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bedwetting..

It was me posting that. Not so embarrassed now that so many other people came out and made me feel better about it:)

The funny thing is--I was on FB and an ad came up for bedwetting and said "we correct bedwetting". CREEPY!! Are they watching keystrokes or something?

Re: bedwetting..

  • imagescrgl:

    It was me posting that. Not so embarrassed now that so many other people came out and made me feel better about it:)

    The funny thing is--I was on FB and an ad came up for bedwetting and said "we correct bedwetting". CREEPY!! Are they watching keystrokes or something?

    I swear they are. The ads on my page are always related to things that FB shouldn't know about (yet). Like twins... before I ever announced it. Creepy is right! 

  • Well facebook ads are related to cookies on your computer. So, if you visit an outside website, they can basically ping your cookies and if one of them matches a company that advertises with them, they then put that ad up (at least I think that is how it works...). So if you go to Gap.com, you'll have a Gap cookie stored on yoru computer, and you'll start seeing more Gap ads on other websites (facebook, or basically any site with banner ads). 

    I also think that facebook can track which websites you visit if you're logged into the site while surfing online. I'm not really sure on that, though. But if you searched "twins" or "bedwetting", even without posting anything on facebook, facebook will use that info to better advertise to you. 

    At least that's my (very, very basic) understanding of it. Any tech people who can clarify?

  • imageMrsAllieH:

    Well facebook ads are related to cookies on your computer. So, if you visit an outside website, they can basically ping your cookies and if one of them matches a company that advertises with them, they then put that ad up (at least I think that is how it works...). So if you go to Gap.com, you'll have a Gap cookie stored on yoru computer, and you'll start seeing more Gap ads on other websites (facebook, or basically any site with banner ads). 

    I also think that facebook can track which websites you visit if you're logged into the site while surfing online. I'm not really sure on that, though. But if you searched "twins" or "bedwetting", even without posting anything on facebook, facebook will use that info to better advertise to you. 

    At least that's my (very, very basic) understanding of it. Any tech people who can clarify?



    That explains some things ...

    My google search history is crazy random. I want to learn. It has nothing to do with a weird midget fetish. I'm just curious dag nab it.
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  • Yes, they do targeted advertising on FB. So does google. Maybe Naylon knows more?
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