Comment on Why Is Instagram Running Ads for a "Pet Incinerator"?
sidebro@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Morbid as they are, pet incinerators are a reasonable purchase for businesses that need to safely dispose of a deceased animal, such as a veterinary clinic.
But the optics are dicey for an ad on social media, and even more so when it’s targeting users outside the veterinary industry and features adorable AI-generated images of pets.
I don’t see why it ever would be a good idea to advertise this on social media. Must be a way to target only clinics.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Or it’s just an automated ad pulling a random product onto so one’s feed based on viewing history. Which then got passed around which caused the algorithm to start spreading the ad
jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
I suppose if your viewing history includes bulk orders of veterinary supplies, this is probably a decently targeted ad.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
It’s Ali Express, they could have viewed anything vent related and it pulled an item with the same tag. I viewed a customized tshirt with a funny saying and the name KIM on it (I’m not Kim nor do I have any one close named Kim)
I now get a million ads for stupid customized everything with KIM as the customizable name, just because I viewed one item to read what the joke on the shirt said
WellTheresYourFix@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
‘One of em’s gonna die eventually’