What kind of ads or ‘suggested’ content gets pushed to you the most on the internet? Make up your new identity based on the ad/suggested content you get served the most.
Algorithm(s) thinks I’m a menopausal Latina woman who loves cats, and wants to drive a truck/SUV. I also get a ton of of the ‘is your boyfriend/husband abusing you?’ type of therapy-talk content, which is hilarious.
Most of my ads are for menstrual products and std/hormone pharma drugs, then it’s a mix of cat/pet product ads and lots of truck/suv ads. At least 1/3 are in spanish.
Only one of these that is remotely accurate is I do have a cat.
I use ad blockers and still also go out of my way to disable personalized ads when given the option. The algorithm on YouTube keeps showing me stuff I’ve seen and had engagement with in the “new to you” section. I did use it’s AI search thing once and got exactly the kind of content I wanted, but the algorithm still barely mixes that content into my FYP.
I don’t think it knows a damn thing about me. Which is typical… Nobody understands me. Not even evil mechanisms built specifically to understand me so it can also exploit me. 😔