Current Events > Finally. My algorithm is giving me Islamic, Christian, Jewish, and Hindu adverts

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In nearly equal measure.

For Muslim stuff I got an ad for a hijabi doll that comes in various colors that recites verses from the Quran. I also got an ad about providing water to poor communities.

For Christian stuff I got an ad about freeing two Christian brothers from the death penalty in Pakistan.

For Jewish stuff I got an ad for something called join the Jewish Space Laser Corps.

For Hindu stuff I got a post about doing work out of humility for Gods pleasure.

I am finally ascending. I wonder if there are any Buddhist and Bahai Instagram accounts. See you in the astral plane.

On YouTube, I get a lot of conservative ads e en though I never watch conservative videos. I think the algorithm gets confused by the titles of videos that are anti conservative. Like I'll have a video on that is literally making fun of a republican politician, and then I get an ad for Turning Point USA

Zikten posted...

On YouTube, I get a lot of conservative ads e en though I never watch conservative videos. I think the algorithm gets confused by the titles of videos that are anti conservative. Like I'll have a video on that is literally making fun of a republican politician, and then I get an ad for Turning Point USA

same, i'll be watching a video about secular religious studies and be bombarded with ads for weird religious right conspiracy theory bullshit

I will say I hate it when I get weird pro-Israel videos in my feed

I just seem to get a lot for life insurance and feminine hygiene products, and I really don't know what the hell could be in my history for those to be pushed at me

Jagus posted...

For Christian stuff I got an ad about freeing two Christian brothers from the death penalty in Pakistan.

How would this even work?
They got laws that allows you to be sentenced to death for blasphemy just by saying anything if you are non-Muslim.
There was a couple that got sentenced to death for sending a message on their phones in English that said something badly about Mohammed, yet both were illiterate and nobody could speak English.
It feels like it would be hard to bribe them out

I keep getting ads in Spanish.

Foppe posted...

How would this even work?
They got laws that allows you to be sentenced to death for blasphemy just by saying anything if you are non-Muslim.
There was a couple that got sentenced to death for sending a message on their phones in English that said something badly about Mohammed, yet both were illiterate and nobody could speak English.
It feels like it would be hard to bribe them out

Uh thats not true. Or at least not in practice. Theres a Christian minority in Pakistan. And iirc the white stripe is supposed to symbolize the minorities in the country.

I dont know if things have regressed recently or something, but simply being Christian isnt blasphemy in the country.

I don't get ads because fuck ads. Ublock is amazing.