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 don’t even look at ads on the “general internet” and this is the only social media I still have which has no algorithm. But if I check the home page of services I use…
Tap for groceries app
Pretty accurate of my habits I suppose. But it also has some shit I’ve literally never bought because it’s too much sugar for my 'beetus.
Tap for YouTube
The algo really has no idea what I actually like so it just throws random shit at me. The OoT rando I might watch maybe but generally I don’t bother with the home page and use my subscriptions tab. Shoutout to ZFG on YouTube.
Tap for crunchyroll
Kind of a rollercoaster of genres… but not totally inaccurate to my tastes