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Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted teens with advertisements based on their ‘emotional state’ (techcrunch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

People downvoting you don't realize how much of a science advertising is.

[–] Sixtyforce 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I think that's true in general, but not why I was downdooted.

My guess was the downvotes are people assuming I don't think it's worse to manipulate children vs adults and that I was somehow okay with it apathetically.

I'm also an asshole occasionally when I see frustrating and disturbing things like this, so my kneejerk response is maybe where I fucked up.

I really need to get into the habit of letting a post stew in preview for a hot second before I let loose my mental vomit lol because I sometimes get my ass kicked for not communicating what I'm actually trying to say effectively.

Edit: Lemmy has been pretty kind to me for my clarifying edits when I do this to myself though, so thanks guys. Like this one :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

wow! self-reflection is something we all need more of (especially me). agree or disagree, converstaions are always better when everyone considers things for a moment. nice comment. :-)

[–] Sixtyforce 2 points 3 days ago

Well, it's a smaller community. Eventually I'll recognize a lot of you, and I assume the same of me. So I try to keep it real.

That idiom really dates me, huh.