Facebook is watching me!

[Simon]

But there is still way, way too much coincidence for there not to be any truth in this.

Case in point - I popped round to my brothers house a few weeks ago. He wasn't home yet but his wife invited me in. I asked where he was and she said 'he's just coming past the Dacia garage' (a reference point in his journey) as she'd just spoken to him. A few minutes later Dacia promoted tweets (ads) appear in my Twitter feed. I've never searched for them, I never Google'd them. That was literally the only audible reference to them I'd had, and yet there we are - an ad based on that keyword.

[Orange Cola]

If they were listening like that, it’d be all over the news.

It’s not

So they don’t

It is well documented in the news. Google it.

[JLv3.0]

If they were listening like that, it’d be all over the news.

It’s not

So they don’t

Awesome use of 'logic' there

[duncs500]

If they were listening like that, it’d be all over the news.

It’s not

So they don’t

Awesome use of 'logic' there

Come on JL, we definitely always get a true picture of everything in the world through the media. Anything they don't tell us about isn't worth knowing.

[Richard]

If they were listening like that, it’d be all over the news.

It’s not

So they don’t

Awesome use of 'logic' there

Brilliantly obtuse as always

Can you not imagine how frothy in the gusset new media like Buzzfeed news would be if they have proof about this?

[Richard]

If they were listening like that, it’d be all over the news.

It’s not

So they don’t

Awesome use of 'logic' there

Come on JL, we definitely always get a true picture of everything in the world through the media. Anything they don't tell us about isn't worth knowing.

Careful your tinfoil hat doesn’t slip there Duncs

[Orange Cola]

Does anyone else think Richard has been living under a rock? A quick google shows it’s been in the media since about 2016, even the comedians have moved on!

[Ascender]

But there is still way, way too much coincidence for there not to be any truth in this.

Case in point - I popped round to my brothers house a few weeks ago. He wasn't home yet but his wife invited me in. I asked where he was and she said 'he's just coming past the Dacia garage' (a reference point in his journey) as she'd just spoken to him. A few minutes later Dacia promoted tweets (ads) appear in my Twitter feed. I've never searched for them, I never Google'd them. That was literally the only audible reference to them I'd had, and yet there we are - an ad based on that keyword.

But you presumably spend some (or a lot) of your time browsing car-related websites?

[V8Granite]

We spoke about fishing umbrellas on the way home from Shuttleworth on Sunday. Surprisingly they came up on my feed the next morning, it’s quite a regular occurrence.

Dave!

[Zonda_]

We spoke about fishing umbrellas on the way home from Shuttleworth on Sunday. Surprisingly they came up on my feed the next morning, it’s quite a regular occurrence.

Dave!

Yes, we came up with stair lifts and hot tubs and adverts for both appeared within hours.

[Mito Man]

I wonder how effective it all is. I’ve never clicked on an advert on a website and it’s just so frequent that my eyes simply ignore them. Clearly a lot of fools must click them otherwise it wouldn’t be so commonplace.

[dinny_g]

I need some dental work done but haven't got around to doing ANY searching at all but yet by Facebook feed is filled with adds for services providing Dental Implants in Milton Keynes.

Which is specifically what I've chatted with by other half about - implants

[240PP]

Does anyone else think Richard has been living under a rock? A quick google shows it’s been in the media since about 2016, even the comedians have moved on!

Think he’s on the wind up, tbh.

[Beany]

I don't understand what you mean?

What's an advert?

[Simon]

But there is still way, way too much coincidence for there not to be any truth in this.

Case in point - I popped round to my brothers house a few weeks ago. He wasn't home yet but his wife invited me in. I asked where he was and she said 'he's just coming past the Dacia garage' (a reference point in his journey) as she'd just spoken to him. A few minutes later Dacia promoted tweets (ads) appear in my Twitter feed. I've never searched for them, I never Google'd them. That was literally the only audible reference to them I'd had, and yet there we are - an ad based on that keyword.

But you presumably spend some (or a lot) of your time browsing car-related websites?

Yes, but I've never looked at the Dacia site, not searched for them. Sure it's not infallible proof, but it is at least one hell of a coincidence.

[JLv3.0]

Does anyone else think Richard has been living under a rock? A quick google shows it’s been in the media since about 2016, even the comedians have moved on!

Think he’s on the wind up, tbh.

I don't think he is.

[GG.]

Does anyone else think Richard has been living under a rock?

Only if its a michelin starred rock.

[Rich B]

Does anyone else think Richard has been living under a rock?

Only if its a michelin starred rock.

[Richard]

Does anyone else think Richard has been living under a rock? A quick google shows it’s been in the media since about 2016, even the comedians have moved on!

If you find me a proper article proving it, from a sensible outlet, saying my spoken word is secretly being recorded by my phone and used for ads, I’ll concede

[NotoriousREV]

I wonder how effective it all is.

Extremely. A medium sized e-commerce company can spend tens of millions of pounds on these adverts each year and get an excellent return on that investment. There’s a huge amount of data going on in the background to get the right ads in front of the right people.