Day One:Wednesday, Feb. 20th
I decided to stick with the sample script because I do not talk about any of the things that are mentioned. I would never give u meat and also have never gotten anything from GNC for working out. I also do not ever get dominoes pizza. My roommate and I were sitting in our living room and I had instagram open while we read the script. We read through it 4 times as well as speaking about vitamin water at the end because it tied in with the sample script.
Follow-up Feb. 21st
Today I checked instagram when I woke up and saw no sponsored posts at all. I do not follow many people so it only takes about 30 seconds to catch up on my feed.
At around 4:20 I got out of class and checked instagram and saw a sponsor for Vicks VapoRub which is a cough suppressant which is interesting because I have been coughing a-lot recently.
Day Two: Feb. 22nd
My roommate Ryan and I talked again today but we did not follow any of the sample scripts instead we spoke about jeans because I never wear jeans and do not even own a pair. We had this conversation 3 times in a row while instagram was open.
Me: I have been thinking about getting a pair of jeans this weekend. Ryan: Sounds like a good idea. What kind are you going to get? Me: I was thinking American eagle or Levis. Ryan: Levis is a great brand with quality jeans. Me: Yeah I’ m thinking about getting Levis because American eagle Jeans are not my style.
Follow Up Saturday Feb. 23rd
Last night was Friday night so I went out with some friends. When I woke up I checked instagram and once again there was no ads. Around 7:00pm I checked another time and saw an add for Blue moon beer. So even though I had no ads for jeans or Levi or American Eagle I did have an ad that could have been on my feed because my prior days activities.
Day Three Feb. 24th
At around 5:00pm my roommate Kyle and I were in the living room and we read the Day two sample script 3 times while I had instagram open.
Also on this day I saw an ad for a ski mountain but I do watch ski videos on my laptop sometimes and follow accounts on instagram so that is probably an insignificant ad.
Follow Up February 25th
Today I was on instagram multiple times and noticed no sponsors of any significance. I have seen things such as a KFC ad and a candy ad which is weird because I have never had KFC and I also never talk about or eat candy.
Conclusion:
After this week I have found almost zero evidence of my phone listening to what I say and creating ads from it. The best piece of evidence for the phones listening is most likely the Blue Moon Ad but everything else seems to be just a coincidence. The skiing ad makes sense because I watch and follow skiing videos but the other ads I saw were not really what I am interested in. I think I do not use or follow enough pages on instagram for me to be the best subject because there is less data on me then a person that uses it more.
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