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I'm not American, but I agree with you, it's can't all be about defeating the candidate I hate most. If the two main candidates are terrible, why not go for a third? Even if my pick doesn't win, maybe if enough people think the same, you could have a more diverse pool of candidates further down the line. What's the worst that could happen? It's not like Trump will end the country in four years right? right?

Imagine if headlines were "the two main options are terrible, what other options do we have" instead of, "they're both terrible but you have to stop the guy you hate the most at any cost". Feels like a way to limit the candidate pool to two options.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Please explain

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bikerave.london on instagram

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

We had a pact. Out by 16 or dead on the scene together for fucking ever

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Wow, so beautiful symbol of God

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Don't know whatever this would be considered dating. It sounds like you're looking for friends to do stuff with and if lucky something might develop between you. A good option could be joining honor groups or aggressively hanging out with the few friends you have. Like tell them about your plans and keep telling them till they join you m that way, you might meet their friends and extend your friend pool

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It's certainly not ideal, but I'm looking to hear what the experience has been for you?

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

And that's what love is all about

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15988612

Makes you think. Or more likely not

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

That's a hilarious exchange 🤣

[-] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago

Similarly, if a Dutch person ever asks you to "kiss my moist cunt" or (kies mijn mooiste kant), don't take offence.

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but come on, think about the value he's creating for stakeholders. Bet you didn't about that!

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By @aobeco_art on twitter/x

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Does peer tube have porn?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

I agree, she looks good in this pocture

[-] [email protected] 154 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From what I know having worked in adtech,

  • they collect as much information as they can from the device such as location from GPS, interests from follows, likes dwell time on posts, and other information you knowingly or unknowingly provide. This includes scraping information from photos and videos you upload to the app. Eg, you upload a picture of an expensive bag with the caption "my new bag" - the bag brand can be determined and assessed algorithmically.
  • the above extends to websites you visit with in-app browsers and the actions you take while on those pages
  • deduce what they can't eg where you live & work based where you spend time during the day vs night,your real life interests based on places you visit eg gym, fast food places, church etc. Also they apply complex algorithms to relatively accurately deduce anything you don't directly provide. Eg if you disable accurate location, they can figure it out based on the ip address(es) you connect to the app from (geolocation algorithms) .
  • and what they can't deduce is bought from third parties. Those are companies normal people don't know exist whose sole purpose is scraping and categorising information - sort of similar to credit agencies but different. In this case, they take what they know about you and send it to this third party which then returns eveything they have that's related. Eg the app (threads) might send your email and username and get a response containing your previous home address (say scraped from some insecure government website)

With the above, even without knowing your name (this can easily be determined) , they are able to know enough about you to determine the kind of person you are, with whom you interact, where you go, your political affiliations, job, salary estimate etc and sell it to advertisers. This is usually sold as "audiences" but given the tools provided to advertisers, it's easy to create hyper targeted ads and recommendations (remember Cambridge Analytica).

We voluntarily give up a lot more information than we realise.

And remember, the smartest people on the planet work at these companies, so the above is nothing in comparison to what behemoths like Facebook, Google, Tencent, etc are capable of.

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