• shneancy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    when i used apps with targeted ads, amongst generic type of stuff i also used to get two polar opposites of ads:

    1. ah, we see you’re in poland and use english a lot, want to learn english?

    2. ah, we see you’re in poland and use english a lot, we can help you get your immigration papers for legal employment

    both at the same time btw. apparently being a polish national who speaks english fluently marked me as some sort of ad-anomaly

    the ads also believed that i was a senior? at some point i even got a spam call inviting me to join a study on back pain T–T like bro you’re at least 10 years early, relax

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      2 days ago

      Was ad number 2 about how to get immigration papers as an English-speaking person in Poland? I imagine Poland doesn’t have a lot of immigration from people in English-speaking countries. Especially not from people who haven’t figure out all the legalities necessary to gain employment in Poland.

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        1 day ago

        i mean, the ad was in english so kinda? i never clicked on them so i can’t say for sure

        though don’t forget that a person who speaks english doesn’t have to be from an english speaking country. most people who want to travel/live abroad will know at least some english