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Re:Clickbait and Traffic Laundering: How Ad Tech Is Destroyi... by mtrn on Friday June 03, 2016 @12:30PM (#11831301)
> You may hate it but... you clicked on it. We're giving you what you want.

You tell me once, I need X, I won't care. You tell me ten times a day I need X, I might get tired. Color me pessimistic, but people in general just need to be told with clear words over and over what to do and without a strong independent or stubborn mind they will follow.

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Re:Clickbait and Traffic Laundering: How Ad Tech Is Destroyi... by hanginghyena on Friday June 03, 2016 @12:44PM (#11831413)
My machine learning algorithm says you will click on. So Dance, Monkey, Dance!!!!!

<I think we've finally found skynet. They live at Outbrain.>

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