You, according to the internet.

Oolala · 2014-09-12T12:25:08

I've always found it rather interesting the way that various advertising mechanisms, such as google ads, categorizes me. These things end up showing ads that some massively complicated algorithm has indicated that I am most likely to be interested in. It got me thinking a bit: what sort of person does the internet think you are? So, just for fun, I was thinking back among the ads I've seen over the last few months, and assembling a personality for "me", from the perspective of advertising algorithms, and thinking about what sort of life that individual would live, and was amused by how radically different from my own life this alternative me is. Internet-me is a well-educated, single woman. I'm an athiest, a morning person, a runner, an active democrat who is socially liberal but financially conservative, and a fan of wrestling and korean basketball. I've been in the first stages of learning java-script for the last 8 years. I'm well off, but up to my eyeballs in student loan debt. I'm currently looking to purchase a used audi, for which I'll likely purchase geico insurance. I like gangster rap and 1970's big-band swing. I like camping and other out-door activities. I speak english, russian, korean, and spanish. Who are "you", according to the internet? No need to draw attention to how you and internet-you are different though.

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Started by Oolala August 16, 2014 09:01 PM

26 comments, last by Lightness1024 10 years, 2 months ago

SeraphLance

2,613

August 18, 2014 08:07 AM

Apparently I'm massively into "things the insurance companies don't want me to know", as well as "weird tricks discovered by moms".

Wilhelm van Huyssteen

1,232

August 18, 2014 12:09 PM

I'm obese and I absolutely love Forex trading. I also fancy Russian women.

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Madhed

4,095

August 18, 2014 01:07 PM

I'll just leave this here:

http://www.google.com/ads/preferences

have fun

Orymus3

18,866

August 18, 2014 02:37 PM

weird tricks discovered by moms

I also fancy Russian women.

That's me too, we should all meet!

Oh wait, I keep receiving these 'geek dating' sites ads... Even though I haven't been single in almost a decade...

SeraphLance

2,613

August 18, 2014 04:07 PM

I'll just leave this here:

http://www.google.com/ads/preferences

have fun

Wow... If that's all google has on me, I'm a lot less worried about the whole "knowing everything about you" scare. Apparently google thinks I'm interested in Reggaeton. I don't even know what that is! The sad thing is, because google thinks I like Reggaeton, as of five minutes ago now they think I like it even more.

TheChubu

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August 18, 2014 06:05 PM

http://www.google.com/ads/preferences

They got it all wrong! All I'm interested in is penis enlargement procedures and meet ugly women in my area that just want to have sex! *sigh*

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BHXSpecter

3,123

August 18, 2014 06:11 PM

I don't know what the internet says about me because I have all ads blocked and my email puts all spam into a folder and immediately deletes it. So, in a way, I suppose the internet doesn't even know I exist ;).

Servant of the Lord

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August 18, 2014 08:34 PM

Every time I log in to Gamedev and then browse other sites I get lots of Amazon Afiliate Ads advertising a book called "Servent of the Lord".

You're not the only one; other gamedev members have PM'd me mentioning that.

I should get kickbacks.

jefferytitan

2,525

August 18, 2014 10:56 PM

So apparently I need to lose weight, gain muscle, gain a Russian or Asian bride, buy rings and arrange a wedding venue (still, 6 months after my wedding). I also apparently need to travel more, buy jackets, and get over my celebrity fixation. In a more terrifying note, Google Maps knows where I'm staying on my upcoming holiday and what dates I'll be there.