Correlation
Correlation
Posted Jan 28, 2022 9:29 UTC (Fri) by nilsmeyer (guest, #122604)In reply to: Correlation by rgmoore
Parent article: Goodbye FLoC, hello Topics
> They would probably know when you bought it, because they really want to be able to prove that their ads lead to sales.
Perhaps that piece of information is missing? Instead the algorithm assumed you didn't buy but were strongly interested in buying since the sale hasn't been reported back to the advertiser.
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