Don’t you have any other adverts? I’m not constipated!

[GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat]

Serious overkill on the Dulcosoft 🙈

I’ve never have Dulcosoft adverts. Adverts are tailored to you personally based on what you do or search etc., so at some point in the past you have been constipated or needed that product, and if not that, at the very least googled it/talked about it.

Ha ha - I seem to have been seeing one Woman in a red bra from M&S for the last five centuries.

I haven't searched for anything that relates to M&S bras

Dulcosoft has never come up for me!!!

badlydrawnperson It doesn’t have to be company based; you don’t need to have searched for M&S bras specifically.

The algorithms are complex and are based off your own personal history, so even if you’ve not specifically searched for bras, if it’s gathered you’re a middle aged woman from your history it will see M&S bras as a sensible target for you.

I haven't search for bras at all, ever.

The algorithms are complex
The AI is utter bollocks :)

The particular bra is on a young woman - which I am certainly not. I don't mind - I am reassured that the AI is still so crap - I will really start to worry when it gets accurate.

I haven't search for bras at all, ever.

badlydrawnperson That’s irrelevant; it won’t change the fact that they can tell from your search history you’re probably a middle aged woman, and despite age of the woman in the bra picture, M&S has a target audience of middle aged women.

Hence M&S being a suitable target for you.

Feel free to reassure yourself with bullshit if if comforts you though.

Feel free to reassure yourself with bullshit if if comforts you though.

You are the only one talking bullshit. The "Complex algorithms" are total shite - and if you had any idea what you were talking about, you'd know that. You are doing that daft thing of trying to sound as if you are privy to all of the magic that us ordinary mortals aren't - it doesn't wash with me, sunshine.

As I said, I know they'll get better, which is a concern - but for now the very idea that I am a middle aged woman is laughable and shows just how far these things have to go to be of any real value.

😂

I’ve genuinely never searched for constipation relief! I’ve no need

Hi all

Does anyone have any screenshots? Could you also let us know what device and browsers you're using?

Here:

It’s litrally top and bottom of every page. Overkill. And it’s probably because it’s ‘in conjunction with mumsnet’ and not because of my previous searches.

I’m using iOS 12.1.3 on an iPhone mobile site.

I’ve genuinely never searched for constipation relief! I’ve no need

Ah yes, but the algorithm is so clever it will have profiled you as someone who uses toilets a lot, you see

Hi all

Does anyone have any screenshots? Could you also let us know what device and browsers you're using?

Why should we? Doesn't anyone at MNHQ have any devices or browsers? Does anyone test anything? Ever? Oh wait....

I thought this was going to be about the huge purple footer I get on almost every page, constipation, piles, etc etc.
I was hoping to find out how to close it or opt out of it. It's driving me to drink!!