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Why are tech company's so interested in my boring ass data? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Daft_ish to c/[email protected]

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Like why do they care how many times I go to porn hub every day or that nothing gets me harder than a free use MILF? Why do they care that I don't know how to spell consistency so I have to Google it every 3 months.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

@Daft_ish Facebook's making money selling *you* on Facebook. You are the raw material.

[–] Daft_ish 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But like I'm saying. If you're buying me on Facebook you're going to be way disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yea, it's a matter of statistics. Users are interested in different things and some are vastly more valuable than others. Do you impulse buy and have a trust fund that let's you burn tens of thousands of dollars a day? Well, much like a whale in Genshin Impact you're the one they're trying to hook... the rest of us just get swept up in case one of our niche interests is worth monetizing. When someone builds a Mage The Ascension video game with a script written by Terry Pratchett I will throw my wallet at them. Until that day I'm just an unprofitable data point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

@Daft_ish It's not about you personally. It's never been about you.

It's about the demographic you belong to, and they can advertise to and predict/manipulate opinion of.