I opted out on my main browser. On a browser I don't use so much and don't have tracking disabled: male and 65+. More than half that and not male. I guess I should shop for more pink stuff?
Google doesn't care what your age and sex really are. They're just dividing people into demographics for advertising purposes. So if you are likely to click on similar ads as other people they've put into the same bucket, they're happy.
Would be kind of disappointing if they didn't know, given that they have more of my personal information on their servers than I have on my own computer.
How do all of you 60+ folk manage it? It has my age off by 20 years---got the sex right but not even close on the age. Wonder if there is a button I can push to as Kirk would say 'Make is so'?
I do not understand why this is even a thing to discuss.
An algorithm may or may not have got something correct.
An algorithm that works out advertising. If it gets it wrong we won't click through, if it does we might but probably won't as we're all geeks that ignore ads anyway.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 78.9 ms ] threadnot sure how to take that...
Actually male and 29.
Should we be friends maybe? :)
I'm actually male and 38. Not bad.
My Tivo unit used to record a lot of the Logo network shows for me, and I could never figure out why, or get it to stop.
Edit: And I'm thinking the ads will probably stay more relevant if I don't fix that.
(One of the reasons I quit watching TV is it seems like all the ads are for people whose main asset is medicare benefits)
Well yeah.
Its actually funny. I have DNT enabled. If I click opt in, it refresh and doesn't opt in. Doesn't say why :-)
Or maybe it thinks "Female, 42" is unflattering and so it stays silent. An ad network with manners!
An algorithm may or may not have got something correct.
An algorithm that works out advertising. If it gets it wrong we won't click through, if it does we might but probably won't as we're all geeks that ignore ads anyway.
FUD.
Maybe because I don't live in the US?