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What I Built
I looked at how targeted ads work and thought — what if it was just...
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This is delightful. 'USB powered rock' genuinely made me laugh out loud. There's an accidentally interesting test pattern here though — parody ad engines like this are actually useful for testing downstream moderation and content filter logic, because they generate plausibly-shaped-but-semantically-nonsense output. Are you seeded with fixed combos or letting the LLM freestyle every ad?
Glad you enjoyed the “USB powered rock” 😄
It’s actually all seeded randomness right now — no LLM involved. I’m deliberately mixing structured ad patterns with completely unrelated concepts to get that “plausible but meaningless” effect.
But I really like your point — hadn’t thought of it as a moderation test harness, that’s a pretty interesting direction 👀
such great idea Pandya !!!!!
Very funny idea😂😂😂
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This is such a cursed idea 💀
I love how confidently wrong it is.
I built something similar but focused on making the entire experience worse with ads 😭
“Haha thanks man, I’m glad someone appreciates the madness 😅”
Nice bro well done keep it up ♥️♥️🫂🫂
it is a great and fun idea kudos😂
it is very nice idea very funny🤣
great to such a hilarious idea🤣