Gagaloo911 12,959 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Facebook rolled out a massive new ad platform this week called “Atlas†which, for the first time, will harness the social media giant’s vast collection of user data by tracking users from their desktops to their mobiles and sell targeted ads across the Internet. Atlas will amp Facebook’s ad platform  which uses to cookies to track where users venture online in order to target them with ads on Facebook.com  by extending the social media giant’s ad reach across the web, meaning users will now see Facebook’s ads on other websites and on their smartphones. Facebook will also try to keep track of users’ purchases of products they were targeted for in ads. To employ Atlas, Facebook is actually harnessing Google Android and Apple mobile features known as “advertising identifiers,†which allow Facebook to tie users’ desktop activity and their mobile activity. Facebook will attempt to track in-store physical purchases as well, but claims it will not intentionally hand over personally identifiable information to advertisers. Instead, companies will give the social network lists of named purchasers, and Facebook will match the names against users’ data and provide companies with a percentage of users who purchased products they were targeted for through ads. “Facebook says it never discloses the identity of individuals to marketers,†The New York Times reports, “and that any matching of, say, Pepsi’s own database of its fans to Facebook’s data is done on a blind basis.†As The Verge points out, Facebook’s move into the deeper ad market could be the start of a shakeup for industry leader Google, as Facebook undoubtedly knows more personal information about its users than Google. It could also mean that sharing users’ identities with advertisers might not be far into the future. “Facebook might someday decide to give away more data for the sake of company growth,†The Verge reports. “And, while Facebook isn’t actually sharing more about you with advertisers today, it might do so someday.†Source: http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/30/facebooks-new-targeted-ad-network-follows-you-everywhere/ Thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Kahn 2 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I'm starting to get turned off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colours 129 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 facebook is more lame than myspace was in 2005 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry 2,374 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Facebook is gonna start to flop hard sooner or later tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edu 3,973 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 facebook is more lame than myspace was in 2005 🌹 free britney 🌹 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Big Brother is watching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespertine 3 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 signed up for ello bye bye my flopbook i abandoned months ago :whitney: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane 208 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sounds invasive and annoying :madge: Love Trumps Hate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo Freud 653 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 People still use Facebook? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliLilMonster 476 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yeah I'm starting to not use Facebook. I haven't even installed Facebook or Messenger on my iPhone yet. And I'm about to delete it off my iPod. Bye Facebook, it's been fun while it lasted. Only thing I do on Facebook anyway is like Lady Gaga statuses and photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I never had a Facebook so... #Unfazed "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway10 1,072 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 i usually deactivate my facebook now and then because i don't use it anymore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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