I must be one of the few that was very aware of the tracking and data collection that social media has generated before this documentary. Personally I love the targeted advertising it has lead to lots of fun and interesting purchases over the last few years relative to random advertising in TV/print.

I enjoy using FB but generally ignore political stuff and never get in internet arguments as they are always a waste of time and energy. I like it for keeping up with physically distant friends & family and that is about it. I could care less how many likes my posts get. I generally just scroll it a few times a day when I have down time.


That being said I am very concerned about the addictive nature of it in children and teens. Cyberbulling is a tremendously challenging problem. I hope this show opens the eyes of parents, luckily my kids are grown and this was not an issue when they were younger.

This can go beyond virtual/internet targeting. We use an advertising company that can track a potential client from the moment they visit our website (on their phone) or call our office until they come in. I think we can also track if they go to a competitor.

KidDoc said:

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I enjoy using FB but generally ignore political stuff and never get in internet arguments as they are always a waste of time and energy.

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No they're not!

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KidDoc said:

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I enjoy using FB but generally ignore political stuff and never get in internet arguments as they are always a waste of time and energy.

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No they're not!

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Typical stance from people like you who believe the types of things you do. RIDICULOUS!


Oh, and as a victim of the most "user name checks out" ever, I must add "user name checks out".

Dr.Rumack said:

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This can go beyond virtual/internet targeting. We use an advertising company that can track a potential client from the moment they visit our website (on their phone) or call our office until they come in. I think we can also track if they go to a competitor.

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That's SOP by every decently sized company. Like I posted earlier, I talked to a firm that could send the contact information straight into our CRM for anyone on the planet (except for possibly China or similarly internet siloed countries) of anyone that went on the internet and searched for widget X.