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0 pointsjrmg5mo ago0 comments

For me, almost every YouTube ad is a scam.

Medical supplements or plans that make claims that clearly aren’t real, financial scams (crypto or get-rich-quick schemes), or product scams (this new device that ‘they’ don’t want you to know about can heat/cool your house in minutes for pennies!).

I’m pretty sure none of this is legal, and Google obviously doesn’t care.

FWIW I have ad personalization off - perhaps it’s a bit better for those who don’t?

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chamomeal5mo ago

I used to get SO MANY “heres how I make $6,000/day in passive income with chatGPT”. I reported am all, I know it never did anything

yifanl5mo ago

I wonder if reporting them gives them more engagement, since that would mean you watched it and paid enough attention.

1-more5mo ago

From when I worked in the video ad industry, the industry standard was that an impression was binary and seeing a single frame of the ad counted. IDK if YouTube follows the Interactive Advertising Bureau guidelines, but they probably do. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xandr/industry-reference/i...

svieira5mo ago

Quite a bit - I get ads for septic tanks because I have looked at them several times and tank companies continue to advertise for me because I might buy. I get ads for robot mowers because, again, I looked at them. I still see "the bottom of the barrel" ads occasionally, but it's very rare. Ad blitzes on the other hand ... (no, I don't want to build an app just-by-thinking-about-it) ...

ryandrake5mo ago

At one point a few months ago, YouTube seems to have gotten the idea that I have some kind of bowel problem, and I'd constantly get ads about my "stuck poop." WTF? I'm watching a woodworking tutorial, I don't want to fucking hear about poop! Total bottom of the barrel.

kbelder5mo ago

Several months ago, my wife bought several bottles of pureed pumpkin babyfood, because small amounts added to catfood can treat some feline stomach issues.

Now, we're getting diaper commercials all over youtube. I assume we're flagged in some database as likely having a new child, but you can't ever know for sure.

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jrmgOP5mo ago

FWIW, those seem to be a current ‘trend’. I’m getting them with personalization switched off.

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