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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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1. Maybe they started out with a higher “sucker” price for me because of what they know about my browsing/buying habits. 2. Maybe a machine learning program has run a 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon on you and me and have figured out this is a topic being discussed on a large-ish specialty forum. Cue creepy music here. One woman said she got an ad for a baby stroller after meeting for coffee with a pregnant friend where they discussed that exact type of stroller. Her first thought was that her phone was listening in. But she later learned that her phone geotracked her to proximity with her friend (also geotracked through her phone) who was known to be pregnant. After they searched online together for strollers over coffee, both were tagged as likely stroller buyers. The connections spread like measles, with each new person bringing their own dataset into the mix. Big data, anyone? |
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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 56,291
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that's exactly how airline tickets work. That's why I always clear my cookies before looking for and before buying tickets.
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