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		Mirioron on Feb 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Forget privacy: you're terrible at targeting anywa... Are you sure that it's the algorithm that's wrong or could it instead be that the people who buy ads target the wrong categories? If I want to target 18-25 year old males with make-up products then no algorithm is going to save me from myself.

futurix on Feb 2, 2019 [–]

Your example might be seen as an advertiser trying to capture a nascent market (which it actually seems to be).

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