That might be illegal in the EU under GDPR rules. They’ll probably be fined a few million.
Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform
Submitted 1 year ago by airdi@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world
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cypher_greyhat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
King4408@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pretty sure somewhere in fine print it says they are not doing it where GDPR applies.
Rayspekt@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's so funny how this is a thing. Like other countries basically say "yeah fuck our citizens, just do what you want" for the whole world to see.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Reddit: Assume the position!
People who haven’t left for Lemmy yet: Awwww maaan!
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Time for the free hand of the market to molest some redditors!
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Easy there, Blitz
PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh look, MORE enshittification.
BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I’m curious how long and how far it’ll go before the pendulum finally shifts. When central banks cut rates?
FellowEarthling@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pray they don’t alter the deal any further
Nougat@kbin.social 1 year ago
The company noted that ad-limiting controls will possibly show you fewer ads from mentioned categories if the toggles are turned off, but won’t possibly filter out all ads. Reddit justified this by saying it uses manual tagging and machine learning to label ads, so there is a chance that it is not 100% accurate.
Because of course they use manual tagging, so that Huffman can get in there and make sure that people see what he wants them to, even if they don't.
nx2@feddit.de 1 year ago
This is literally the worst. I hate it for example on Instagram, you press on some K-pop post just to cringe a bit, and the aLgOrYtHiM thinks I now want to see K-pop 24/7
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
gross
DTFpanda@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m still salty and disappointed how most people continue to stay there knowing all this shit
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent.
Our advertisers instead rely on on-platform activity—what communities you join, leave, upvotes, downvotes, and other signals—to get an idea of what you might be interested in,” Reddit said.
Reddit is seemingly removing toggles for getting post recommendations based on “general location” and activity on partner sites and apps.
The social network said it will also roll out controls to limit certain advertising categories such as alcohol, weight loss, dating, gambling pregnancy, and parenting.
It infamously made changes to its data API terms that led to many third-party clients shutting down and subreddits protesting in retaliation.
In an interview with The Verge in June, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman responded to IPO rumors and said “Getting to breakeven is a priority for us in any climate.”
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tuxrandom@kbin.social 1 year ago
If their spying algorithm is as easy to fool as Instagram's, that wouldn't be a major concern if I still used that bad fediverse clone.
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 1 year ago
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah bruh I fucked outta there when they shit the bed. Fuck ‘em.
SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 1 year ago
Fuck reddit.
Sneptaur@pawb.social 1 year ago
Good thing both of my accounts are deleted
Maximilious@kbin.social 1 year ago
Good thing I don't perform any activity there any longer
TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Right? It feels so good to be out from under their thumb. It is annoying when people send me intriguing Reddit links. I’m not opening them