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FSogol

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5. She seems to think those algorithms have an ongoing cost to Target. They do not. That cost was spent, they run with

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 3, 2025, 09:38 AM

Mar 2025

little to no human intervention. Inventories are not triggered until the purchase is made. Why would items be reordered based on an incomplete shopping cart?

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Brilliant tactic for amplifying shopping boycotts by messing with ad targeting [View all] jmbar2 Mar 2025 OP

Just watched it! luvallpeeps Mar 2025 #1

I like it. That is shrewd. /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #2

I participated last Friday to send a message--not to cause the kind of ongoing harm that will backfire on US hlthe2b Mar 2025 #3

Good points - thanks jmbar2 Mar 2025 #4

She seems to think those algorithms have an ongoing cost to Target. They do not. That cost was spent, they run with FSogol Mar 2025 #5

I have a lot more things to do with my time than filling up carts with random stuff from websites I don't frequent. MichMan Mar 2025 #6