Comment on Inappropriate Ads on Child-Directed Websites: Weight Loss Pills and Depression Tests for Kids.

• WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This thread seems scarily naive for people who are technically knowledgeable enough to be on lemmy.

  depression test? Some people certainly would benefit from knowing that a) no, showing these symptoms is neither normal nor healthy, and b) there can be something done against this.

  Yes, someone depressed absolutely could benefit from a psychologically administered depression test.

  Do you know what they absolutely would not benefit from? A targetted ad directed at them because analytics flagged them as vulnerable which under the guise of the “depression test” gets them to enter a bunch of personal information which they sell to a bunch of spam companies so said depressed person is now getting woken up at 3 am to 30 spam calls.

  And now better help is being spammed to you all over YouTube and ads and instead of going to a reputable therapist you get yourself scammed and don’t actually get the real therapist who can help.

  Do you genuinely think reliable medical tests are being targeted at you through ads?

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  • einkorn@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Do you genuinely think reliable medical tests are being targeted at you through ads?

    Nope, but that is an entirely different problem. Major platforms have to be legislated to tightly control which ads they run. The amount of misinformation spread through ads is enormous.

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    • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nope, but that is an entirely different problem.

      Is it? In your last comment you had said?

      Also, a depression test? Some people certainly would benefit from knowing that a) no, showing these symptoms is neither normal nor healthy, and b) there can be something done against this.

      If you acknowledge that the “depression tests” which show up in targetted ads are not reliable, then I think we both realize a) and b) are not the goals of these tests. Making money is.

      So people actually wouldn’t benefit from seeing this, it might actually harm them by giving a bad impression and push them away from legitimate mental health professionals.

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    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Major platforms have to be legislated to tightly control which ads they run.

      or maybe which age groups are allowed to see them?

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      • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There’s no way to enforce that without massive privacy violations.

        You want to be asked to scan your ID every time you use a mature website?

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• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Absolutely true! If the quiz contents were inappropriate in some way beyond like… acknowledging LGBT people and depression exists, I would like to hear about that part.

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