• mateomaui@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I understand that, which brings up the second baffling point that someone went to facebook to search for insurance providers in the first place.

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      1 year ago

      You’re baffled people went on one of the most used website in the world to search for something. bruh…

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        1 year ago

        Yes, I am baffled that anyone, with Facebook’s reputation for ads, selling personal information, etc, would choose to search for insurance carriers there instead of any number of other options that aren’t that big a leap away from Facebook, bruh.

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          There are so many people who literally think Facebook is the internet and every other website is just a really personalized facebook page.

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            1 year ago

            I’ll have to take your word for that. As I said to someone else, if she were on AOL I could totally see that, but it’s more of stretch for me to believe it with Facebook.

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              1 year ago

              While I find it equally stupid as you do, you mustn’t forget that the overwhelming majority of users on the internet aren’t techies like us.

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                If this was grandma on AOL I would probably agree, but this person is cogent enough to actually file a lawsuit because the place she went to search didn’t serve her the ads she wanted. Hard to believe she didn’t also know at the very least that Google or Bing are options. I wouldn’t expect her to know about DuckDuckGo for instance.

                edit: and the “95%” part of that reply was what made it more doubtful than anything. If people didn’t make such ridiculous overreaching claims, they’d be more believable. The exaggerations aren’t necessary or valid.

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                  1 year ago

                  Fair. Though it still makes me doubt it a little bit. It is still an American woman we’re talking about. Suing is your national pastime, isn’t it?

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                    1 year ago

                    I guess. What’s the point in having legal rights if you can’t wield them in court for profit?