I don’t think wikipedians are generally statistically minded, so when they say “routinely” they could mean it happens like 20 times a year. They’d probably notice most of them.
Hm my intuition would be that platforms aren’t totally on point at processing their data and they would want to offload that work to advertisers, and there are enough competing big platforms now (youtube, instagram, X, tiktok) that they might not have enough bargaining power to defend their integrity.
my intuition would be that platforms aren’t totally on point at processing their data
That’s interesting, we have almost opposite stances on this.
My intuition is that Instagram, youtube, and possibly tiktok are very on-point with processing their data, but with occasional catastrophic failures due to hacks by intelligence agencies which steal data and poison the original copy, and also incompetence/bloat (like spaghetti towers) or unexpected consequences from expanding into uncharted territory. Whereas Twitter/X lacks the security required to do much more than just show people ads based on easy-to-identify topics of interest.
Uh I guess I meant like, there’s no way they can do enough to give advertisers 30% of the value their data has without giving many databrokers (who advertisers contract) access to the data, because the advertisers needs are too diverse and the skill ceiling is very high. This equilibrium might not have realized yet but I’d guess eventually will.
I don’t think wikipedians are generally statistically minded, so when they say “routinely” they could mean it happens like 20 times a year. They’d probably notice most of them.
Hm my intuition would be that platforms aren’t totally on point at processing their data and they would want to offload that work to advertisers, and there are enough competing big platforms now (youtube, instagram, X, tiktok) that they might not have enough bargaining power to defend their integrity.
That’s interesting, we have almost opposite stances on this.
My intuition is that Instagram, youtube, and possibly tiktok are very on-point with processing their data, but with occasional catastrophic failures due to hacks by intelligence agencies which steal data and poison the original copy, and also incompetence/bloat (like spaghetti towers) or unexpected consequences from expanding into uncharted territory. Whereas Twitter/X lacks the security required to do much more than just show people ads based on easy-to-identify topics of interest.
Uh I guess I meant like, there’s no way they can do enough to give advertisers 30% of the value their data has without giving many databrokers (who advertisers contract) access to the data, because the advertisers needs are too diverse and the skill ceiling is very high. This equilibrium might not have realized yet but I’d guess eventually will.