For those of us not that internet savy, or probably still naive regarding the advertisement business, the shocking horror of facebook ads talking straight to us makes us feel paranoid. I had this discussion with my friend Cami the other day, where we both found that all the ads popping up among our newsfeeds were strangely appealing. I got ads about publishing writing, about health, about rock, or art... all things that interest me. I started thinking that Facebook had either gone cool, or there is a way that some big brother somewhere actually knows what i'm interested in and decided to share this knowledge with the Facebook staff.
Check out this article from the economist
That pretty much explains it... freaky....very freaky.
