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by oculusthrift 3382 days ago
Instagram has a real ad quality problem. I routinely get ads like "99 percent off Yeezy's!!!!!" This links to clear scam websites.
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In my experience, ads are targeted based on your social graph. I routinely see ads relevant to my lifestyle or occupation, never those for spammy products or trashy memes.
not sure about that. if anything its most likely location because this summer when i was in silicon valley i got ads for jobs. however on my college campus its these trashy ones.
I'm getting location based too. Which is always interesting as the ads are in Japanese, so I can't even read them.
Interesting, almost all of the ads I see are high quality and mostly brands you already recognize.