[umvi]

Yeah but that's a self reinforcing feedback loop. Only showing programming ads to people that write "I love programming" is like only showing religious ads to people that write "I love God". The advertisements do not help outgroups break in and in fact may push them farther away.

[Causality1]

To which the response is... So? Progressive social engineering is not the responsibility of advertisers or of Facebook. If I want to hire someone to do artwork for a Dungeons and Dragons campaign book I'm not going to place an ad in Guns 'N Ammo, despite how underrepresented that demographic is in the tabletop roleplaying industry.

[JetSpiegel]

> Progressive social engineering is not the responsibility of advertisers or of Facebook.

Correct, it's the responsibility of the government to rein in on private sector policies that destroy the commons for a quick buck.

Which they did by passing anti-discrimination legislation that Facebook is flouting.