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OMG, Facebook (abortion related)

wise_ritawise_rita
in International Nesties

I just had an ad for abortion.com on Facebook.

1) There is such a website "to locate an abortion provider in your area"?

2) Why me?!  Because I haven't taken the bait on your "Becoming a mum?" ads?

Facebook ads perplex me.  For weeks now it's been giving me ads for Singapore, I think because DBF did a "check in" at Singapore airport and tagged me in the post. 

Note/full disclosure: This is not a cleverly disguised ad for abortion.com and I am rabidly pro-choice.  I didn't get a chance to click on the ad before I navigated away but I totally will if I see it again, just out of curiosity. 

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Re: OMG, Facebook (abortion related)

  • glitterfartglitterfart
    Weird. For a second I thought you were going to tell me that you saw something on someone?s status update about abortions. Just never crossed my mind that FB would have advertising.
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  • neepsneeps member
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    Did you click on the abortion poll thread? FB can track your clicks across the internet. They use double click and media innovation group to do it. I have nifty (free) software installed Ghostery that blocks all that rubbish. For example, there are 4 trackers on this nest page right now. I've got them all blocked - the super great bonus is that it makes the nest ads in the right column go away.
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  • LadyMadrid08LadyMadrid08

    I knew I was being tracked, but I didn't know there was a way to stop it!  I will be looking into that neeps.

    Turns out there are ads for everything.

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  • wise_ritawise_rita
    I know we're always being tracked but that issue was SO small and short. There are other topics I spend WAY more time Googling/chatting about so it's weird that one came up. Or maybe Facebook sees I'm not married, figured out my age and assumed eventually...
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  • kelly321kelly321 member
    imagewise_rita:

    2) Why me?!  Because I haven't taken the bait on your "Becoming a mum?" ads?

    haaahahaha. "Well this lady obviously doesn't want kids. Maybe she's one of those who uses abortion as BC. Let's give it a try."

    And the tracking is scary. I didn't know FB did that and will now be checking into the software PP mentioned...

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  • kelly321kelly321 member
    p.s. As I was making lunch I was wondering - a few years ago I was regularly looking at jihadist websites for research. What sort of ads would FB have given me for that? "All-inclusive vacation to the wilderness of Afghanistan! Special qualifications program included!"
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  • gblakegblake
    Wow, that's all bit crazy.
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