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Mike (AOLP podcaster) @mikecol.bsky.social

Just got an advert for one specific Harrogate to Leeds bus line on a podcast. Targeted advertising is very silly.

aug 28, 2025, 11:41 am • 3 0

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Amy N @amyfluidgoth.bsky.social

It’s even sillier when the crude geolocation efforts don’t work and you start getting targeted advertising for other regions, like the ad I got the other day advising me of a hosepipe ban… in Yorkshire, hundreds of miles away from me here in London.

aug 28, 2025, 12:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mike (AOLP podcaster) @mikecol.bsky.social

... God's own country! Apparently the only part of the UK that advertisers care about? We'll know for sure if all adverts start being about flat caps.

aug 28, 2025, 12:59 pm • 1 0 • view
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Chronically Low Competence @clc-podcast.bsky.social

Now I as an American get to play the game where I guess if you’re talking about a type of hat or a limit on apartments. Google says… hat maybe? I’m surprised!

aug 28, 2025, 7:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mike (AOLP podcaster) @mikecol.bsky.social

aug 28, 2025, 8:15 pm • 0 0 • view