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I decided to go on Instagram and see what ads were related to me. A lot of the things on the list I'm unfamiliar with. For example, I don't think I've ever listened to Chicano rap or had any interest in University of California, Riverside/Berkeley. However, some of the tags are vaguely related to what I'm in interested in. I saw Delta Delta Delta and while I don't really know about the sorority, I used to be in a different one so that could be the reason why it is popping up.

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I was able to go on Instagram and see what ads related to me. They seemed most accurate as I mainly use my instagram to shop and buy clothes shoes and jewelry.

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I was able to look at some of the targeted ads I receive and I must say it's not as accurate as I'd imagine it to be. Not to say its inaccurate but I felt as though a lot of these were pretty irrelevant to me. I had never gone through the data that instagram keeps, it was kind of creepy to see they remember almost everything. Now I understand why instagram takes up so much storage on my phone...

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I immediately went over to instagram to see what ads I get the most because I feel like I get so many ads when scrolling through instagram. I laughed at the list mine gave me since I do a lot of online shopping and I love trying different hair products.

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I knew Twitter had a section in its settings which attempts to track what some of your potential interests are for ad and "Topics" recommendations, so I decided to check this on an account I don't use often. Turns out, even with limited use, Twitter attaches a whole list of interests (this is only a small section). Some of these are fairly accurate, but there are many I have zero interest in, and some which I don't even know what they are. It feels like a very "cast a wide net" approach to personalization, which I can only assume is based on keywords in the tweets I've interacted with.

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my ad interests on my most used platform (instagram) consist of cosmetics, beauty shoes, dresses, fragrances, shopping and fashion, luxury goods, shoes, clothing, and lastly boutiques. I definitely spend time looking at clothes and advertisements for items like shoes so I can see where this data is coming from

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My ad interests:
Online shopping
Cosmetics
Spas
Shopping
Shopping & fashion
Luxury goods
Physical fitness
Fashion accessories
Beauty
Home Improvement
Interior design
Yoga
Cookiing
Food
Sports
DIY
Basketball
Running
Skin Care

It's not completely off. The first half of the list I do not think is that relevant to me because I am not that intersted in cosmetics and fashion. But further down I saw where I get my ads from.

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I looked at what Instagram had as my ad interests. They definitely know what will interest me, but only in the most general sense. I thought the ad categories would be much more specific!

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I used Instagram to see what it had as my ad interests. I saw some that are accurate such as basketball and American football, but I found some that I considered to be inaccurate. I am not much of a boating person, and I can't say that I have ever been interested in RVs. Maybe they are not my personal interests, but maybe this is being pulled from other things that I have looked at.

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I used Instagram to find out what it thought my interests were. Some are accurate such as nature, dogs, travel, food etc. Although I was confused about some such as golf, automobiles, video games and spas? I have noticed a lot of them fall into a more feminine category which is odd because I don't consider myself that "girly". I was expecting words such as fitness, astrology, film, political, animals which are things I am interested in when I am on social media.

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The platform I decided to use for this assignment was instagram. when looking to see the huge list that instagram has on me for what they believe my interest. I get the feeling that they believe i have a huge interest in computers and technology. i have to say they are beyond correct. I have a huge passion for technology its kinda crazy that instagram was able to pick up on it. but i mean it makes sense, instagram is just keeping track of all the searches i do on there platform to make a very impressive and accurate guess on my interest and values.

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Social Media knows me too well. When I first checked out Ads the top ones on the front page we're exactly what I see on the daily and matched my common interests. Based on pages I follow and content I like it makes a lot of sense. However, when I extended the list ads such as running and pop music made me laugh because I was interested and either one.

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I guess I should use more my social media hehe. I like Mortal Kombat and I remember seeing ads for this movie. Maybe they were connected with Netflix ads? I'm not sure. Data + AI is not really a point of interest, but I may have searched for info related to COM250 and another class that is using machine learning. No idea what the rest means.

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I wanted to check out instagram and was a bit surprised by the results. I don't ever buy anything off of instagram nor do I follow any beauty or cosmetic accounts so all the results related to that were a bit surprising. I do however follow a few fitness accounts and I love looking at real estate so those two I think were pretty spot on. I think every once in a while I get an add for a boutique type store, but I never click on them. I looked over a few other peoples results and I feel like a lot of the girls have very similar lists which leads me to believe these results aren't very tailored to the individual more to the gender identity of the user.

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I went on Instagram to see what the platform thought I was interested in. The top few are shopping and fashion. These are not very accurate since I rarely shop from Instagram and In general I am not into fashion. My profile changes based on what I like and what I watch for long periods of time, on top of who I follow and what their content is. I do not believe that these topics are reflective of my interests at all and I am curious as to why they believe this.

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The list of interests on my Instagram was pretty accurate, but some results were a bit off. However, the results that were off are there because I've gotten into a cycle of seeing those ads all the time even when I don't want to, which probably makes it look like those are the things I am interested in. I don't know why I am still shown similar ads even though I don't click on or interact with the ads that don't interest me.

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I think that Instagram did a good job picking out my interests. Some of these are very generic though. Of course I like online shopping, like any other person. These are not super specific to me but overall Instagram has a sense of what I like.

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The platform does not know any of my interests, as I've taken measures in restricting Google's access to that information by pausing all activity that could be tracked via personalization measures on my account.

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The first few choices for ad interests were not accurate at all until I clicked view more and the for the most part the results were accurate pertaining to my actual interests and things I interact with on the app.

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When I first looked at this I thought that this was pretty spot on. As when I am on instagram I am looking a lot of Fashion pages and the occasional food account to try and find new recipes to cook. As I got further down the list though none of the other stuff seemed to relate as much, as I do not eat seafood. I am not a vegan, nor vegetarian, and I am more interesting in dogs that cats. They seem to get more random as the list goes down as the first 5 I would say I interact with photos and accounts related to them, but the bottom half I wouldn't interact with at all.

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I do not think my Instagram platform is very accurate, as it believes I enjoy a lot of cosmetic and material things such as makeup, shopping, fashion, luxury goods, etc. Fitness may be the most off interest it has assumed about me, as I never look at these things. I tend to use Instagram to look at hairstyles and tattoos that I am interested in (and food occasionally).

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Looking at this list, I feel like it actually is pretty accurate. Everything on the list are things that I know I've viewed or liked on Instagram and are also things that I actively do/search on a day to day basis too. I'm not super surprised by the list but it is pretty interesting to see what Instagram thinks I like!

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Storytime! I actually found this example yesterday and screen-shotted to send to a friend, before even starting this weeks work.

Yesterday night, my friends and I were watching youtube (not signed into my account) and we came across a video of Dua Lipa's Grammy's performance. I made a comment that I liked Dua Lipa's dancing and my friend made a comment that people on the internet used to make fun of her dancing and choreography because it was so bad.

Later in the night, I go on youtube on my own phone (this time it is signed into my account) and the very first video is this video comparing Dua Lipa's original dancing/choreography with her new and improved dancing.

Mind you, I am not a fan of Dua Lipa, don't listen to her music, and don't ever watch youtube videos about her. This recommendation was SO specific to what I was talking about just one hour prior, and the only explanation is that youtube somehow associated my youtube app on my roommates tv (which isn't signed into my account) with my personal youtube account, or that they were listening to our conversation.

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I think these are pretty accurate interests, everything on here except hunting is something I am actually interested in. My dad enjoys hunting, so maybe instagram thinks that is why I would like it?

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Instagram knows that I love looking at beauty and fashion, but also enjoy personal fitness and health. Weird how much it knows about me and how accurate this is.

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Twitter knows that I love Rhode Island, online education, and comedy! It recognizes my interest in news and politics, but not media. Weird!