I have a friend who’s alcohol consumption has gotten out of control. Me and his other friends/family are planning an intervention and so I’ve been doing a lot of research/reading on the topic.

NEVER and I mean NEVER have I seen so many fucking ads for alcohol in my LIFE. Instagram? 15 ads in a half hour of scrolling reels. YouTube? Ads. Google results? Ads. Twitter? Ads.

It’s fucking everywhere and it’s SICK. I’m researching how to help someone stop drinking and I’m getting inundated with ads for anything from gin, beers, vodkas and more. I can’t even imagine having an alcohol issue and trying to find help for myself with the web being this way.

It’s fucking sick.

  • Granite@kbin.social
    27·
    1 year ago

    We can still blame google for not low prioritizing alcohol ads when people search for sobriety.

    • UbermeistersEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Agreed. I wrote them a complaint about it years ago. sucks to hear its still an issue.

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, surely you could implement logic to see things like intervention paired with alcohol and then not show those ads.

    • Remmock@kbin.social
      14·
      1 year ago

      It’s less Google fault directly, more that finding sobriety terms is part of the alcohol manufacturers SEO/ad words strategy. Which is absolutely disgusting.