ninthpower t1_j6x22uu wrote on February 2, 2023 at 2:36 PM

Reply to comment by Colorado-Sunshine in An alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire. by Chino_Blanco

But not for the leadership trying to warn people: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/affinity-fraud

That link has EIGHT quotes from Church leaders since 1982 specifically about this. Honestly think this is more a Utah LDS thing because people are WAY too trusting out there.

ninthpower t1_ityddgp wrote on October 27, 2022 at 5:22 AM

Reply to Facebook Segments Ads by Race and Age Based on Photos | Ads with teenage girls are mostly directed at men over 55, while white people see fewer ads with Black faces, a new study finds. by chrisdh79

Nearly all ad placement is driven by machine learning algorithms, so although I'm not saying Facebook wouldn't do this anyways, I would bet these statements are true because 55-yr-old men actually do click on ads with teenage girls and white people actually don't click on ads with black people in them. And the machine learning process simply picked up on this trend to maximize click-through rates :(