by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Saturday September 08, 2012 @10:58AM (#41273425)
Am I the only person who finds it kind of neat that they track what I like and advertise at me accordingly. I found out about a YELLE concert in my area because of a Facebook ad that cropped up after I viewed her newest music video. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen, and I wouldn't have heard about it without this "evil" tracking technology.
There are a few reason why some people object though, including but not limited to:
* They just don't like being followed. In some circumstances in real life (walking through an iffy part of a town you don't know well, or making your way through lion country) being followed is not a good feeling, and our brains which aren't as much evolved as we sometimes like to think don't make the distinction between being tracked physically and being tracked virtually.
I find it useful, but ideally I want to control who does that. I use a lot of Google services - including things like Latitude that go beyond tracking on the Internet - and so I want them to track me to establish context. So I do actually get something useful out of that. I wouldn't want another online ad agency to track me, though.
I like a me-centric Internet (Score:0)
Am I the only person who finds it kind of neat that they track what I like and advertise at me accordingly. I found out about a YELLE concert in my area because of a Facebook ad that cropped up after I viewed her newest music video. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen, and I wouldn't have heard about it without this "evil" tracking technology.
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There are a few reason why some people object though, including but not limited to:
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I find it useful, but ideally I want to control who does that. I use a lot of Google services - including things like Latitude that go beyond tracking on the Internet - and so I want them to track me to establish context. So I do actually get something useful out of that. I wouldn't want another online ad agency to track me, though.