• betanumerus@lemmy.ca
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    29 days ago

    To find such information for ourselves, the link says “you can pull up the page by clicking on the “Account” link”.

    • But there is no such “Account” link when I look, only a “Your Account” link and the difference matters.

    under the Account & Lists drop down menu.

    • yes I have “Account & Lists” option.

    Scroll to the bottom of the page you land on and click a small link that says “manage your information” and there you have it."

    • no such “manage your information" for me.

    That’s why online software instructions are rarely useful, they most often mention options that are not availabel when I look for them. Possibly because things are updated too often.

    • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      Yeah, the instructions from the website didn’t work. I had to hover over Account & Lists, then click on Shopping Preferences, then scroll down to click on Manage Your Information under About You.

      Mine said they didn’t have any info on me, since I haven’t shopped there since 1998.

      • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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        29 days ago

        amazon

        i guess i should be patting myself on the back for not having used amazon long enough for it to forget who i am.

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      28 days ago

      How much personal grooming do you have to do to get that? Does your score increase if you buy vagazil?

      • blargh513@sh.itjust.works
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        28 days ago

        I bought two nose hair trimmers to earn such a description. Yes, in have a very hairy nose (inside). I kill most nose hair shavers in a year or so.

  • Ricky Rigatoni@piefed.zip
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    29 days ago

    I don’t use Amazon more than maybe twice a year so all they say about me is the town I live in (duh, that’s where they send my orders), that I buy men’s clothes, and own a honda.

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      29 days ago

      Ok it’s not just me then.

      Either it is hidden from Canadians or the two of us are profoundly uninteresting.

      I tracked down the shopping preferences area but it was blank, I don’t tell them about me, I don’t buy clothes from them so they don’t know my size, in don’t buy pet things so they don’t know my pets info.

      I buy random things a few times a year if they aren’t available locally.

  • Sabata@ani.social
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    29 days ago

    How did they know I like anime and tech? Couldn’t have been all the body pillows and hardware?

    • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      Yeah mine is the same. Plan to keep it that way. I don’t know how it got that way, probably saw an article like “opt out of all these AI features” and then did all of them without even thinking.

  • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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    29 days ago

    I find this thread kind of weird, how like, we have people practically saying Amazon is the best thing ever and then we have people saying Amazon is the most evil thing/company ever etc.

    There’s no in between, no nuance, nothing - it’s either one or the other. I find that pretty interesting.

    • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      I find it interesting too. I think the absolutism and inflexibility we’re seeing are consequences of the Information Age. Endless content is available 24/7, and people have become addicted to whatever feel-good chemistry they get out of wallowing in it. They maximize their consumption by minimizing the time and effort spent on each little scrap - take in just enough information to make an instant value judgement and scroll ahead, case closed. Judgement is streamlined by thinking in absolutes - every issue just takes a simple swipe left/right. Uncertainty and rethinking are avoided by making all judgements final. Bad behavior is irredeemable.

      Like any good delusion, this kind of absolutism is self-reinforcing. It says anyone who doesn’t share it is complicit in evil. I don’t see any way it’s going to change.

  • TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world
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    I haven’t logged into my Amazon account in ten years, and this won’t make me do it.

    Learn the difference between need and want. Stop buying crap you don’t need. And, never knowingly buy anything off Amazon.

    Fuck Amazon, and Jeff Bezos. All excuses people make to willingly buy off that fucking site are bullshit.

    • ARealAlaskan@lemmy.ca
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      28 days ago

      It is amazing,the difference between want and need. I quit them cold turkey, thought it would be hard, but turns out, no. Not really, they had nothing I had to have. I save money, and prevent waste. And avoid supporting Amazon.

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    Mine seemed horribly out of date. Had constantly buys liquid death, but I havent in years since they switched to stevia. Also got constantly upgrading PC storage, not in 2026. Everything else was has work shop, likes precision tools, has a fujifilm camera, has fender guitar, works on guitar, upgraded server rack, invested in raspberry pi ecosystem. Most of what would give them that data was from accessory purchases, as the big purchase was probably local (guitar, camera). None of those aside from guitar strings would have been bought in 2026.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Some of the records they have are silly. Ie: likely owns x router (well duh I just purchased it). But some are odd - “can touch type without looking at keyboard”. How did they figure that out?

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      29 days ago

      About they track the time between key inputs when you’re searching for something. God knows why though I can’t imagine it being particularly useful information.

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        29 days ago

        How they got that observation makes sense. There must be some assumptions about that then - like that perhaps I’m more tech savvy than most people (apparently 20% of people can do that), or perhaps I make more money than average and my prices should be higher. That’s probably it.

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          29 days ago

          My naive/ innocent assumption would be that if you happened to purchase mechanical keyboard supplies you might be interested in blank key caps since you don’t need the glyphs.

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      29 days ago

      If you have a webcam, is it possible they had some kind of software watching your eyes while you were typing? Or am I just being paranoid now

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    29 days ago

    Jeff Bezos hosted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to his private, invitation-only, weekend at a resort he rented out. Bezos had many close ties to Epstein. Bezos also had numerous private dinners with Epstein.

    The photo is from a party where Ghislaine Maxwell hobnobbed with him but make no mistake they were close friends.

    Make sure to add this note to your files about Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.

  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    These are pulled from the item descriptions. OP probably bought something ‘for flat butts’ and boom it goes in their preferences.

    Mine is literally just all things I bought from amazon. So yeah.

    It thinks I’m married with two kids, because well, I buy lots of toys and things for women for the holidays… well yeah because I have nephews/nieces and two sisters… so of course I buy things for kid and women regularly as gifts.

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      29 days ago

      Jeff Bezos does not understand the thought of buying something for someone else.

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        Jeff Bezos understands it very well, it’s why Amazon worked so well… It is us morons who are convinced that a trivial PURCHASED gift will make us happy. It won’t and it doesn’t it. I’m glad you all enjoy the cheap goods made by children in a sweat shop as a means of caring for your friends and family.