I saw a post about how nerds are resistant to advertising, which is bs imo considering how obsessed many nerds to products. But then, I do not seem to get affected - I usually do not desire to buy a product, and only seek out what to buy when needed.

That is, I feel like adverts do not work on me. Is this an illusion? Or maybe, is it that many adverts are made to appeal to neurotypicals?

  • MalReynolds@piefed.social
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    9 days ago

    IMO nerds are mostly not resistant, so much as take pains to actively remove ads from their sight (adblockers, pihole etc, avoiding Meta type crap and so forth). Adtech has been awfully refined over the last century and if they’re doing it right you don’t even know that it’s effecting you, so best to avoid.