I often see ads on Facebook and YouTube after having conversations about something, without googling/searching on the Internet. And that is much creepier than what experienced you. For example, recently I had a talk with a guy that just mentioned a company he's working in. Next days I see an ad on Facebook from that company. I didn't have any intention to search it at all. Such things repeat pretty often and noticed by many other people as well including my friends.
Both Google and Facebook say that they aren't eavesdropping us and this is a coincidence. I tend to believe them and can't explain why that's happening again and again.
Yes, I've heard about frequency illusion (Baader–Meinhof phenomenon), but still creepy.
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I often see ads on Facebook and YouTube after having conversations about something, without googling/searching on the Internet. And that is much creepier than what experienced you. For example, recently I had a talk with a guy that just mentioned a company he's working in. Next days I see an ad on Facebook from that company. I didn't have any intention to search it at all. Such things repeat pretty often and noticed by many other people as well including my friends.
Both Google and Facebook say that they aren't eavesdropping us and this is a coincidence. I tend to believe them and can't explain why that's happening again and again.
Yes, I've heard about frequency illusion (Baader–Meinhof phenomenon), but still creepy.