Paul L
prlzx@hostux.social
<p>ICT/Networking.</p><p>Tech should be a tool assisting people in day-to-day tasks, but not as a means to exclude (such as online-only access to services).</p><p>Any views expressed here are my own.</p>
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Post #2452945
@neil This reminds me that Lenovo UK (direct sales) automated system invited me to review the product and customer experience of an order from November, and as I had a poor experience with wrong person&#39;s order being sent in my parcel and still not resolved, I gave a no-stars score and briefly described the poor service in non-offensive language. But their system rejected it (twice, as I re-worded the second attempt). I&#39;m not confident that even reputable brands aren&#39;t...
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Post #2452944
@neil I would choose a strict interpretation that whether a simple tag (aka keywords) or a more formal taxonomy are both metadata, just as a title or description would be, so data about the data they are attached to (the media in this case). Therefore it is not a mechanism to target content at [a British audience]. If such tags were being applied to user profiles on the other hand, or users provided a list of locations to choose from then yes it would explicitly be targeting by location.
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Post #2452943
@neil You need to pitch to whoever makes Christmas Crackers to supply nerd/geek themed jokes for the inserts. Also *completely unrelated* is this Fediverse &quot;following&quot; thing purely an on/off or is there a rate limiting function available?
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Post #2452942
I occasionally report egregious YT adverts to Google’s Trust &amp; Safety team. For the latest one, #Google found that for false advertising misrepresenting the behaviour and function of plug-in &quot;filter&quot; to save money on &quot;dirty power&quot; that you are &quot;charged for&quot; but your appliances cannot use, in breach of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968, it&#39;&#39;s not against Google&#39;s policies to use Google&#39;s services for un...
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Post #2452941
Reported 2 more adverts scam products to #Google Trust &amp; Safety Team but all replies appear to be auto-generated / templates with no human review as reply is non-specific to the advert reported. A common factor is that said items plug into a UK mains electrical socket (outlet) and btw are indisputably targeted at UK audiences due to pricing advertised in £. Products based on deception about features/function with/without fake components are already unlawful to promote and may be unsaf...