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by atacrawl 4639 days ago
We’ll also make sure you have control. If you see an ad you don’t like, you’ll be able to hide it and provide feedback about what didn’t feel right.

You can control what you see... by seeing it first. On what planet is that considered "control?"

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On Earth, using standard English, that is considered "control." It's not "total control," but they never claimed it was.
Also, I imagine they will just use a similar ad system (and UX) that Facebook currently uses (if not the same) since they are all under the same umbrella now. And if that's the case, exactly what you said, that is not "control".
For some reason the FB adds, on my feed, are very sexually suggestive. Somehow, seeing cleavage next to pics of family... seems very creepy to me. I really hate it.
Well, they show you ads based on what they know about you, so if you don't like the ad just give them more information!
Exactly. Like Pandora - here's a bunch of things we think you'll like based on what we know about you. Correct our assumptions and we'll make them better.
Except with Pandora the effort goes to improving something you actually want.