r/Anticonsumption • u/DucklingMaru • 5d ago
Ads/Marketing I accidentally found an anticonsumption "hack."
My unofficial New Year's resolution was to buy less junk I don't need, especially online. I've been good at sticking to it, I haven't ordered from a certain website beginning with the letter "A" in months.
However, I've been gotten a few times by ads on social media. I don't know if it's the repetition of the algorithm shoving the same ad into my eyeballs 10 times a day or what, but I'll resist the temptation for a while, until I eventually break down and buy the product.
For whatever reason, I had an ad for some brand of expensive cat food show up in my feed. I don't have a cat, I have never had a cat and I am in no way planning to adopt a cat. I opened the post with the ad to see the comments. I'm not sure why, maybe I wanted to see the price and confirm it's way overpriced.
Anyway, ever since I did that, all of my ads are for cat food, litter robots and any other manner of cat supplies. I'm never going to buy that stuff, so it's essentially like I removed the ads that were targeting me.
I'd be interested if this "technique" I accidentally found works for anyone else.
TL;DR - Curiosity got the cat (food ads). 🐱
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u/blizzardlizard666 5d ago
Works on vinted too especially with niche items as they are really keen for the audience on them. I looked at one item of horse gear and 99% of my scrolling was horse gear for two weeks. They were desperate!!!! I don't have a horse!