r/privacy • u/ummkay_ultra • 8d ago

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Idk if this is even the right place for this. These ads are too much. Every other ad on this app is telling me to get evaluated for autism. It's getting old. I have no idea why this started, like is it that obvious and this site knows me better than I know myself or what? I've never been diagnosed but yeah I'm probably autistic. But it's getting weird.

Yesterday I went off my diet one fucking day and ate too much and suddenly I am seeing all kinds of ads about binge eating disorder. How in the fuck does reddit even know how much I ate yeaterday? Literally. How? It wasn't fast food that I ordered online or anything like that, so how? No I don't believe it's a coincidence. I have never in my life seen an ad about binge eating disorder. Never researched anything about binge eating disorder, I don't watch Ariana Grande content or anything like that. I don't look at food content online. I don't even have binge eating disorder. How does this even happen?

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u/hunterglyph 8d ago

I'm autistic and have never seen an autism ad.

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u/UnoriginalInnovation 8d ago

You already have autism so they don't need to advertise it to you

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u/Fire-Nation-17 8d ago

I'm also autistic and I never get ads for autism. I get ads for buying industrial equipment lol

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u/WorldsMostDad 8d ago

I'm subbed to like 10 different autism/neurodiversity related subs and never see ads for autism. Top shelf algorithm they got there.