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by basch 3423 days ago
or facebook knew you were at a restaurant that served it

searches for "Campari" are 1000x normal in this geographic area
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tmnvix 3423 days ago
> Following day I open my FB feed and something weird happened - there was a Campari ad...
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basch 3423 days ago
?

facebook knows where I was yesterday

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crottypeter 3423 days ago
why not both?

I don't think even facebook can necessarily reveal "the reason" an ad is shown because there are probably several reasons (combined) which lead to each story and ad in your feed.

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