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05-02-2014, 08:52 AM
This is how far you have to go to stop Facebook from learning you’re pregnant
http://c2.bgr.com/2014/02/baby-facebook.jpg?w=567 (http://bgr.com/2014/05/02/how-to-stop-facebook-ads/)If you're pregnant and you don't want to be subjected to countless ads reminding you of your pregnancy, then you may want to avoid using the Internet (http://bgr.com/tag/internet) for the next 9 months or so. ThinkProgress has an interview (http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/04/29/3432050/can-you-hide-from-big-data/) with*Janet Vertesi, an assistant professor of sociology at Princeton University who tried her best to conceal her pregnancy from Facebook (http://bgr.com/tag/facebook) and other social networks'*ad algorithms and found that it was so difficult that it wasn't even worth doing unless you're willing to basically send and receive any messages about your pregnancy through a carrier pigeon.
Continue reading... (http://bgr.com/2014/05/02/how-to-stop-facebook-ads/)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~4/iUEbZnh_atQ
http://c2.bgr.com/2014/02/baby-facebook.jpg?w=567 (http://bgr.com/2014/05/02/how-to-stop-facebook-ads/)If you're pregnant and you don't want to be subjected to countless ads reminding you of your pregnancy, then you may want to avoid using the Internet (http://bgr.com/tag/internet) for the next 9 months or so. ThinkProgress has an interview (http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/04/29/3432050/can-you-hide-from-big-data/) with*Janet Vertesi, an assistant professor of sociology at Princeton University who tried her best to conceal her pregnancy from Facebook (http://bgr.com/tag/facebook) and other social networks'*ad algorithms and found that it was so difficult that it wasn't even worth doing unless you're willing to basically send and receive any messages about your pregnancy through a carrier pigeon.
Continue reading... (http://bgr.com/2014/05/02/how-to-stop-facebook-ads/)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~4/iUEbZnh_atQ