food and carb-y beer. But it's really, really, really hard not to believe that their ad-targeting is configured by spying on me as I lay on my back trying to zip up my old size 6 okay size 7 jeans.
I mean, everyone whose FB profile says "female" gets these ads, right? It's not just me, right?
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Facebook does it *AGAIN*
Labels: 2.0, a stupid trend, media studies, vanity
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2 comments:
Sure, fatso, mine just just shows me ads for hot singles over 30 in my area. If I changed my status to "In a relationship" I'm sure it'd be targeting me with erection pills or mausoleums.
oh jonny, you're a pearl.
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